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Lost in the Tankwa Karoo!
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- čas přidán 18. 08. 2024
- A quick weekend getaway to a special part of South Africa, the Tankwa Karoo. Wide open spaces, huge dirt roads and scenery that reminds you of being in Namibia. The landscape is barren and bare but in this barren landscape beauty can be found everywhere.
Our journey started in Cape Town South Africa and lead us through some of the most amazing places along the way. We drive through the Ceres mountains which are absolutely incredible!
This overlanding trip was done in conjunction with 3 other overlanding families and CZcams personalities namely Jonker Adventures & Rolbos Overland & Get Out Go. We decided to all meet up and go for an overlanding trip, how better to meet other people than to do it with a weekend getaway doing what we all love....OVERLANDING.
Driving in Tankwa Karoo forms part of one of South Africa's longest dirt roads, the R355 stretches for 200 odd kilometres and forms part of the old postal route. The road side stops in Tankwa Karoo are random and basically like scenes out of the movie MadMax.
Our first night we spent at a campsite call "Die Mond" which in English means "The Mouth", what makes this place so special is that with all the desert around you, you arrive at this gem of a camp that has a huge dam, which in this dry part of the world is incredible to see. Obviously it's compulsory to swim in a dam if you have one available. The area is hot and the sun unforgiving, but jumping into a dam changes that completely.
Our second day of the trip we actually ended up getting lost and through that drove and saw some of the most amazing scenery, what should have been a short day of driving turned into a full days drive through majestic mountains and rocky tracks. Not even sure of how many kilometres we did for the day we eventually arrived at our next camp again just before sunset. This making a 4 hour potjie a bit of a challenge to prepare and get done early enough for everyone to fill their stomachs before bed after a looooooong day in the vehicles.
A first for us since we relocated to Cape Town and definitely a memorable one, new friends, new places, incredible experience!
We live in such a beautiful country, exploring it's vast landscapes is every overlanders dream...
Footage Credit:
My Life in Africa
Rolbos Overland - Thanks for letting us use some of your awesome footage!!!
To check out the guys we travelled with head over to their channels:
Rolbos Overland:
/ @rolbosoverland
/ rolbos_overland_za
/ rolbosoverlandza
Jonker Adventures:
/ henryjonker
/ jonkeradventures
Get Out, Go!:
/ @getoutgo
/ get.out.go
/ getouttherego
To join us on a tour and for more info look for us on any of the below:
mylifeinafrica.com
/ mliafrica
/ my_life_in_africa
Music by:
Song: Niwel - Bad Love (Instrumental) (Vlog No Copyright Music)
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Video Link: • Niwel - Bad Love (Inst...
Great Guys.I love the semi arid landscape.I love the Karoo evry year i try to get away from cold England
It's definitely an awesome place the karoo, we have not been there a lot this was our first time!
Awsome Tankwa thanks for sharing
Just love the Tankwa...
INSANE bud, very nice edit, awesome track, and very well put together. Thanks for taking me on your adventures gents. Look forward to things to come. GOING TO BE EPIC 🤙🤙🤙🤟
Can't wait for the adventures that lie ahead, thanks for the kind words!
Awesome to have you back on CZcams man, great episode!
Thanks Christoff, new release coming soon...
Dustin Troopy 😆😆😊😊😊
“Skoor-stoot-fontein-bliksem-place-thing mountain.” 😁😁😁
❤️it!
😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 it was a hard name...
So glad to see you making vids again absolutely fantastic! Darren
Thanks Darren, more to come soon, keep an eye on the channel!
"Hippi jol deluxe"! LOL! Awesome video, awesome area. Bring us more!
You seriously had to see it, no other words could explain it!
Looks like a lot of fun! Will definitely go get myself lost in the Karoo some day. Enjoyed the video 🙌🏼
thank you, put on your bucket list...
Looks like a great adventure mate! Fantastic video 🙌 it makes me want to get out into the Tankwa!
December is calling you...
My Life in Africa that’s for sure!
Always love your videos! Great story telling and talking us along on your journeys! Precisely what I want to do with my channel when I have more time for longer trips and more confidence to talk to the camera! Love your troopy too!
Thanks Jurgen, once you are used to your voice it'll be A for away, will have a look at your channel!
Yay. Missed your awesome vids👍 welcome to CT. Die Hel is a must...you’ll love it👌
Thanks Neal, next release should be next week or early the following!!! Keep a look out!
