At Buffalo Gorge Eco Adventure Centre near Middelburg, Mpumalanga, you could practise on tough obstacles until you’ve mastered it. But you can also have fun in a softroader, writes Peter Levey.

If you want to sharpen your technique for crossing rivers and crawling over rocks on a 4x4 trail near Gauteng, head for Buffalo Gorge Eco Adventure Centre near Middelburg, Mpumalanga.

By die Buffalo Gorge Eco Adventure-sentrum naby Middelburg, Mpumalanga, kan jy op ’n paar taai hindernisse oefen tót jy dit onder die knie het. Maar jy kan ook laat waai in ’n “sagte” veldvoertuig, skryf Peter Levey.

As jy ’n slag op ’n 4x4-roete naby Gauteng wil gaan oefen om ’n rivier oor te steek of oor rotse te kruie, mik na die Buffalo Gorge Eco Adventure-sentrum naby Middelburg, Mpumalanga.

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Come home to your ‘bedrock’

The signboard at the entrance to Rooiheuwel Holiday Farm promises you’ll find peace if you lose your heart in the Karoo. As far as Philip Sackville-Scott is concerned, that just scratches the surface …

Rooiheuwel Holiday Farm, 80 km west of Beaufort West, is a place of old-school boer hospitality.
Here, you don’t just arrive, pay, get the keys and push off. Not at all. You kuier first, and you do it like it’s always been done − you sit in the voorkamer, you drink some moer coffee and you chat.

101 Trail Guide | 2010

Bôjaankop 4x4

Set in the historic Matjiesvlei Valley, Bôjaankop is named after the highest peak in the Matjiesvlei range, part of the Swartberg foothills.
The trail started in the 1800s when owner Bennie Nel’s ancestors and their sharecroppers dragged bundles of longburning wild plum wood down the foothills of the Swartberg to distil witblits.

101 Trail Guide | 2010

Kalahari Seekoeibaard Sand Route

The Kalahari Seekoei-baard Sand Route, one of Drive Out’s 2007 Top Ten winners, lies 95 km from the Kalahari Witsand Nature Reserve, on the farm Transboegoe bordering the reserve.

101 Trail Guide | 2010

Kagga Kamma 4x4

In the belly of a wilderness area southeast of the Cederberg lies the privately-owned 15 000 ha Kagga Kamma Game Reserve, and its lesser-known entanglement of off-road tracks.

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101 Trail Guide | 2010

Koranna Getaway

About 30 km west of Clocolan in the Eastern Free State, deep in the heart of cattle country, is where you will find Koranna Getaway.