
Exploring south east Namibia. Namibia is known for attractions like Sossusvlei, Etosha and the Fish River Canyon, but none of these iconic draw cards are located in the south-east of the country. Read more

Another Dimension. From a technical perspective, capturing birds in flight is probably the hardest genre of wildlife photography. Not only is your subject able to move in an extra dimension (vertica... Read more

I drive an ’07 Hilux DC. After years of deliberation, I still couldn’t decide how best to kit out my Hilux. The problem was that every arrangement had its pros and cons, but I was stuck on the most ba... Read more

Land Rover’s 65th birthday celebration. Before taking a job at SA4x4, I spent eight years working as a fitter & turner. In the early days of my apprenticeship, many of the precision tools I used... Read more

The Iveco Daily 4x4 was launched a few years ago in foreign markets, but, owing to SA’s poor-quality diesel, this versatile truck never made it to our shores. Read more

Reader report: Lauberville dune experience, Namibia. In April ’06, I received a call about a spot that had opened up on a Westcoast4x4 tour to Saddle Hill, north of Lüderitz. Someone had cancelled, an... Read more

DIY: How to clean a corroded battery Original text and images supplied by Dremel. Edited by SA4x4 magazine. Read more

Stiletto Snake. Of the 169 species and subspecies of snakes in Southern Africa, only about 10 percent are considered deadly; but a number of less-venomous snakes are capable of very serious bites th... Read more

New models: Land Rover Discovery XS. Many old-school off-roaders consider contemporary SUVs to be too expensive, too complicated, and too heavy. Too everything, in fact. Whatever your views on the s... Read more

New model: Mercedes-Benz GL-Class. Luxury 7-seater SUVs are comparatively few in number. Rarer yet are 7-seaters that accommodate adults comfortably in their third row. Read more

This diesel Hilux 4x4 is the one with the auto box. It belongs to Richard Whitehead of Benoni who reports that it offers a great combination of power and ability.
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Sandton resident Rogan Taylor sent us this shot of some fun times spent in the Boschberg Mountains near Somerset East in the Eastern Cape in December last year. Their capable steed is an ’11...
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2011 LAND ROVER CENTURION DEFENDER TROPHY VENDA According to this year’s contestants, the Defender Trophy wasn’t quite as tough as last year’s event, but as Grant Spolander disco...
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Border to Border part 2 Last month, US adventurer Chris Collard departed from the Mexican-American border in a borrowed Jeep JK. His destination… Canada via dirt roads! 1 8...
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Lesotho is one of the premier 4x4 playgrounds for South Africans, who like to make things interesting by visiting in winter when heavy snowfalls and extreme cold make the mountain ...
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS Volkswagen’s new Amarok is stirring the double-cab pot, re-writing the sector’s value propositions while introducing technology never seen before in a bakkie. But has this...
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BLAST FROM THE PAST By today’s sophisticated standards, the Isuzu KB300 is starting to show its age. Is this back-to-basics bakkie holding its own against the sector’s feature-filled thorou...
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Pulling punchesSince the launch of the new Sorento, buyers have come up in favour of its radical lines. While the previous model wasn’t much of a looker, it offered practical off-road perfo...
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Trail Review: Klein Tafelberg 4X4 It’s difficult to believe that some 4x4 owners in the Western Cape haven’t yet discovered the Klein Tafelberg 4x4 trail, especially when you consider t...
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I love obstacle courses – they get your adrenalin pumping, determine your 4x4’s abilities and put your driving skills to the test. But let’s face it, 90 percent of courses are hideously ugly...
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The young lad perched on the stone wall looks a perfect picture as our 4x4 purrs past.He doesn’t move, so we stop. I hop out and take a snap, and within minutes I’m surrounded by dozens of t...
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I’m already yearning for winter, despite the fact that summer’s only just begun. Ordinarily, I find Western Cape winters to be too dark, too cold and too darn wet, but next year I have some...
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Trail driving’s not for everyone. Some folk love the idea of steep descents, axle-twisters and muddy play pits, but many feel it’s a pointless pastime and an unnecessary risk to their vehicl...
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My brother Paul climbs gingerly out of our Defender; it’s cold up here and we’ve reached the turnaround point – the lookout point just below Conical Peak. Straight away he bends down to grab...
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It doesn’t happen very often, but sometimes, just sometimes, an unplanned trip can be the most unforgettable. Our recent June / July Kgalagadi trip is a case in point. We’d left our plans to...
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Eco Understood I’d never quite understood the concept of ‘eco trail’, as most trails involve off-roading in environmentally-sensitive areas. So ‘eco trail’ seemed like a bit of an oxymo...
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The first cold front of winter has arrived in KZN, and as I take the N2 away from Durban’s warm coast I can feel it. It is defi nitely here. During our fi rst leg stretch at Gingindlovu, the...
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