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Do Go Chasing Waterfalls
Exploring The Far Reaches Of The Wild Coast
Calm In The Khwai
We drive the new Ford Everest in Northern Botswana – and get dished up a testing selection of fine sand, river crossings and lots of mud
A New Breed
When it comes to off-road performance, Fords new Raptor Ranger rewrites the rule book for production bakkies
Twitchy In Zimbabwe
A birding safari into the eastern regions of Zimbabwe dials up extraordinary landscapes, lots of bird sightings and some of the best tea on the planet
Cool As Ice
WAECO CFX-65 Fridge-freezer Four-year long-term test.
Shop Talk
What are the effects of poorly balanced wheels, and how can this be resolved?
Posh Pickup's Got Grunt
Mercedes-Benz X-Class X350d 4Matic
Landy Legion
When you get the opportunity to join a convoy of Defenders on a meticulously-planned trip through one of South Africa’s most stunning valleys, it’s one you simply can’t turn down.
Recovery Gear – What You Need To Know
TRAIL SAVVY: Off-road driving tips, skills & practices
Snake Sense
Is that snake dangerous or not?
Xtreme Chilling
A Land Rover Trophy of a different type takes place every Easter weekend, thanks to Pretoria East service centre LR Xtreme. This year, a group of 16 Landies tackled a tough Lesotho route, made tougher when the rains came pelting down…
The Perfect Storm
Road Test: Audi Q8 55 TFSI Quattro
8 Ways To Use Your Recovery Tracks
We have listed some of the more common uses for composite recovery tracks below, although they can, of course, be used in almost any off-road situation.
Camping Around Animals
How to stay safe when sleeping on terra firma
Renault Duster 4X4
Flagship gets a raft of new tech
Going For Gold
The all-new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
Land Rover Explore Outdoor Phone
The folks over at Land Rover were kind enough to give us a brand new Land Rover Explore smartphone to test out for a while, and it definitely lives up to its name: it’s made for the outdoors.
Rough Roads To Reconciliation
In this second trip to help ex-combatants wrestle with the ghosts of their past in Angola battles, the group has expanded to a convoy of 26 vehicles and 83 people…
True Blue Energy
For a full spectrum of off-grid products, Victron Energy has the edge
Shop Talk
Tyre construction basics
Inland Waterways Expedition - Part One: The Trek North
In this two part series, Andrew Middleton documents his journey from Cape Town to Malawi and back in a brand-new Hilux 2.8 GD-6 auto. This month-long, five-country expedition follows southern Africa’s most prominent inland waterways. In Part 1, the expedition tracks new worlds of watery bliss in Malawi and Mozambique, and exposes Africa’s darker (and often funnier) sides including bribery and fear of attack. Does it all go according to plan? Of course not….
Zero Hero: Nissan Np300 Hardbody 2.5d 4x4 Dc High
It’s a case of ‘back to the nineties’ with the NP300, and that’s both a good and a bad thing depending on where this workhorse will be used…
The Syncro Saga
Heavy rains turn a Moremi-Chobe safari into a swimming lesson
New Suit For All Seasons
Renault Duster
Soft-roader All-Wheel Drive Systems: A Few Simple Truths
Trail Savvy: Off-Road Driving Tips, Skills & Practices
New Bakkie, New Rules
By thinking outside the box, Nissan is set to stir the pot with its all-new Navara.
Dakar Ready
Winner of our BF Goodrich competition, Carine Reyneke, was whisked off to charge about the dunes of Namibia in a Dakar rally car prepped for the Redlined Motorsport team. This is her story...
Lesser Flamingo
I am often flabbergasted when a person tells me that he or she has never been to Namibia.
The Wild Guide
Panthera and popcorn
More Of The Same
Toyota’s Prado is a strong, capable, body-on-frame mid-size SUV with all the trimmings, for families who don’t want or need the immense Land Cruiser 200 Series in their driveway.