More Articles
Comments OffJune 25, 2009 by Pieter
| On this web site you will find various trip reports of people who visited these places. We try to ad as much detail as possible in order for you to go on the same trips. | ||
|
Mozambique - 2003 Once across the border you can feel things are different and this heightened the feeling of excitement; - A new country, a new adventure. The difference was immediately noticeable.. By Harold Chirchill |
Cape Town to Transkei The genesis of this trip began 5 years ago on an 8 day hike between Port Edward and Port St John’s. At each nights stop I would wearily lay my pack down, take off my boots, open my can of tuna and dream about driving to all these amazing places, in the air-conditioned comfort of a SFA Hilux, with friends, braai-meat, beers, surfboards...... By A Stam |
ZA to Tanzania One customs official hinted very hard for a 'gift' after helping us crossing the border, a policeman asked for a coke at a checkpoint and another outright wanted a bribe in Mozambique. We got cheated at the ferry crossing in DarEsSalaam. That was the only problems we had the whole trip, the rest was sheer magic! .... By Andre Erasmus Click here to read the full report |
Richtersveld - 2006 The next day we left Potjiespram for De Hoop. You go back the same way as you came in and then at the fork in the road turn left. Although the mountains are bare with almost no vegetation, it is still beautiful. On this route you will find a lot of "Halfmens". They normally grow on the Soutern slopes of the mountains. Apparently you will see more plants and flowers in September. By Pieter Pretorius
Click here to read the full reportRichtersveld - 2008 Ons besluit om ‘n dag vroeër uit die Richtersveld te gaan, ons wil vanaand by Bakkrans slaap. As ek so na die klowe en skeure kyk kan ek nie help om te dink aan daardie liedjie “By U skuil my siel in die skeur van die rots, wat staan in ‘n ver dorstig land…” Dis so mooi, ek weet ek weet, ek sê dit van elke plek, maar dis so mooi. Ons stop by Kubus, ‘n dorpie net buite die Richtersveld nasionale park, daar gee ons weer sakkie en Bybels uit, die kinders is so opgewonde. Deur Okkie van Wyk
Click here to read the full reportNamibia - Van Zyl's Pass The dream of travelling the vast open spaces of Namibia came true, when we embarked on our journey on 21st March 2008. Through planning and the valuable information from previous Trip Reports, made the trip a huge success..... By Jacques Rousseau
Click here to read the full reportSnow at Matroosberg Now the problem was getting 40 4x4 vehicles up the mountain. The experienced drivers were no problem. But now you have people in Pathfinders and Pajeros who have not done this before who have to go up steep wet rocky slopes. I am sure the panel beaters in Cape Town are smiling all the way to the bank this week. By Pieter Pretorius
Click here to read the full reportTankwa National Park This road is not in such a good condition as the R355. Due to the heavy rain it has been damaged on severalplaces and you have to reduce speed frequently. This is why it takes such a long time to cover the distance. But it is worth every second of the time youspend on this road. By Pieter Pretorius
Click here to read the full reportRoggeveld and Karoo So far nothing serious. But then we reached the Pienaar's mountain pass. This pass took ten years to build. I am sure you would be able to go up the pass without a diff-lock, but you would not do so with ease. By Pieter Pretorius
Click here to read the full reportPort Alfred Then I saw a sign "Dangerous Pass 7 kms" and just after that a turn-off to Geelhoutbos as I started climbing. At this stage I had gone too far to turn back so I carried on up the mountain. The fact that the 120i is BMW's baby with a short wheel base and wheels very close to each corner of the car, together with a fantastic traction control, turned this little motor car into a very good off-road vehicle. My wife very cleverly named it the X1 when I told her how good this little car is.
Click here to read the full report Botswana - Delta We got back to camp before dark, set up, was about to light a fire when a few guys in a Landover stopped close to us. They told us that they saw some wild dogs close by. We quickly put down one of the Rtt’s, jumped in the colt and drove in the direction they indicated. About half a kilometer from our camp we found them. It was a small pack of 7 dogs that just killed an ..... Click here to read the full report Botswana 2008 We got off the main track, taking the other little tracks, we had great fun as we bumped into some of our friends on honeymoon, while they were fixing a bend steering arm on his Cruiser he picked up after he got stuck and drove over a log which bend it. We knew they were in Moremi but what was the change we would bump into them. We decided to travel together for the day as they were also spending the night at North Gate, now we really had fun on the smaller tracks. Click here to read the full reportAppelboskraal What was exciting for the locals and us is that the river had started flowing for the first time this season from the bit of rain that we had had during the week. What was quite amazing is that when our friends arrived on Friday the front of the river was in line with his house. On Saturday when we arrived it was about four hundred meters further and on Sunday morning it was about one and a half kilometers further. To experience seeing the front of the river starting to flow on dry ground as it dams up and overflows into the next hollow was really something to see. What was even more amazing is the volume of water that was constantly flowing past our camp and the front edge of the river had hardly moved. I wished that I had more time to be able to watch the progress or better still to capture it on film.
Click here to read the ful report Heaven in HellIt all started early on Good Friday morning. Off to the airport to pick up two friends from Gauteng, back to Wellington and into the Syncro all ready packed and waiting and we were off to The Hell or Gamkaskloof as it is supposed to be called.
On the N2 we stopped to look at the graveyard of the Logan’s and other Matjiesfontein residents in their quaint little cemetery. There was a freezing wind blowing, so we didn’t stay long, but I am sure they didn’t mind.
0 comment
Sorry, comments are closed.
