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Landy Fest
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Landy Fest

Landy Fest

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February 2018
Beyond The Desert Edge Part1 The Road To Serra Cafema
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Beyond The Desert Edge Part1 The Road To Serra Cafema

Adventurer Peter Van Kets and photo-journalist Jacques Marais decided to ride their mountain bikes from Angola to Swakopmund. But before they could crank off on this incredible adventure, they first had to get to the Cunene River…

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8 mins  |
June 2018
The Wild Guide
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The Wild Guide

Marvellous McDonald’s

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June 2018
Hard At Work
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Hard At Work

COMPANY PROFILE: RATAU Hard Canopies

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June 2018
Mud & Mates
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Mud & Mates

Learn a bunch of new skills with a 4x4-training outing at Bass Lake

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June 2018
Re-Engineered, Redesigned & Refined Honda CR-V
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Re-Engineered, Redesigned & Refined Honda CR-V

At the recent Cape Town launch of the 5th generation Honda CR-V, I had the privilege of getting up close and personal with the new models on offer.

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4 mins  |
October 2017
Right On Point
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Right On Point

Although the previous Pajero Sport was getting long in the tooth, Mitsubishi’s latest offering is set to stick it to the Everest and Fortuner with a combination of new tech, safety features, style and capability.

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October 2017
Baobab
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Baobab

The survivor’s tree has many uses

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3 mins  |
October 2017
Old Dog, New Tricks
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Old Dog, New Tricks

Who says the Fountain of Youth is just a Wishing Well? The guys at 7 Landies prove this wrong time and again with old Defenders

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October 2017
The Endless Horizon - Central Kalahari Game Reserve
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The Endless Horizon - Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Micky Baker embarks on an Ultimate Adventure through the second-largest game reserve in the world. He discovers a very different Kalahari…

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10+ mins  |
July 2019
Tankwa Time Out
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Tankwa Time Out

A weekend breakaway to the Tankwa Karoo via the Old Postal Route brings weather from every season for avid overlanders Simon van der Merwe and Minouw Coetzee

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5 mins  |
July 2019
Food In The Wild
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Food In The Wild

The prickly pear has many uses

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4 mins  |
July 2019
The Giraffe: Standing Tall
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The Giraffe: Standing Tall

Given that 21 June was ‘World Giraffe Day’, I thought that this would be a great opportunity to share something about these iconic animals with you.

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July 2019
The Ride Stuff
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The Ride Stuff

There has been a lot of hype surrounding the launch of Nissan’s replacement for the Navara, which also takes over where the Hardbody left off. The main hype is that it now features rear coil springs, just like many SUVs before it − including the Range Rover from the early Eighties, the Defender, and some awkward segment-mates like the Ssang Yyong Musso pick-up.

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May 2017
A Journey Of Discoverys
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A Journey Of Discoverys

This month, the Land Rover Discovery celebrates its 30th birthday – marking the transition from Project Jay in the 1980s to the current ‘All-New’ tech-fest. The Holgate family, of course, has a story to tell for each of the five successive generations…

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10 mins  |
September 2019
Onca Off-Road Rock Sliders
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Onca Off-Road Rock Sliders

Vehicle: Hilux Vigo Legend 45

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3 mins  |
September 2019
Just Winging It…
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Just Winging It…

Having concentrated, for several months now, on some of our larger mammals I thought it was time to shift the focus to our incredible bird assemblage. South Africa is home to approximately 850 bird species, of which 50 are found nowhere else on earth.

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September 2019
A Khaudum Adventure
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A Khaudum Adventure

A short drive through the remote Khaudum National Park, as part of a longer travel experience in Botswana and Namibia, has this group of overlanders keen to go back for more…

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September 2019