Namakwa 4x4 Eco trail - FULL LENGTH FILM
uh i everyone again um today we are in the beautiful namagualant slash richtersvalt i'm here with my two ugly brothers slash beautiful and we are heading going heading up to pilla tomorrow morning and we are going to do the namakwa 4x4 eco challenge or challenge slash route not really a challenge um there we go that's the word and we're doing just the part one um don't have enough time for part two as well unfortunately and it should be a lot of fun i think we're quite excited um so nice to have all the brothers together again yeah we're currently camping here uh close to the old strip at orange river rafting lodge really nice would definitely recommend it it's really beautiful and we're here in what early or mid december yes we were expecting to be dying of the heat so the top one so far not so bad so we yeah it's actually down here by the river like honestly it's like the perfect perfect temperature but it was hot this afternoon yeah yeah but it was shy or footy but but it wasn't like stupid hot like it didn't feel uncomfortable yeah but like because we had the water i think it makes it exactly makes a huge difference and i think just being able to access the water to like swimming and just chilling against the river yeah so we're very excited for the route it follows the river down from pela down to the old strift um we're expecting it to be four or five days four nights uh wild camping should be a lot of fun we're super keen going down yeah and i think it's um at least livingston over there in the back's first proper off-road test which uh we'll see how he does and we've already nearly run out of fuel once yeah obviously the the defender almost let us down and then we are pushed through rice building with like three kilometers to go in the tank yeah 60 k's on a reserve tank is not bad not that in case you're wondering a land rover can do 60 to 90 what a 100k is almost i think it's 15 of the tank that's left when the reserve light comes on so it's actually very conservative without any jerry cans or anything yeah but anyway we look forward to it i'm gonna enjoy evening here we've already lit the fire we're gonna buy some chops horse and bribery obviously what else obviously and then have an early night get some good sleep in and tomorrow hit the road we'll see you guys out there it's gonna be cool good morning so we're on our way heading to the namakwa 4x4 eco trails head to start um so basically uh we are starting at the little town of pilla which is close to and then we are making our way back towards fuel stuff and yeah so i think we have about a two i think two and a half hour drive to the start of the trail um and then yeah then our trail starts from there okay so we've finally arrived at the start of the trail uh some we're getting fresh beers in hand it is a lovely hot day i think probably like 35 between 38 but i didn't look lost something there um but damn these are two sexy looking cars uh but yeah so this is our start and now we're driving how long i don't know probably two three hours uh to our first campsite and first order of business open a beer second order of business deflate tyres and we're going down to about 1.5 1.4 we'll see exactly what feels comfortable and then lastly before we leave again lunch leftovers all right so awesome so uh we've just passed here through the town of pela um and well it's a really interesting town um really cute so if you do or if you're gonna do the trail i would suggest just driving through having a look um yeah it's quite nice and now we're heading up towards charlie's pass which is just over there we've heard that the views are unmissable and that the route's not too challenging so ready all right so we've made it to kemp numero uno it's the end of day one on the trail it was absolutely amazing and have a look at this camping spot like there isn't a better camping spot available um that's what's really amazing about this trail is it's just all wild camping so we just chose a beautiful spot here next to the river and it's gonna make it home for tonight let's get camp set up good morning from a beautiful morning on the second day of our namakwa 4x4 eco trail so as you guys would hopefully have seen uh last night we found a stunning little camping spot here on the banks of the orange river um really is like words cannot describe it but actually you know maybe the drone footage kind of describes it from yesterday but yeah it is like incredibly beautiful uh had a good night's sleep and you know what it actually wasn't that hot um actually in the evening it got quite cool which is really pleasant and we had a nice bry we just chilled around the campfire for a while yeah no it's just fantastic out there and marco caught a lot of yellow fish and barbel um catfish and yeah but you'd be amazed how much fish there is in the sort of like you can literally if you stand on the banks at night with the torch they are hundreds of fish like right in front of you like decent size fish and you can literally just catch them with your hands it's crazy um but yeah so we are going to get packing up not soon but uh soonish first make some coffee have some breakfast and then we'll get packing up and whatever um and i think today we have about a hundred k's to go which is quite far so it's a long day today um but tonight we are staying at a area called the chrome i think that's i think something like that uh but yeah that's what we're doing tomorrow all righty we are ready to leave uh all packed up cars looking sexy as ever um yeah and now we're heading back that way back across the river and through the sandpit and then around these mountains over here to somewhere downstream we're excited so so all right so we've stopped uh for a lunch break marco made us some delicious leftover steak tomato and uh cheese no cheese cheese no cheese icon no cheese but delicious little