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Welcome Martin! Give me a shout if you have any questions or need help with anything!

Hi Kenneth, Welcome to Overland bound! Give me a shout if you have any questions or need help with anything Cheers, Christoff

Welcome Jade, great to see you here! Please give me a shout if you have any questions or need help with anything!

We only get the 4.2 1HZ in the Troopy. Only the 76 and 79 have the 4.5 V8 option. Albeit slow as a dog, the 1HZ is bulletproof and is better suited for the poor quality of local diesel

Thanks Blaise! 1. We’ll do a combo of one-nighters and base camping but probably more base camping. 2. Yup rhe 1HZ motor is bulletproof but it’s heavy on fuel and very slooow 3. When it’s set up like ASPW’s it’s not bad 4. Yes I meant just driving it every day 5. Yup, definitely more space...

The struggle is real :laughing: We usually base camp as well, one of the main reasons I got the trailer in the first place. There are a few places recently where we've done quite a few one-nighters and where I wouldn't take a trailer (notably crossing the Central Kalahari). My car is set up...

Thanks Björn, forgot about shipping! We'd like to circumnavigate South Africa (mostly on dirt) first, then Southern Africa (Nam, Bot, Zim, Zam, Moz) and maybe even a Cape to Kairo (or abouts) trip. From there who knows...

I do lots of extended trips but we're considering going full-time overlanding (my wife and I). I'd like to get some first-hand feedback from current full-timers on their experiences with towing (off-road trailer) vs. rig-only. I currently have a Toyota Fortuner (similar to a 4Runner), fully...

We decided (on a whim) to go see what Kruger and Mapungubwe looked like after the big rains of tropical storm Guambe. What we found there was amazing!

Pity it's not available as an e-book :cry:

Been quite the journey... Might be starting all over with a LC78 (Troopy) in future as we're looking to go full-time Before; After;

Hi Frank, welcome to OB! Give me a shout if you have any questions or need help with anything!

Hi Willie, Don't have any gpx's for this trip unfortunately but here are a few references (mostly gravel); https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/travel/2020-01-19-yes-you-can-drive-from-joburg-to-cape-town-using-only-dirt-roads/...

Join @Edward Bath @4x4ventures and I as we trace the old African ivory route in the North of South Africa; This was a great 16-day, 1800 mi adventure!

I have an RTT because lions and hyenas :wink:. Seriously though, I do a lot of solo camping and to pitch one of those ground dome tents by yourself is near impossible (we don't get those nice gazelle tents over here). Ground tents are great as basecamps but I'd rather be a bit higher off the...

Welcome to OB! Give me a shout if you have any questions or need help with anything!

These guys were actually on designated campsites but it still got to them

Just a cautionary tale of camping in and around dry riverbeds. The Richtersveld is an arid region of South Africa with hardly any rainfall. Doesn't mean you can't get sudden flash floods, even in dry areas like this... Fortunately everybody got out okay and they managed to recover all the...

Braai spice

This is a little generalized I'm afraid. Let's take Botswana for example. Yes, you'll find 50ppm in cities and most towns but if you're traveling to remote areas I've found many times that there is only 500ppm available and/or the 50ppm pumps are empty.