INTO AFRICA
Disasters, adventure and the pure joy of riding in Africa as Sam begins what will become a journey around the world.
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UNDER ASIAN SKIES
Living the overlanding dream?
There’s nowhere better!
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DISTANT SUNS
Go adventuring in the vastness of Africa
and South America…
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TORTILLAS TO TOTEMS
Get sidetracked by the unexpected as the adventure continues in North America…
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Adventure Motorcycle Travel Books by Sam Manicom
Wanting to do something completely different in life, Sam Manicom learned to ride a motorcycle and within three months had set off to ride the length of Africa. That one-year trip turned into an eight-year epic across six continents.
The travel bug bites hard, but motorcycle travel bites deep and doing a long trip by bike is the stuff of dreams. Writing books seemed like a great way to share the fun, the challenges and all the amazing things that happen to you out there.
When he’s not writing books, magazine articles or travelling, Sam gives presentations about adventure motorcycle travel to audiences around the UK, mainland Europe and the USA.
A unique and wonderful adventure.
Ted Simon
Sam Manicom is now established as one of the foremost and most readable adventure motorcyclists writing about their adventures on two wheels.
Ian Kerr MBE
Few travel writers can conjure up sights and smells so provocatively as Sam.
The Daily Record
One of the world’s leading motorcycle authors.
Motorcycle Sport & Leisure
His descriptions are vivid and precise and he made me laugh.
Motorcycle Mojo
The deep red of the African earth glows under Manicom’s pen.
Visor Down

The Moment Collectors, twenty travellers’ tales from around the world, is out now and available to buy direct from Sam if you’re in the UK or via Amazon.
Overland: ‘This is a cracking collection of stories.’
Motorcycle Sport & Leisure: ‘A wealth of motorcycle travel writing.’
Traverse: ‘It’s an outstanding read.’
Evening Standard: ‘A horizon-expanding book, remarkable encounters, fascinating, inspiring.’
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Have you listened to any of the Adventure Rider Radio RAW shows yet? The new episode is out now! [...]
The Atacama from Held is the first ‘top of the range’ jacket I’ve reviewed and the careful spender cynic in me was firing on all cylinders... [...]
Warning though! If you have itchy feet, this book... [...]
What a fine word that is to describe the stunned and delighted feeling I have at the moment. [...]
Have you ever sat and looked at photographs in magazines and the like and wished you could do that too? [...]
My ‘To Do’ list is a monster today but I feel more like telling a story than cracking on with what I should be doing. [...]
Adventures are described in short story format, each rich in detail and emblazoned with the travellers’ unique style. [...]
A stand out attendee is Roelof who rode over from Holland for the day! [...]
I was invited to do a recording for BBC Radio Devon and to film a clip with BBC Spotlight to tell a bit of my story. [...]