Bonjour!
apres plusieurs recherches, j ai cru comprendre qu il est facile de louer un scooter a Rantepao et de se ballader dans la region. Mais je voudrais avec ma conjointe louer un scooter depuis Makkassar et me ballader pendant 1 mois sur Sulawesi. D apres les differents post, les routes ont l air en mauvaises etats...mais est ce vraiment impensable, ou impossible de louer un scooter depuis makassar et de se ballader sur l ile? faut il absolument une moto 125?je ne suis pas motard a part qq location de moto en asie (scooter a bali (oui j imagine sulawesi , c est pas Bali merci😉) et qq scooter a trois vitesse au laos et vietnam)) nous n avons pas vraiment d experience...😐
j aimerai donc votre avis ou le recit de qqun qui l as deja fait!! merci d avance pour votre aide
cheers!!😏
Très difficile de louer un scoot à Makkasar ! mais voilà une adresse trouvée sur le site d'un autre voyageur :
"Si malgré tout vous voulez vous lancer dans l'aventure, vous aurez beaucoup de mal à trouver un endroit pour louer un scooter.
Après pas mal de pérégrinations j'ai fini par en trouver un ! Vous ne pourrez pas trouver son magasin perdu dans un dédale de ruelles, mais vous pouvez lui téléphoner et il viendra vous amener (et reprendre) le scooter à l'hôtel.
Mr Latif parle un peu anglais ! Tel : 04 11 83 55 86 ou 08 52 42 21 31 83"
A Makassar tu peux louer en face de Fort Rotterdam. Pas facile car ils ont peur de louer aux étrangers, ne dit surtout pas que tu as l'intention d'aller loin.
Pour la petite histoire, j'avais loué en disant que je louais pour 8 jours pour rayonner autour de Makassar (mais avec comme réelle intention de le garder un mois et faire tout le tour de la péninsule sud-ouest de Sulawesi). Dès le 4ème jour le loueur flippait et me harcelait de SMS, mais j'étais déjà Rantepao.
Je le tenais informé pour le rassurer, et au bout du 8ème jour je lui ai dit de ne pas s'inquiéter, je voulais garder le scooter pendant une semaine de plus. Malgré le harcèlement quasi quotidien de SMS, j'ai pu continuer la route jusqu'à Bira, mais là le loueur n'en pouvait plus de s'inquiéter et il a fait 400km aller-retour depuis Makassar pour venir rechercher son scooter.... (Par chance j'ai pu relouer un scooter à Bira et faire le tour de l'île de Selayar avec).
A mon retour à Makassar, lorsque j'ai voulu récupérer mon passeport (laissé au loueur en guise de caution), j'ai du aller le chercher et m'expliquer à la police... j'aurais pu m'en passer car j'avais pris soin de lui laisser un passeport périmé.
Bref il faudra être patient pour trouver un scooter à louer à Makassar, surtout sur une longue durée (et en plus le loueur de Fort Rotterdam doit se souvenir de moi, ça ne va pas te faciliter la tâche 😏).
En dehors de Bali-Lombok et quelques endroits touristiques, les Indos n'ont pas l'habitude de louer aux étrangers, ils ont peur de ne jamais revoir leur scooter. Le mois dernier j'ai eu le même problème à Banjarmasin (Kalimantan), il m'a fallu la journée entière pour trouver un scooter à louer auprès d'un mec qui tenait un commerce de scooter d'occasion et qui n'avait jamais imaginé que ça pouvait se louer. Il y a 2 ans à Ambon, j'avais loué le scooter de fonction d'un flic... Comme quoi avec de la persévérance, on y arrive toujours.
Ceci étant dit voyager à scooter, même sur longue distance, c'est la liberté absolue qui vaut bien la peine d'avoir mal au dos. Pour ma part, je suis prêt à passer une journée entière à chercher à louer un scooter par tous les moyens. Si tu envisages des longues distances, prévois une paire de sacoches, ça soulagera ton dos énormément... A Sulawesi, les routes sont plutôt bonnes, on roule bien sur les grands axes (du moins la partie que je connais).
Ne loue pas de scooter automatique, il n'y a aucun frein moteur hors tu vas en avoir besoin en pays Toraja.
Je n'ai jamais loué de 125cc en Indonésie, je voyage toujours avec un passager derrière et j'ai + de 10.000 km à mon actif: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Florès, Sumba, Alor, Pantar, Roti, Sulawesi, Ambon, Kalimantan, ... tout en scooter, jamais en 125cc 🙂
Ah au fait si tu parles un peu Indo, tu peux trouver des n° de téléphone sur internet:
https://www.google.com/...amp;client=firefox-a
dont un qui apparemment semble louer au mois: rentalmotormakassar.blogspot.com
Loic
Le scooter en Afrique Australe, ça le ferait pas trop...🤪🤪🤪
Fort juste : et si tu en parles à Carbang ( voir discussion sur la namibie ) elle va te dire qu elle connait un couple qui a traversé la Namibie en scooter et dont le mari s'est fait dévorer la jambe par les lions 🏴☠️
Et Voyajou va encore s'énerver car il dira qu'il fallait pas y aller en scooter ....
Je me marre bien sur ce forum de temps en temps 😎 c cool !
merci bcp pour ces infos !!! je pense qu on va y aller safe, en louant seulement au pays tana toraja...:)on y est trois semaines seulement, on veut pas se rendre la tete;)
merci encore loic!😏
A sulawesi nord les routes sont également pas mal du tout.
Ca semble donc une ile plutot bien pour visiter d'un bout à l'autre en scooter.
Mais sur de longues distances ca peut etre bien d'avoir chacun le sien sinon celui qui est à l'arrière peut effectivement avoir tres mal au cul au bout d'un moment.
Il y a trois sortes d’hommes : les vivants,
les morts, et ceux qui vont sur la mer.
Aristote (parait il)
Mais sur de longues distances ca peut etre bien d'avoir chacun le sien sinon celui qui est à l'arrière peut effectivement avoir tres mal au cul au bout d'un moment.
Tout à fait.
Moi j'ai de la chance mon passager arrière a l'habitude de se taper le cul toute l'année au fond de sa pirogue 😉
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Why not explore the Peloponnese!
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tout est dans le titre: me rendant prochainement a Krabi, et désirant louer un scooter pour quelques semaines, mais lisant des commentaires de risques d'arnaques en tout genre, je m'adresse a vous pour savoir ou et comment (lire ''la bonne facon'') de louer un scooter.
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I’m currently planning a 9-day route starting from Marrakech with my husband. We land on the morning of June 13th—so soon! 😊
And we’re flying back to France on June 21st at 9 PM!
We’ve rented two Royal Enfield 450s.
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Day 2: Tafingoult - Amzarkou - Telouet (200 km - 4h34)
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Day 4: Boumalne - Dades Gorges - Agoudal - Todra Gorges - Tinghir - Goulmima (291 km - 6h)
Day 5: Goulmima - Midelt - Cirque Jaffar - Agoudim (280 km - 4h45)
Day 6: Agoudim - Imilchil - Aghbala - El Ksiba (280 km - 4h45)
Day 7: El Ksiba - La Cathédrale - Zaouiat Ahansal (212 km - 4h20)
Day 8: Ahansal - Ouzoud Waterfalls via R 302 (188 km - 4h22)
Day 9: Ouzoud - Marrakech (160 km - 2h43)
End of the trip 😮.
What do you think?
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I’m really keen on a motorcycle trip to Morocco, specifically the Middle Atlas. Does anyone have any info or tips on this idea? Planning to go in September or October...
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Christine
