I'm trying to plan a month-long bicycle tour this July/August and am researching different routes. I was wondering if bicycling from Maputo north to Inchope on N1, and then north to Tete on N6 is feasible? I'm traveling with my boyfriend and while we've toured all over SEA and southern India before and have been quite adventurous, we are not camping on this trip and I'm not sure if that limits us to the point where we have to rule out this route. Does anyone know if there are accommodations and services along these highways? They would need to be no more than 100km apart (unfortunately my partner's knees aren't so great and this is the most we can do in one day). We are open to supplementing the trip with short bus rides or hitches if we must. But generally we would like to cycle the entire way.
I'd appreciate any advice on this! I've been reading through what seems like hundreds of blogs and postings but still having a hard time getting recent information. I suppose I have two other questions, too, although they are dependent on whether this route is even possible... do these highways have pleasant scenery? Anyone have any advice on how to get back down to Maputo from Tete or wherever it is we end up in a reasonable amount of time (not on our bikes)?!