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Travel, explore and experience with these 4x4 and off-road, self-drive adventure destinations and holidays in Africa and Southern Africa.

101 Great Escapes

We asked 17 seasoned outdoors enthusiasts for ideas to make this year your most memorable year yet. Here are their 101 suggestions about the best destinations, routes and activities.

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Angola | Into Angola's wild(er) side

Rulan Heunis, a retired Eastern Cape engineer and businessman, has visited southwestern Angola before, but last year he and a guide explored the north and east. In the three months they spent there (...

THE KILLING FIELDS? A Russian T54 tank is part of the landscape close to Quibala. Military vehicles which have been abandoned on the roadside, are a common sight in Angola. PHOTOGRAPH Mouton van Zyl

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Baboon's Pass | In the grip of the...

With rocks named Goliath, Lesotho’s Baboon’s Pass is where drivers have to brave rock falls and sudden snow storms − and sometimes have to be airlifted out.

HEIGH-HO, SILVER! André Nel’s Land Cruiser rears up on Baboon’s Pass. PHOTOGRAPH Martin Nel.

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Baviaans-Kouga 4x4 Experience

While doing a 4x4 trail over the Kouga Mountains Matt Covarr not only discovered the cushy life, but also an exciting alternative access route from the placid Langkloof to the wild Baviaanskloof.

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Baviaanskloof | Into the Valley of Baboons

There’s a legion of reasons why you should visit the Baviaanskloof (or the Kloof, as the residents call it) – Barnie Louw gives 14.

WELCOME! Nuwekloof with its impressive geology is the “official” start of the Baviaanskloof when entering from Willowmore (the west). Between this kloof and Patensie in the east about 160 km of the Kloof awaits exploring. PHOTOGRAPH Chris Marais

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Botswana Kalahari | Catching the cry of the...

Traversing the great expanse of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana may not be as challenging as you may have been lead to believe − if you plan and prepare carefully (and understand the...

GOING GAGA OVER XAXA. The campsite at Xaxa waterhole, more or less in the centre of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, on the way to Xade from Khutse Game Reserve.

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Cameroon | Highwaymen of the wild west

The injustice of informal tollgates in Cameroon was a bitter pill to swallow for judge Kees van Dijkhorst − and that is without considering the disaster of what was supposed to pass for roads.

BYWAY ROBBERY. Highwaymen at a makeshift “tollgate” – complete with “crocodile jaw” barrier – between Mamfe and Ekok in Cameroon. The touring party only came short at one of nine such tollgates. PHOTOGRAPH Gert van der Merwe

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Caprivi | A bridge too far

A sinking caravan, hippos, icy water, brave students, underwater repairs and impatient Germans ... Wilbrie Fourie shares an epic tale of a wooden bridge in the Caprivi.

Ideas, anyone? The off-road caravan of the Fouries from Pretoria is stuck on a rickety bridge on the way to the Mamili National Park in the Caprivi. Its recovery from a tributary of the Linyanti River, that teems with hippos and crocodiles, was a drawn-out process.

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Cederberg | Shooting the breeze

The Cederbergers gave it to Johan de Smidt from the shoulder during a family-friendly roundtrip that takes you away from the crowds.

INTO THE WILDERNESS. Sunrise over the southern Cederberg near Sanddrif intensifies the red hues of the sandstone rocks.

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Cederberg | The Cederberg’s quiet(er) side

On a recent trip to the Cederberg she discovered that drinking diluted dassie urine may help to cure arthritis. Scarlett Steer also learned that she doesn’t know the Cederberg as well as she thought.