A couple of months back, while dining on crayfish brought back from Moz by some of our friends, we got the idea to do a bush to beach fishing trip. Not one to leave things at the idea phase, we started planning. After making a couple of calls, we got hold of a Toyota Hilux Legend RS and a Fortuner 4x4 VX from Toyota South Africa for the trip.
We aimed to do some tiger fishing at Massingir Dam and then head to the beach for some surf fishing. We were also keen to experience deep-sea fishing in Xai-Xai. So, we dug out the trusty map book and started piecing together the best route. We soon ran into our first obstacle: the Giriyondo border post was still closed due to Covid-19, and our only option was to go through the Lebombo border post.
We checked maps and Google Earth and eventually found a gravel road that hugs the border between Mozambique and the Kruger National Park. Unfortunately, the track didn’t show on the paper maps from Tracks4Africa, but it was indicated on the T4A software for our Garmin Overlander and Tread GPS. Our intention was never
