Tag: 4×4 adventure experiences
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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
Chobe, Etosha, Okavango, Kruger, Serengeti – we have all heard of them at some point in our lives. They all have a certain mystique and perhaps even celebrity status. I think Moremi belongs on that list as well…
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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
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
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 Stage 6
Snapped ropes and broken winch motors. Very rough going at the steep creek and river bed. A lot of mud and extremely difficult.
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 Stage 5 -The Swamp
A waist-high muddy bog stood in the way of everyone on stage 5 of the Croatia Trophy 2010. Creative winching required – and don’t mind the snake
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 circuit race (Stage 4)
During the Night Stage the front diff has come off and the bolts holding on the crown wheel have all sheared off. The whole thing has to come apart. With enormous help from our Dutch teams, we find the knowledge and some spare parts to refit the spacer that holds the crown wheel. With the […]
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 night stage (stage 3)
The start is from eleven pm. Being in the last place due to a non-start in the Team Trophy, we are last to start at about 00h30. It starts to rain as we head into the darkness and try to follow some tracks. Around the next corner, we find a traffic jam of vehicles trying […]
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 Stage 2 Trophy Day
Today was double-edged. We couldn’t take part in the Team Trophy because of the technical problems from yesterday, but have managed to sort them all out and can take part in the night stage. The fuel problems were actually caused by a blocked suction pipe in the fuel tank. We also had the tyre fixed […]
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 Stage 1
We had a relatively good start and caught some competitors early due to some good driving in some of the testing areas. Navigation is difficult at times but getting better. About halfway at the first check point we had to change a flat tyre. We used the top winch around a tree to lift the […]
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4×4 croatia trophy 2010 – the show start in glina
The show-start in the town of Glina in remote Croatia gives the competitiors a chance to meet the locals and show off their machines…
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 Preparation and Prologue
Following the last-minute prep on the car, we start in the third group and have quite an eventful first porlogue stage…
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2010 – getting there…
Final checks on the Land Rover Discovery (kindly sponsored by Land Rover Centre Jacob Schaap) and we hit the road by 09:30. Slow going at 90 km/hr, but all went smoothly.
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Offroading for Dummies
Driving Miss Daisy – watch out here I come. Rob Mieras is a 4×4 driving instructor and has the patience of Job when it comes to teaching new offroading skills to nervous drivers. We had the good fortune of joining them on a camping trip to Freizeitpark Mammut in Germany, which was just fabulous. The […]
