The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Boy Who Biked the World series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa runs 1.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alastair Humphreys (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 1.9 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Boy Who Biked the World
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 13.3 hours in all.
More narrated by Alastair Humphreys
Alastair Humphreys narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 54 hours in all.
- Alastair Humphreys: Around the World by Bike
- Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes
- My Midsummer Morning: Rediscovering a Life of Adventure
- The Boy Who Biked the World Collection: On the Road to Africa, Riding the Americas, Riding Home Through Asia
- The Boy Who Biked the World: Riding Home Through Asia
About as long, on the Kids shelf
1,354 Kids audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa is book 1 of Alastair Humphreys's Boy Who Biked the World series: a 1.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Alastair Humphreys, released January 27, 2022, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alastair Humphreys
- Released
- January 27, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- The Boy Who Biked the World #1
- ISBN
- 9781786581044
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa as an audiobook?
The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa runs 1.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.
Is The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa?
The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa is narrated by Alastair Humphreys.