We’ve been overlanding since the 1960’s, and we never owned a bakkie or a 4×4. We went places.
Alldays, St Lucia (iSimangaliso), Agulhas & beyond, Free State rural, Karoo places where roads never existed….too numerous to mention.
We went there with Mercedes-Benz 180B Ponton, Heckflosse, W108, W114, W123. Peugeot 404, Audi 100S, VW 411 Variant, Beetle, 1000cc Opel Kadet, 2.1l Record, several RWD Ascona, Chevair…that’s about it.
Nobody owned 4×4’s back then. Across the entire 🇿🇦, I knew of 5 in civilian ownership.
My late cousin Japie, filmmaker, went into the Namib in a 3-litre Sierra LX, and his first Richtersveld gig was in a VW Komby Synchro.
I quite belief the crazy overlanding rig building is unnecessary and turning the 4×4 world into an exclusive elitist society.
We jived for white mussels on Die Plaat in a 7-seat Peugeot 504. That’s where 4×4 clubs go for their wild Walker Bay experience nowadays, with beefy 4×4’s.
Do we discourage overlanding to the extent that young families never get to experience nature and its beauty?
