Hi all,

New to the MTB forum specifically, normally spend my time over in the touring forum but felt this is more appropriate here.

So next year I'm doing the Tour d'Afrique (http://www.tourdafrique.com) and for the trip I am taking my Merida big nine TFS-XT 29'er. For the on-road sections I plan on taking some schwalbe marathon plus touring tyres because I have used in them in the past with 100% success rate at avoiding punctures.

However I have zero experience when it comes to MTB tyres. Schwalbe only make the marathon plus up to 26' MTB and I'm looking for some real nobbly tires for the really rough stuff that I know awaits me.

I'm wondering if anyone can recommend some good 29er tyres that have great puncture reistance. Rolling reistance, weight, speed etc is not of concern to me, however the fewer punctures I have to deal with the better as far as I can see.

Any information would be greatly appreciated. When it comes to tubeless tyres I would prefer not to go down that route if there are good non-tubless tyres out there that have great puncture reistance.

Thanks!