Team & Equipment
Team Profiles
Ralf Moeglich
Many years of experience in international motocross, enduro and rally sports on a motorcycle brought him to Namibia during the Paris-Cape Town Rally where he developed the idea to offer off road motorcycle holidays in this Namibia. Since 1993, Ralf has personally led Gravel Travel motorcycle tours in Namibia.
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Annette Tollkühn
Annette has excellent first hand knowledge of Namibia and organises the team from Germany.
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Volker Hajen
Volker first came to Namibia through his love of paragliding. He now supports Ralf and provides the much needed culinary skills at the end of a hard days riding.
Ute Hajen
Ute is in charge of the design and advertising for Gravel Travel and has worked in a variety of industries such as a foreign language secretary, designer and musician. She has also gained experience in the world of catering through her husband Volker .
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Rupert Upton
Rupert has long had a passion for Africa and for off-road motorcycle riding, and enjoys riding in Turkey and Spain as well of course as in Namibia. He competes in UK enduros and rallies on a Yamaha. Like Shaun he has a background in the courier industry.
Shaun Merrick
Shaun has many years of off-road motorcycle riding experience in Andorra, Spain, Morocco and the Alps and has considerable experience in leading expeditions to all these areas. Shaun also runs a courier company in Manchester.
Charles Norwood
Charles is a highly experienced expedition organiser and has participated in major expeditions all over the world, including crossing the whole of Africa by road several times – once in a fire engine! He has driven between London and Kathmandu more times than he cares to remember and once escorted a black cab between London and Sydney. He is Managing Director of Safari Drive and looks after Safari Drive logistics and uses his wealth of expedition experience to advise on the more adventurous trips. His interests include motor bikes, paragliding (obsessively) and rock climbing.
Meregan Turner
Meregan has lived in South Africa and Saudi Arabia and has driven Land Rovers the length and breadth of Africa which gives her a greater understanding of the geography and location of lodges than most travel professionals. She is an ex-professional show jumper and motor racing driver.
Clare Lewis
Clare is passionate about travel and has visited Africa numerous times with particular interest in Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and South Africa. Clare lived in Zambia for three y ears and returned to the UK in 2006.
Madelaine Ollivier
Having just left university, where she studied languages, travel has always been an important part of her life. Madelaine has lived in Chile and Brazil and is looking forward to experiencing all that Africa has to offer.