60 Days in Namibia – Part 1

After putting our tour itinerary together to fish the five rivers which border Namibia, some four years went by before we could swing it into action and get the wheels rolling from our home in Bronkhorstspruit.

In between the planning and action, we traded our 1993 Pzazz 7500 triple-axle caravan (it is too long to be an off-roader) for a 2014 Sahara rough-roader caravan. It would be a good test for the Sahara, as we planned some gravel travel into the itinerary.

The rig was headed by a 2013 Mazda BT 50 3.2 auto double cab with standard 17” rims. Over time an Alu-Cab canopy and drawer system was added, along with additional 60 litre fuel and water tanks. The Sahara also has 17” rims, amongst other things like Electro Brakes, electric steadies and motor movers – and tows with impressive stability.

Strapped to the canopy roof rack was our RV-5 Oztent and stretchers, as there would be places we were headed to where the caravan would probably not be able to go, such as Epupa Falls, where we’d