ROAMS01E34 Overland Adventure Offroading on the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana (2019) 

"Nature has a way of showing you that you're not the king." Brilliant....Much respect brother...

1) You never have enough water 2) When it comes to recovery gear never leave it at home 3) when you stuck relax and think about a viable plan to get out of trouble. And no one is as strong as they think they are and this goes for all. If you back injury was a bit worse you would have been in seriuos trouble. 4) You never have enough water period. 5) Invest in a winch. 6) Pans are great fun but dont play on it. People have been stuck for days on then. You are lucky those gent came to help you Botswana learned me all of this in the hard way when we lived there Loved your storie. Really great and great story teller. Keep it going

perfect holiday..... no woman ... just ride and drinks.... and stay away from coronna virus...

Complacency and over confidence in the ability of your vehicle was what caught you lads out this time. Thankfully you got out of the situation and home alive with perhaps a short term injury. Always respect nature and the environment you travel in. It may be stunning and amazing, but it can kill you without hesitation.

It's not only your adventure that fascinates. Whenever there is a latest gen *Jimny* involved, it will always worth seeing, especially if it went for proper offroading, let alone with proper auxiliaries. Well done, mate.

It's the best trip I've ever dreamed of.

Hot chairs in the shade, cold beers with buddy. Beautifully stuck there. So impressed with the panorama view!

Our first night of Bush camping on the Hunters route near Panda was an experience. We camped near a watering hole and had Ellies all around. We set up camp and saw a hare bouncing about. Started a braai fire and were all just relaxing when all of a sudden a hyena showed up. Needless to say the braai was canceled as we didn't need him and his pack roaming around camp. Then we saw all manner of eyes in the dark and with us being newbies to the whole wild camping thing our imaginations started running around a bit. On a more serous note though we could have been in more danger from Ellies than hyena as I woke the next morning and heard them bathe. I looked out and saw a group of 5 or 6 splashing about. Had one decided we were too much of an intrusion they could have trampled us there. Never the less it was an epic experience. Batswana are the friendliest people I know of. If anyone goes to Botswana please do not stock up in SA and go over there to holiday, you're doing yourself a disservice as fuel and meat is much cheaper there than here, just shop around a bit. Their shops are well stocked and you can buy all you need there. Just go and visit Bots😁 as their logo states "Everyone falls in love with Botswana, so will you"

Toughest little 4x4 there is brilliant vehicles future classic

Excellent episode, the whole series was a pleasure. Hard lesson learned for sure on making room for the traction boards no matter what. I totally understand the struggle of packing a small car for a long trip and I too have at times chosen to leave certain things behind that I felt I wouldn't need...of course it *always* turns out to be the one item I did in fact need. :-) Beautiful work as always, this series really took things to a whole new level. Looking forward to your future adventures!

Well the kindest thing i can say is that we learn by our mistakes.i'd suggest that if one wants to play around and learn the limits of the vehicle then one should go to an off road centre for play day. I don't enjoy getting bogged because recoveries can be hot, dirty and sometimes dangerous. When I get bogged I regard it as a failure and I always learn the lessons. I also learn from videos like this one :-)

Weer een mooi avontuur,geweldig

Appreciate you brother. Love from India. ❤

Wow brother !! I watched all of your videos and they were all great !! But this one is so mesmerizing it was like watching a bbc documentary. Thumbs up brother and Looking forward to the next episode.

Nice one guys, as a citizen of Botswana we highly appreciate such videos. Please invite more of your friends to visit as well after this Corona virus ends.

This is a kind of freedom. Keep going! Greetings from Indonesia! 🤘🏽👏🏻

Enjoying your life fully😍 Everything feels perfect😇 Love from India💚

Esta muy bonito este jimny no me canso de ver y volver a ver los videos entretienen mucho

Really loved watching this. It’s been fantastic and inspirational. Definitely want a Jimmny now and to go explore. Thank for a fantastic set of videos

Man, you have a fantastic style of story telling! Keep the great great work :D Perfect for watching to relax and get super inspired.

I’m really enjoying this series man! Lekker!

Awesome dude maybe it's a wonderful memorie of your life but I love this episode more than my crush 😂😂😂😂. Have a great life enjoy the every moment and move on

in overlanding,Nature has a way of showing you that you're not the king! ha ha ha!

