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Yuji Suzuki's run across Africa in his latest rickshaw-pulling challenge.

This tour guide from Japan, who uses his rickshaw to give Tokyo visitors a unique perspective, wanted to drive himself further.

His 6,400 kilometre adventure's taken him from Nairobi, through Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia, to Cape Town.

Namibia's desert tested him the most.

This isn't the first time Suzuki's given himself such a big challenge.

He began his international rickshaw runs in 2016, with a journey that took him from China to India.

Next, he pulled his 100-kilogram vehicle over 2,500 kilometres across Europe.

He'd taken the idea from the movie Forrest Gump and earned himself the nickname Gump Suzuki.

Suzuki then copied Gump by running 5,100 kilometres across the USA in 2022.

Suzuki's attracted the attention of local people along his route.

Children in particular have run beside him, and people have provided him with food, help and moral support.

However, wild spectators such as lions and elephants have been less welcome!

Alwyn Andrews is one of many supporters in South Africa to follow him across the country.

Suzuki's already thinking about a challenge in South America next.

However, right now, he's taking some time to enjoy this achievement.

He wants to share it with the runners and supporters who have encouraged him.

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