A very enjoyable video, I did the trip a couple of years ago with some friends and we went and stayed in the Richtersveld after the Namakwa trail. It looks like you have large diameter rims, either 17" or 18" I guess, which means you can't drop tyre pressure sufficiently for the soft sand. The result of this is you getting dug in and stuck regularly, so maybe have a look at getting smaller rims and tyres with a higher sidewall, that will make life lot easier!
Thank you very much. Yes, that's correct, I have kept the standard 18'' rims on only because I`ve gone and ordered a set plus two spare Tyres for this size before realizing my mistake lol but the digging was fun nevertheless lol I will upgrade the wheel set next, something with more Tyre for sure, essentially with the weight I`m carrying. Thanks for the interest and advise.
When did you guys do the trail? We did this trail start of February. The river was very high and we couldn’t stay at Ramansdrift. Melhoutboom was great albeit very windy and we had a proper sand storm. At least we didn’t get bitten by mozzies! But boy was it hot
We must have just missed you guys as we went there from 5 Feb, I agree Melkhoutboom was also windy for us and a sand storm ( the getting stuck was the highlight lol ) but that’s why we never camped there either. I think if you wanted to camp at Ramansdrift where the sign board shows you to go then it wouldn’t be a nice spot, we followed a track just before the campsite to the left for about 2 or 3 km and there was a few sights but higher up away from river so you couldn’t really swim or even bath in it and the water was running very strongly. Did you guys also go to Groenrivier?
@@graveltravels no we didn’t. Kamgab was final stop and then we headed back down south. To be honest the heat was getting to us and we had come up via a stay in the Tankwa. It’s definitely a route I’ll do again in cooler months.
@@greenestmachine71 We also battled with the heat, but I think the fact that we could swim made it bare able, I think winter could be interesting indeed. Let us know how it goes and what the temperatures are like.