Very very jealous. Well done for persevering … lovely car, lovely country

You’re videos are epic. Thanks for creating them.

Absolutely amazing ! And terrifying. Great shots and filmography. Good luck guys. Have a great Xmas and here's to 2020 !

Love your adventure experience man stay safe and be prepared for extreme overlanding.

great footage. I have Jimny too, but it's old, 96 Jimny.

I love this brave guy!!! Such an inspiration nd source of courage!!! May God always protect u,bon voyage!

Guys, you were very, very lucky to get out of the situation okay. And luck it was. You seriously underestimate the potential hazards and were woefully under prepared. You can not be so cavalier with your safety. However, I think You've learnt from this and all credit for sharing. It's a lesson in safety to everyone.

I am sold on Jimny, it will be pretty sweet to have some adventures with it in East Africa.

Lesson 1 : bring recovery boards. Lesson 2 : always bring more water than you think you need.

so pity that jimny are no more delivered in Europe... hopefully we have one :-)

Love your videos. You are a good guy and angels are guarding you 👍🏻 Cheers from Turkey 🇹🇷

Love watching your videos. Makes our dream of seeing Africa a much more reality. Thanks for the great videos.

Well done guys.... Really enjoyed it 👍

Really admire your perseverance and doing the amazing trip.

Epic. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Colombia south America

You my friend are an amazing person. Much respect for you....

Color correction is seriously on point

Now that's an epic epic experience....

Thanks for the tour, I lern by your mistakes. It was very interesting

The view at 10:13 is mind blowing. I just paused at this moment and started Listening to Interstellar's "No time for caution".

How lucky for someone to find you on the plain.

Epic! Greetings from Uganda.

Such an Epic adventure, beautiful cinematography. Really well done!

Wonderful trip in a very capable car,

OMG man. That reminds me to my first trip to Africa I was driving a Toyota Hilux 2Wd and I stucked in Makgadikgadi, I spent 8 hours there. That terrain looks firm but is a TRAP

I’m sold 👏🏾👏🏾 Defs visiting the pans this year

There is no better teacher than experience, so you learned your lesson got humbled by nature and luckily nothing too bad happened so you still can go on. Next time you'll be better prepared and have those recovery boards. Other than that, hail the Jimnys for their persistence and thank you for yet another great adventure 👍

Greetings from Brazil. Fantastic trip! Thanks for sharing. :)

I really enjoyed watching this one. 👏👏👏

what a vlog outstanding i found it better than any other show that are broadcasted in discovery just outstanding sir loved each and every moment of the trip it seemed that i was with u in the lovely jimmy and enjoying each and every part of the trip

Thanks for the awesome video/series!

Glad you made it out just fine. Totally appreciate the amount of work it takes to film all that. Positioning the camera, the vehicles, running back to get the camera, different angles so on and so forth.... Good job on the edit and narration. It was really enjoyable watching it! Look forwards to more.

Keep going buddy, indonesians here🤙🏽

Video Well made, adventure well good! Keep up the good work 👍💪

I need this car in my life! Excellent content, thanks for sharing guys!

Fantastic adventure. Thank you for sharing.

Good video, thanks for sharing ✌

Great footage

Well done on showing everyone how not to travel off the beaten path in Africa. Lack of drinking water is inexcusable.

😂I need new friends, this is epic!! ❤️

The Kalahari is Andrew St.Pierre Whites favourite place in the world...and he's been around. Can't wait to visit.

Oh the memories! Thank you for this and the video! August 2016 we attempted to drive from Kubu Island to Nata via the SaltPans and also got stuck. 4 Vehicles on their chassis. Took us approximately 8-9 hours to get all 4 vehicles and trailer unstuck. It was legit one my favorite and best overlanding experiences in Botswana!

What adventure! Congratulations guys. I almost bought a Jimmy last year and end up buying a Pajero 3.2 di-d . I should have seen your video before ;)

Again...an awesome video of how beautiful Africa truly is. Now you need a drone for some overhead filming.😁

Mate - I love your videos! Keep up the great work! 🇦🇺

That drag race look really fun.... 😀

Loving your life bro!

