LONDON:
Britain’s princes, William and Harry plan to embark on a 1,600-km
motorcycle ride in Africa to raise money for orphans and Aids
victims.
The journey through
South Africa and Lesotho is entirely "off road"in temperatures up to 40 degrees.
Hazards include bandits,
erratic drivers and poisonous snakes. The week-long trek, which will take in
some of Africa’s most remote and dangerous regions, has been on, then off,
and is now on again, the Sunday Telegraph reported quoting friends of the
princes.
It was originally
mooted at new year, but seemed to have been scuppered by security concerns.
Neither of their girlfriends,
Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy, will go on the trip but they may join the
princes in Africa at the end of the
ride.
Both William and Harry
are passionate about Africa. William spent part of his gap year there, while
Harry has visited the continent several times. His girlfriend Chelsy Davy was
born and raised in
Zimbabwe.
Harry set up a
charity, Sentebale, which is dedicated to helping orphans and Aids victims in
Lesotho.
Almost a third of
its people are infected with HIV/Aids and there are about 180,000 orphans in a
country of 1.8 million people.