We will have to come visit so you can take us, great video
ready when you are 😎
Great adventure....greeting from Doha
Thanks for visiting, how i wish i could get to Doha right now...
@@MyLifeinAfrica visit my ch when you can..😊
100% Awesomeness
thanks man!!!
Lekker looked like a jol, definitely going to look at doing this trip. 👍
You have to put it on the list Sean, it is a must see area!
Great Video, loved it
Thank you man... :-)
That must have been an amazing journey to experience 👍🏻 looking forward to your next adventure 👍🏻
Thanks Justin, new video coming soon :-)
Did I spot a proper landcruiser in the group..
A 80 series 😉
Thanks for showing me that I don't HAVE to go to Botswana for great experiences......
hehehehe you did good sir, keep an eye for things to come!
Those 80s had HD front diffs, HD Dyna gearboxes and were great, unlike the modern dressed-up Hilux clones.
Leka video. Been to Tankwa & Cederberg area with my bike. Your GoPro's on the dash & windscreen - are they Hero 2's? (audio reduced by the housing) Also, you have an orange window breaker on roof panel. Where do you get those? Need one for my Everest 4x4 for upcoming overland trip. I've asked around but not much luck (yet).
Hey man - yeah they are hero 2's, we have recently fixed the audio by adding external mic's into the mix now, sorry for that. The seatbealt cutter/window breaker i bought while in Australia, you can get them from be-safe.co.za/shop/emergency-medical-safety/emergency-rescue-knife/ not the same but a similar product.
@@MyLifeinAfrica I've saved Skoorsteenberg for my next Tankwa trip. I saw those window breakers in ASPW's Troopy and other vehicles in SA before he left for Auz. As paramedic I'm familiar with B-Safe. Hero2 is solid. For extra POV shots they're great for you. BTW, your POV angles are superb. You tell great stories & use of panoramic shots are good. In a crowded field on CZcams, these attributes give you an edge. Keep it up. Thanks for feedback.
Is that a Baillies offroad turbo I see. (due to bonnet scoop)?
Thanks for sharing, looks like it's worth a weekend away in the desert. What would be a great site for camping?
Definitely is, there are so many spots in that area, it's just a matter of picking one or a few!!!
Hi Roland. I hope you are well. I love your videos, they are great. Please can you tell me, what is the name of the album and artist for the track you used for this particular video? I look forward to hearing from you soon and please keep the coverage of your adventures coming. Regards Rob
Hi Rob, thanks for the awesome message, glad you enjoy our content, we have a big year ahead and lots of videos to come still. We always put the music info in the description, but here it is in case you missed it:
Music by:
Song: Niwel - Bad Love (Instrumental) (Vlog No Copyright Music)
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Video Link: czcams.com/video/-aBAojWIRac/video.html
@@MyLifeinAfrica Hi Roland. Thank you so much for coming back to me and please keep the videos coming. Have great day and safe travels in Africa. Take care. Regards Rob
What is the name of the camp at 11:50?
It's a place called Skoorsteenberg...
Would be much more helpful sub title the Places but thanks guys anyway
Hi there, which place name are you looking for?
Love your vids. Please do away with the subtitles.
Subtitles are not turned on our side!
A very bad video. Far to much noise (back ground music) mixed with voice and wind noise. You can see it is young amateurs kids' that made the video. They did not cater for the elderly, hard hearing, elderly people. The is all about them and lost the message (the Tankwa Karoo)
Thanks for the comment! Mic's have been sorted out so sound quality going forward has been improved. No sure what you mean by kids and it's all about them...
i am a 74 year old, heard hearing male and it irretate me bery much if the back gound sound is over riding the mick. kids is youngsters that do not have a hearing problem. all elderly people develop hearing disabillery. i have 30 years of broadcasting behind me and i can see when a person is an amature or a trained professional.
@@timmiebuchner9283 if it annoys you so much don't watch it! Glad you have all that experience, counts a lot when commenting on videos...
@@MyLifeinAfrica i not oging to argue with you..there is no way that anyone can evaluate a video without opening it.
as I've already stated, the microphone was sorted out after this video, I'm not prepared to go and refill the entire thing because there is a bit of bad sound in certain places...
Is that a Baillies offroad turbo I see. (due to bonnet scoop)?
Steve's Auto clinic, came with the vehicle when i bought it :-)
@@MyLifeinAfrica Ok have you had any problems with it?
@@madcat4563 none at all, as long as you drive properly I don't see any reason you would!!!