The Team

It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.

Ernie Harwell

Sarper Sesli

Sarper SesliBorn in1975 in Germany, Sarper Sesli has always been into outdoor sports in many disciplines during his early ages and this continued until he became the first Bungee Jumping Master in Turkey, as started his professional career as a sportsman and a manager.

In pursuit of his desire for action, he got enrolled in the motorcycle instructor training courses by Thomas Wolf, the head instructor of BMW Motorrad and completed them with success.

Between 2004 and 2009, he worked as a manager and a senior instructor in Turkey’s first international motorcycle training and life center, BMW Rider Academy, Istanbul. Starting from BMW products training, MEB, advanced road, off-road, tour guidance, first-aid, mechanical training and on, he completed all the global stages of instructorship. Having completed search and rescue trainings and with a destination experience of over 80 countries, his areas of expertise cover Africa, South America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Turkey. As his reputation grew with training and seminars which he delivered in many levels, he also put in practice the first commercial motorcycle tours in Turkey. After a five-year professional career of instruction and management, he moved to Republic of South Africa to help establish an entrepreneurship of dsm group, in which he is involved as a partner. With his corporate attitude of not sharing anything he has not experienced personally, his ability to organize and carry out tour programs which many people dream of, and a character excluding anything ordinary of his life, he welcomes you to Ride the Earth tours to share all his experiences.


Sabri Kilicoglu

Born in 1978, in Turkey, fell in love with Africa at his first visit in 2003, decided to live in South Africa he and still lives there. He is a professional tour-guide in South Africa for Western Cape and Garden Route and he is the itinerary supervisor for Ride The Earth. He hikes and rides mountain bike as much as he can. He is one of the luckiest people who does not feel working even when he is working.


Anibal Vickacka

Since the age of 15 Anibal is a fanatic of motorcycles. In the streets of Buenos Aires he had his first drives that lead to further dreams of conquering vast lands with his bike. He has a very communicative and outgoing personality and loves meeting people from around the world. He has travelled on a motorbike through Chile, Argentina, Germany, Holland, France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, the United States, Russia and Turkey.