Nice trip and video format. Keep rocking bro!

Goood work! Wanna see more of this stuff! 😎👍

Just listened to your first podcast and I get where you are going with your videos. Geat job and keep doing what you are doing. You are showing off the capabilities of the Jimny quite well with scenery and action thrown in. Load capacity and distance without a convoy are always going to be a problem for them. Good thing you were out there with your buddy. I am sure you have learnt a few things on this trip alone. Keep up the great videos.

Awesome trip! One of my favorite in Botswana although Bots has so much more to offer. How do you learn, from your mistakes and the best way to learn is on these type of trips although the pans can be deadly. Worst mistake you made is not carrying enough water. The pans can be very tricky and not much helps you with that sticky mud - sometimes not even sand ladders/traction plates/maxtrax type products.

What an adventure you all had. Very, very much enjoyed watching. Great news about the website, I can't wait to take a look when I get a little downtime.

I have just been to Kubu island, starting at Nata and emerging at Letlhakane, a trip which took two days. One thing which needs to be mentioned for the benefit of others is that the access road is pretty terrible and will be impassable when wet. At the southern end of it sections traverse the salt flats and one risks severe bogging like yours. This isn't a trip for novices.

thank you so much for bringing this experience to us

Got a Jimny recently and can't wait to do trips like that!

Great video, those beers and that view...feels like i'm there!

Was in the area over the weekend.... Couldn't risk it with my Prado without my gear! Was at elephant sands on Thursday.... Did south to north through Kubu this past September.... Thanks for sharing💪 my bots

'vlakvark' boet😂💪💪 sick vid.

Well done man! Definitely keen to get my wheels dirty in Botswana one day

Impressed with both the scenery and the Jimnys performance, still waiting for delivery of mine and sorcing some accessories, looking for somebody who can supply lower low range gearing only, any ideas, many thanks, driving in wild Africa looks like the ultimate offroad experience.

you guys are awesome

Bloody great video mate , I subscribed straight away. This is the first video I've seen , clicked on it because I just love the jimmy , how can you not !!! Gonna watch a whole lot more. By the way , how many kilo's are you guys carrying on the roof. , looks a lot !! Doesn't the weight affect the stability of the car in the corners ??

Love you jimny

Wow, that was epic!! Love that little car. Great shots also. Greetings from Denmark.

Hi you, wonderful places, the just the view a have on Bologna’s mountain.... Mauro- Bologna- Italy

What a great trip! Better not get an unimog on that pan. You will sink so deep :D

Its amazing how things work. Happy, nice, smooth adventures are only remembered vaguely. Its the hard, challenging, and dare i say... chaotic adventures that will be remembered and relished in vivid detail for the rest of our lives. You’ll remember this one mate 👍 And i hope you gave those boys who saved you a beer 🤙🤙🤙

Great video mate happy Christmas to you and your family

Damn.... Murphy's law hit you hard. All was going so well then bam, mud in your face. Glad u didnt do it alone and Blaine was with you as well as your guardian angels coming along. All in the name of experience. Your videography is awesome and i enjoy your commentary. The beauty of the pan's is something you have to experience one self. Glad you safely home. Looking forward to your next trip. Please introduce yourself in the start of the vids as i dont think anyone knows your name. Ps. If you ever want to do bots again I'll gladly join.👍 tou

Unstuck by Angels, it became dark from 16:23 of the video.... I guess this was not a tutorial video. Enjoying keep going we're behind you

Thanks for another great episode love to see more trips...I live in Botswana if you plan another trip please let me know so i can tag along or if you need info...Cheers

Tornadoes and Jimny’s! happy Xmas mate🎅🏽

Only watched the video because I’m interested in a Jimny……I hope to do some camping ⛺️ when I get myself a Jimny. Your trip was great and interesting 🤙🏾

I wish one day I could have a jimny on my own. Like ur vlogging adventure. Take care always.

Lovely welcome to Africa ❤

Best video series yet buddy! Although I like the hill climbing and rocks and mud more than the pans. (Just my personal opinion.) The elephants were beautiful to see and watch.

Next time I'll just jump in one of your Jimny's take a ride with you guys 🤘👌