Deliana Jones and the temple of Vroom
Delia du Toit and Alet Venter won the Basic 4x4 Training group session, courtesy of Safari Centre, that was up for grabs in our May issue. After months of correlating diaries, they at long last donned their macho attitudes to become Deliana Jones and Vierwiel van Zyl for the day
A (motor)home away from home
If you could take anything along on an overland trip, what would it be? Perhaps your flat-screen television set, hot shower or comfy bed? Well, now you can take all of it with you. TravelStar’s luxury 4x4 motorhomes allow travellers to explore Africa in style
Life begins at 30
Die Trok (The Truck) hasn’t always been the adventurer or celeb it is today. Its life only started at the ripe age of 30 with 300 000km on the clock, its original bright red bodywork faded to a dusty shade of vermillion. But since this ready-to-retire 1984 Land Cruiser was adopted by the crew of kykNET’s Projek Aardwolf, it’s tallied up another 25 000 problem-free kilometres on 25 trips in and around South Africa these past six months
Mongolia, land of extremes
After spending some quality time on the stunning Olkhon Island in Russia, Jacques and Mandy du Randt head to Mongolia. There they discover an unforgiving land, friendly and hardy people and lots of extreme driving tests. They also use their Land Cruiser to help some locals out of sticky situations
On top of Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro is an iconic image of Africa as well as a tough personal challenge. So when Stephen Smith got the opportunity to realise a dream and climb the mountain as part of Kingsley Holgate’s latest expedition, there were no ifs or buts about it: he was going to climb Kili
The million rand club
At the top of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) feeding chain preside the 4x4s that are the preserve of only the (very) well heeled. These 4x4s will probably never see a 4x4 obstacle in their lives. Instead, it is the sheer oppulence, the image, and the on-road performance dynamics that swing sales in this segment. It is… the exclusive R1-million SUV club
The day not even Madiba could help us
For 150 000km it worked like a charm. Until one day in Matadi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). That was the day when the Angolan Consul General in this city threw a spanner in the works – and not even Madiba could help
If manufacturers would only ask
Designing anything for a woman can be a painstaking exercise, but designing a cross-over vehicle or 4x4 for today’s ultra business-savvy, self-assured, Saxon-loving but bush-yearning über-woman, who is used to having her cake and eating it, is mere suicide. Especially if you’re a little man sitting on the 200th floor of some skyscraper in the Far East, and you’ve never even spoken to the men you’re designing vehicles for, let alone the women. Well, what do women want?
Ouma’s rusks and her husband’s Ford
Retracing the steps of the famous Ouma, who made the rusks, led to the amazing discovery that her husband owned the first Ford dealership in Molteno, and that her son criss-crossed the countryside in a Ford pick-up to test the popularity of her recipe. Being the first to make the connection between Ouma Rusks and Ford, we thought it rather fitting to tackle this trip in the latest Ford Wildtrak
The Barriere de Pluie in Cameroon
Cameroon, Central Africa. The rainy season. Travelling overland on gravel roads. This is where one is about to encounter the “Barriere de Pluie” – the Rain Barrier.
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