West Coast 4X4 Trail | 2023 

I want to share with you an insane experience along that same route. I, along with 5 others (including my parents who were in their early 80's at the time), did the same trip at the spur of the moment but in the opposite direction. That is from Groenriviermond to Cape Town. It was about 18 years ago during a Namakwa flower trip. The original plan was to drive from Garies to Groenrivier and back. Arriving there I ended up chatting to one of the gamewardens who showed me on a map how the route south goes from there. He then left. I then and there took the insane decision (young-ish and stupid) to drive south from there instead. I had a new Jeep Commander, a full tank (a very thirsty 4.7 l Hemi), a Venter trailer ,cooldrinks and snacks in the car, do why not? What can ever go wrong? 😇😇😇 It was still early-ish, so off we went. To call it 'eventfull' would be a gross understatement. Got stuck many many times but our spirits remained high. The beauty, peace and tranquality remains with me to this day. My biggest concern was the ever dropping fuel guage. For the entire day we saw no living soul. By then all the biltong and drinks were finito! Around 5 pm we arrived at what appeared to he a divers camp and someone directed us to a shop which had a fuel pump. And with that we realised life is good! I am now 67 and currently absorbed in a dream project. Building a '59 Morris Minor pickup body onto a 80's Suzuki SJ410 chassis, powered by a 1600 Ford Kent (crossflow) engine, coupled to a 5 speed Sierra box). I call it a SuFoMo ( Suzuki/Ford/Morris). The sole reason for this project is to do the same trip again with other crazy friends but from south to north this time, this time well prepared with at least a week available to us.

Amazing.. thank you

Most people get stuck because they don't know how to properly disable traction control a it is a hidden feature on most vehicles but it is in the manual or booklet. I've met up with people once that don't even know how to engage 4wd ...lol. Towing a trailer or caravan in thick sand is in most cases better than a fully rigged out and overloaded 4x4 because 6 wheels within GVM provide better floatation than 4 wheels exceeding GVM. Hence why beach buggies never required 4WD. It's all about weight per footprint size. That's also why Jimnys and Foresters are superior in sand. Ive travelled all over Southern Africa with Rubicon and off-road trailer incl West Coast and Namakwa Eco trail and never got stuck.

We love trip

I just subscribed to your channel Greetings from PENN USA

New subscriber from Namibia.

Further to my comment below. The plan is to teach my granddaughters how to steal a krefie, fish, enjoy nature with those closest to my heart.

Great video. Your music is way too loud in comparison to your voice. Needs to be much lower volume. Shame about the drone. Greetings from Australia

I am enjoying your videos, thank you. I’m just not a fan of the music. Would enjoy music that matched the video, more mellow. Definitely need to add the west coast on my do list. I like your braai, did you make it or buy it. Regards Etienne

I like the salt Bae 😂

Watching from Australia. What are all those shells on the beach. Looks like mussels near the rock poll - are they edible? Thanks - loved the video.

What tire pressure did you use in the thick sand