Background

3.500 km round-trip.
Joburg - Central Kalahari - Tsau - Savuti - Chobe - Joburg

4 on the trip, none of whom got eaten.
Faff Ratio: 1.05 (10 day average)






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Exiting the Central Kalahari from the west, we needed a reliable vehicle that could carry lots of diesel and water. Conventional prejudice has it that Landcruisers tend to break down, and their occupants get eaten.
So we went for a Landrover Defender 110 TD5.




Long-range fuel tank, inbuilt water tank, sand tracks, enough firewood, a few cases of Windhoek, sufficient biltong, good company...what more does one need? Biltong. One always needs more biltong.



Ralph Lazar: Head of Anecdotes.



David Jammy: Chief Well-being Officer.


Oren Kaplan: Head of Anthropology.


Errol Damelin: Chief Pyrotechnician.