Thirty Years of the Land Rover Discovery

Kingsley and Crew Have Used Every Model of Land Rover for Their Various Expeditions but the Combination of Comfort and Ability Has Made the Discovery One of Their Favourites.

This year, we’re using our adventures in Land Rover Discoverys to highlight their achievements over the past three decades. First launched at the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Discovery soon became the Land Rover of choice for the Camel Trophy. This gruelling endurance event tested adventurers to their limits, putting them and the Discoverys through their paces every year as they explored regions such as the Amazon, Siberia, Madagascar and Australia. The brawny off-roaders in their instantly recognisable yellow-orange colours and gritty 4×4 attitude showed their capabilities in some of the toughest terrain on the planet.

This got me thinking about some of our own epic journeys in Discoverys and some unique firsts. For example, we took two Discoverys on a 100-day Boundless Southern Africa expedition to unite nature, culture and community across nine countries, seven Transfrontier Conservation Areas and 30 national parks and game reserves. Then there was Journey to Juba: crossing Africa to reach the legendary Murchison Falls in Uganda and a perilous journey following the Nile to eventually reach Juba in time for the Independence Day celebrations of South Sudan, the newest country on the planet.