Long Way Down: John o' Groats to Cape Town

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman began Long Way Down on 12 May 2007 at the northern tip of Scotland, 690 miles from London. The start was nearly delayed by Boorman's run-in with an official at Gatwick Airport; he took a later flight to Inverness, and the journey began as scheduled. They rode BMW R1200GS Adventure bikes through eighteen countries to Cape Town.

Visitor guidance: John o' Groats is a tourist village on Scotland's north-eastern tip, popular with visitors.

The first leg was a four-day ride from John o' Groats back to London, via the McGregor family home in Crieff. On the way they also stopped at Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix, and camped in the middle of the circuit. After that they took the Channel Tunnel to France and rode south to Italy.

Visitor guidance: Silverstone hosts race events; check the circuit's own listings before travelling.

After the Sicily ferry, the riders landed in Tunisia and, in the series, visited the set of Star Wars. Tatooine scenes were filmed in Tunisia at Tozeur and Ghomrassen, and abandoned sets from the filming still stand in the desert and can be visited. On arrival the team bribed the local authorities with a few bottles of vodka. Next they rode into Libya.

Location precision: The series does not say which Tunisian set they visited, so this stop is not pinned; Tatooine scenes were filmed at Tozeur and Ghomrassen.

Two of the crew, the producer and a cameraman, could not get entry visas for Libya and had to fly from Tunisia to Egypt instead. The riders visited the pyramids, among the largest ever built in ancient Egypt, before boarding a ferry to Sudan. From there the route ran through Ethiopia to Kenya, where they crossed the equator.

Location precision: The series says only that they visited the pyramids; the pin marks the Giza pyramid complex.

Visitor guidance: The Giza pyramid complex is open to visitors.

The journey ended on 4 August 2007 at Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of the African continent. From there a phalanx of bikers accompanied McGregor and Boorman to Cape Town, similar to their arrival in New York on Long Way Round. The cape is the start of the traditional dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian oceans; a survey marker and a marker shaped like Africa stand at the tip.

Visitor guidance: A survey marker and a marker depicting the African continent stand at the tip.