Tag: 4×4 adventure experiences
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Khama Rhino Sanctuary
This small community-based conservation project has big ideas. Come and support their efforts in rhino conservation.
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Kubu Island, Makgadigadi
It’s very hard to describe just how breathtaking and magical the salt pans are, but let’s give it a go! Absolutely amazing is a good start…
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Nxai Pan – Much More Than You Think
Nxai Pan National Park might not be on your radar when you plan a Botswana trip, but it should be!
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Elephant Sands Lodge
If you want to study elephant behaviour and the herd dynamic a little closer, this is where you come to. Very happy to see that Elephant Sands is still going strong and maintaining its charm
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Chobe Safari Lodge – Kasane Magic
Sometimes we just need a little more comfort. Things like running water, an electrical socket, or a shower(!). Chobe Safari Lodge has that – and much more!
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Savuti Camp & Chobe River Loop
Chobe National Park has quite a reputation. It is the oldest national game reserve in Botswana with a variety of landscapes and ecosystems.
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The Subtle Magic of Mbudi (Khwai)
Water is the buzzword here, right in front of the campsite. A laidback mokoro trip, hippos nearby and elephants grazing just add to the charm.
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Moremi Game Reserve & Third Bridge Camp
A little bit of rain goes a long way to spotting some game! And some noisy neighbours in camp
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Maun – Centre of the Universe
It certainly is when you are in the Okavango region. This town serves all forms of tourism for the ultimate safari experience and has a lot more when you look a little deeper.
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CKGR – Continue or Find The Exit?
It was all going so well. It is tough going through the Kalahari, but man, what a fascinating place! Until we need to find the exit…
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Welcome to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve!
Welcome to the CKGR! A dry, hot, dusty, and uninhabitable area. So why come here at all?
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Searching for the Best of Botswana -Self-Drive 4×4 Trip
We spent three weeks self-driving through Botswana to try and uncover the best that Botswana can offer, with a huge diversity in landscapes and a wealth of wildlife!
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Uitspankraal, A Little Oasis in the Biedouw Valley, Cederberg
At the far end of the Biedouw valley, way out in the Western Cape near the Cederberg there’s a little a handwritten sign on a hillside letting you know you’re still on the right route…
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The best of Corsica – beaches and mountain peaks within minutes
A two-week lap of this fascinating island, by Land Rover. Corsica has a fascinating history But the big draw, in my opinion, lies elsewhere…
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Botswana Self Drive 4X4 Tips & Observations – Africa at its best
You need three senses and some faith to survive a solo self-drive 4×4 in remote Africa!
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The Camel Trophy – Condensed History. Two Decades of Muddy Adventure
Welcome to your condensed version of two decades of blood, sweat and diff oil, and a torturous test of mental, physical and mechanical toughness as we attempt to summarize the history of the event year by year.
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Thinking of buying a Land Rover Defender? Here’s the minimum you need to know
After fifteen years of ownership of a gaggle of steeds, let’s look at some (not so) glaringly obvious points of view…
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African Ranches River Camp
The whole campsite, in its entirety, is not much more than the size of our single pitch in Savute Camp in Chobe. I think that there is room for about five or six vehicles here. What a contrast…
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Chobe River Cruise & the history of Sedudu Island
Departing from the dock at the splendid Chobe River Lodge this three hour cruise takes us out into the very wide Chobe River, along the border with Namibia and around Sedudu Island.
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Elephant Sands Bush Lodge & Campsite
The clue is in the name. But you only realise it when you get there. A herd of elephants and a lot of sand. Oh, and no fences at all!
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Chobe Safari Lodge – Kasane
A very pleasant shock awaits us as we trade the dry, dusty and hot conditions in Chobe for the oasis in Kasane.
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Chobe National Park – Savute Camp
The first time I heard of Chobe was as a kid a long time ago. It had the same status as Serengeti or Etosha for me. An unreachable destination somewhere in central Africa.
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Moremi Game Reserve – Third Bridge Camp
An unfiltered experience, of being on your own, in your own time and ungoverned by an itinerary. This is a magnificent, privileged experience which I challenge you to put a monetary value on.
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The Road from Gweta to Maun (and some fuel for our trouble)
After an hour of appreciating the countryside at a sedate 80 km/h, and at roughly 150 km from Maun, we saw a vehicle off the road against the game fence, bonnet up and a guy lying under the vehicle…
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Okavango River Lodge – Maun, Botswana
Maun is a strange place. But in a good way. It is both a small town and a big ‘hub’ for the game park tourism industry. It has two faces…
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Makgadigadi Salt Pans | Solo Self-Drive Botswana
There’s no vegetation, no wildlife, and no connection. It makes you feel small and insignificant yet quite alive. There’s an energy that you can’t quite put your finger on…
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LRCH coldest Easter weekend in 100 years
Karen and Taryn came to Holland over Easter; and that was the tipping point for us to join the Land Rover Club Holland in Germany for a little camping in the snow.
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surviving Croatia Trophy 2011
Just how far would you be able to drag a (fairly) basic Land Rover into the Croatian bush?
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 8
The final day of the Croatia Trophy! And an excellent roadbook that has it all – riverbeds, steep winchpoints and very fast logging tracks
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 Stage 7 -Finito!
OUR FIRST FINISH!! A very long 75 km roadbook today, but everyone is getting their groove now. Good navigation and some challenging winch points
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 6 -Shopping in Zagreb
It’s hard to describe the feeling out there in the mud: Awesome or mind-blowing doesn’t quite do it justice. You’re out on the track in the middle of a forest all day long and YOU need to drag the car back to camp!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 Stage 5
Adventure and Extreme Classes took two different tracks.
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 4 Circuit Race
F1 in mud! A chance to drive as fast as you can/like!! Mad power and flat out along a challenging circuit, tyre change, floor it! Great fun!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 3 (Night)
Pitch black, narrow twig-lined tunnels. Branches thwacking off the windscreen. Ducking in the car to avoid getting whipped. No bearings whatsoever
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 2 team trophy
Team Trophy day is great fun for the spectators – the action is very close, especially the spattering mud, winching and hard revving engines…
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 1
Our baptism of fire as the competition gets off to a challenging start! A long and confusing roadbook and the scene of the infamous ‘Carwash’!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 prologue
The adrenaline level is high. The start signal goes off. I gas it… Some kamikaze runs at the hill… but eventually the winch is deployed
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 Prep Day in Staro Selo
Staro Selo – setting up camp, checking the car (again) and the most difficult of all – calibrating the Terratrip!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 Stage 8 & Finish
A very long roadbook and a dramatic river finish is the setting for the finale of a great week of competiton and cameraderie in the mud!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 stage 7 “Hamburger Hill”
“Hamburger Hill” – one of the most exhausting days of 2010. Extremely tough (fresh-concrete) mud and a huge winch challenge up a steep gulley
