Planning a moto adventure in the middle of winter to one of Southern Africa’s most iconic mountain passes doesn’t always come recommended. The weather and road conditions on Sani Pass can rapidly turn and you can become instantly humbled with the circumstances you find yourself in. We’ve had it both ways before, but this year – we lucked out all round!

The Sabie Bubble Run began in 2014 by Joe Fleming, Leroy “Black” Tulip and Marnitz Venter. It was inspired by a few different traditional runs from the United States (The Gypsy Run and El Diablo Run), but was given a South African flavour.

Treasure doesn’t always have to come in the form of the cold hard metal known as gold. For this group of motorcyclists, a trip to Swaziland was in search of an abundance of very different riches.

The 5th annual Sabie Bubble Run is brought to you by Bonafide Moto Co in partnership with Triumph Motorcycles South Africa, The House Of Machines, Bell Powersports, Rev’it, delicious beer from Devil’s Peak and whiskey by Bulleit.

When we planned this recent adventure we had these crazy ideas and high hopes to summit Sani Pass in the middle of winter with snow all around us. Thankfully that was not the case and somehow we managed to pick the perfect weekend that gave us a nice mix of slightly warm weather in the low lying areas and some very cold moments up at the top of the pass.