Who says you need a highly modified 4x4 to go camping and off-roading? The scene can quickly become a bit of a contest to see who’s got the most tricked-out vehicle and the latest camping gear. To prove a point, we gathered a few friends from Zombie Offroad to take on a new challenge: to see how little we can get away with in order to experience camping like it was back in the day. The result? A simple car and a really basic camping set-up, just like it used to be.
It all started when I was chatting over a beer with Pierre Nortjé, a good friend of ours and an avid collector of air-cooled Volkswagen Beetles. The subject was camping, and he mentioned that he’d been struggling to find a decently priced second-hand 4x4.
I told him he really doesn’t need a 4WD vehicle to reach 90% of
