Bringing together those who enjoy the outdoors
It was with great excitement that everyone arrived at De Breede Otter on Friday afternoon, many arrived quite early to find that perfect camp spot under the trees and of course go for a swim in the Breede River.
Continue reading “Christmas Camping Weekend at De Breede Otter 29 November – 01 December 2019”
On Friday morning most of the group of nine vehicles met at the Ceres Zipline base for breakfast, a few dining in town. We then drove along the R355 until turning into unspoilt wilderness. A very careful decent down the gorge to the previous river crossing revealed that the storm the weekend before had increased the river level substantially.
Continue reading “Tankwa Karoo Doring River 1 – 5 Nov 2019”
We arrived to a windy camp site with Gilbert already set up and ready to start the fire.
Our campsite was situated among the trees and Friday evening was spent around the fire.
Continue reading “De Hoop Nature Reserve 13-15 September 2019”
The 4×4 Offroad Adventure Club in Cape Town decided to visit the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda by road, and this adventure became a memorable 55 day overlanding trip for 6 couples in 4×4`s! Planning commenced 12 months before departure, and included signing on 6 willing overlanding members, arranging the route, booking key venues, and preparing the vehicles. The gorilla visit required heavy deposits to secure a specific hiking date.
Continue reading “Club camping trip to see the Mountain Gorillas in Uganda – May to July 2019”
Ever wondered what De Hoop Nature Reserve is all about, well Hilton and Mel decided to do some exploring to find out…..
Continue reading “De Hoop Nature Reserve 13-15 July 2019”
Wonderful spot, always peaceful. It is a great place to unwind. Well done to those that hiked up to the lookout point. Quite the climb. Thank you Hilton for arranging.
Continue reading “Leeuwenboschfontein Weekend 5-7 July 2019”
Who goes camping in Winter… Well a few intrepid members set off on Friday afternoon to Bo-Piketberg, to a Eco farm with a quiet secluded campsite set in a beautiful rocky valley just right for big camp fires and peace and quiet.
Continue reading “Kruistermentvlei Eco Camp Bo-Piketerberg 14-17 June 2019”
Zoo Ridge is one of the least known but most spectacular areas for rock formations in the Southern Cederberg. It is on privately owned land and is called Zoo Ridge as ones imagination is the only limitation to the number of animals one can see in the rock formations. The rock formations cover a huge area and would take many days to explore but one has to start somewhere!
Andy invited club members to join him on a 12 day exploration of the Richtersveld Conservancy and he got four takers – Rob Hall, Ivan Napoleon, Ronel and Trevor Huber and Ken and Shona Sturgeon.
Continue reading “Richtersveld Conservancy Easter Outing 19 April – 1 May 2019”
The drive to Montagu is normally a scenic relaxing drive but the number of roadworks after Worcester along with the volume of traffic bypassing the N2 due to protesting made the drive somewhat less enjoyable for all. (Why is it that the authorities can’t just do one section of road at a time???) And don’t
get me started on the road works in the kloof that are taking years to complete along with the massively over engineered bridge in Ashton that is turning into their version of the Cape Town flyovers!
Continue reading “Badensfontein weekend outing 29-31 March 2019”