Adventure Afrika

Head in the clouds

The day had finally arrived. I was joining the Land Rover community on my first outing. Being a newbie to the fraternity and to any form of 4x4 driving, I was soon to learn why Land Rover owners feel as if they are part of something that was difficult for me to describe prior to joining it.

After introductions were made and a few details of what lay ahead were revealed, a total of five Land Rovers, carrying 11 eager adventurers, set off into the mountains towards the Wolkberg Nature Reserve and the campsite, which is situated at the Serala Forest Station. Driving into the Wolkberg range, which forms part of the northern Drakensberg Mountains, is a breath-taking affair and travelling in a convoy of Land Rovers as they wind up the mountain dirt road makes one feel that the adventure has really begun. Halfway to our

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