Max and Sue Hoppe are a couple from Port Elizabeth who are, well, let’s just say “past their prime”. Koos is their recently acquired Hyundai Terracan, of which the same could be said. Together, ... read more
Posted: 11 February 2014
Gorgeous, surprising but sometimes also maddening. Ethiopia is inimitable, never boring and very different from the rest of Africa. For overlanders who are tough enough, it’s a must see. Andrea Dijk... read more
Posted: 5 February 2014
While planning a trip to Vilanculos and other places in Mozambique via the Kruger National Park, Mike Slater was given two bits of information from online sources. They were aware that the Pafuri bord... read more
Posted: 26 January 2014
Towing a caravan or trailer in the Namib Desert adds a completely new dimension to camping safaris. It also teaches you all you will ever need to know about momentum, writes Pieter Oosthuizen The firs... read more
Posted: 21 January 2014
Some names are synonymous with wilderness – Mana Pools, Etosha, Richtersveld, Okavango, Niassa… Words like these are clarion calls to escape the city and plunge into an adventurous African journey... read more
Posted: 17 January 2014
They call it the Magotho Camp. It’s a little piece of heaven, nestled between the Moremi and Chobe national parks, in the north-west corner of Botswana. And if the mythic Garden of Eden existed on e... read more
Posted: 24 December 2013
While planning a trip to Vilanculos and other places in Mozambique via the Kruger National Park, Mike Slater was given two bits of information from online sources. They were aware that the Pafuri bord... read more
Posted: 13 December 2013
Some were “bush virgins” and had never been camping or even off road before. Some were nervous and would only go if they were promised some “steel” between them and the lions at night. Others ... read more
Posted: 9 December 2013
At Addo you can see the largest terrestrial animal (the elephant), the most ancient land mammal (the black rhino), one of the largest marine mammals (the southern-right whale), Africa’s iconic preda... read more
Posted: 15 November 2013
A group of 34 people in 4x4s recently set off from Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape on a two-week journey to follow the old ox-wagon trail of Great Trek leader Piet Retief 175 years ago – all the w... read more
Posted: 15 November 2013