sandwiches for lunch you forget the mail the mushrooms of course of course i'm sorry disappointment um but yeah we found this beautiful stop here with a nice look over the river um it's really hot but it's fun it's actually not it's not as bad as we expected and now we have what about 30 or 30 or 40 k's left to go to uh the malcolm which is our camp for tonight we're having a lot of fun the scenery is stunning and the cars are performing exceptionally i'll see you guys along the way and a camp so do all righty we've made it to our second camp on the maka four by four eco trail uh we are here at the boom or maybe is it one of the two i can't remember exactly um but it is really beautiful malcolm alright that's it um but it is really beautiful marco is out there catching fish obviously he's i think we've i've seen him catch one yellow fish but i don't know how many actually um and yeah we've set up our camp over here facing the river looking beautiful and the surroundings are stunning can't wait to show you guys around a bit more oh yes and our drive today was uh it was it was actually a lot of fun it was far i think it was about 130 k's um so we drove from clean pillar here to malcolm um and yeah through the town of vitbank which is uh very interesting very small very interesting don't really understand why people live there but yeah but yeah i know it was a fun drive but it got quite long we left at 10 this morning and only arrived at 5pm but i think that is just because we did drive very slowly but yeah anyway i think it's time for a gin and tonic now so hmm do all righty had a fantastic dinner thanks to uh cornell over there had some nice pop and verse and sauce which was delicious and we had a surprise chili popper they were jalapeno chili poppers they were a little bit uh warmer than we expected almost as hot as the desert yeah uh marco loved them though but yeah now it's time for a nice shower and sleep so see you guys tomorrow cheers good morning from another beautiful day in africa uh we are currently on our third day on the namakwa 4x4 eco trail and we well last night we camped here at the wild campsite uh there's actually a big tree about it it's like probably 100 meters from the river so we didn't want to camp there so yeah we chose a beautiful spot right here next to the river and it is absolutely stunning as hopefully you saw in the previous episode got some really nice drone footage but yeah so the plan for today is we're gonna chill a bit make some coffee breakfast just relax a bit we don't have that far to go uh tonight we're staying at the ramon strip wild camp area and that's i think looking at tracks of africa it's about 30 31 k's um so i think it's literally like just around the bend in that mountain over there but yeah so we drive inland around this mountain and then back to the river and i've heard that that campsite is spectacular so i'm very excited for that but i mean like how can you get better than this and better than our previous campsite but either way we look forward to it and yeah i would definitely recommend coming to do this trail it is absolutely fantastic it's a lot of fun it's the middle of december it is hot but i mean it's not unbearable especially down here by the river there's actually like a nice cool breeze coming off of the river and as marco would say oh i don't know if you can see him he's way back there on the river but the fishing is also incredible well anyway let's get to it so okay uh and bacon so so all righty so this is the uh the boom as you can see it's a bit sad half of it's burnt down uh apparently someone tried to get bees out of the tree and then burnt the whole thing down half of it and those are our two noble speeds olivia and livingston and the company but yeah so now we're off to ramon's drift it's about 30k should take us about an hour do so to so so so all right so we've just arrived at romance and it is [ __ ] amazing it's good it's so good like look at this and the water is full of fish we've hardly stopped in mark already has a line in the water but yeah it's beautiful it's grass here lovely river view clean fresh water lots and lots of fish and i think this is going to be a fantastic camp we're going to get set up quickly yeah get everything ready fantastic all set up and yeah it's really beautiful it's hot it's really hot um we're a bit protected from the breeze by the trees and stuff so it's a bit hot but oh it's nice gonna go for a swim now alrighty so uh it's a really hot day today i think cornell's landi was saying 41 in the shade um so it's a little toasty um so we brought the gazebo and chairs into the river and it's a fantastic idea and sitting over here having a nice drink don't film your crocs these crocs they're ugly but they are the best things on a trip like this they really are um but yeah as you can see it is absolutely beautiful and i think we'll fly the drone a bit later as well oh and i forgot haven't put all the fish around this the best way to keep cool in the mukbang so so alrighty so this morning we've uh had a had to have a quick start we have a long drive today so i didn't get to do any updates uh before we left but yeah welcome to day four of the normal four by four you could eat eco trail there we go um yeah we've had a awesome previous three days really fantastic great campsites down by the river really beautiful views pristine clean water uh decent fishing there's loads of fish in the river i think the trick is just to catch them um but yeah so today we are heading from uh rahman's drift down to kamchat nature to come wild camping area um it's i think tracks of africa is saying it's 73 kilometers to go so it's yeah it's not too bad but it is it's quite a long day and later today we have to drive down the kamhab riverbed which i've heard takes at least three hours to do i think it's like 30 k's or something like that so yeah we're trying to get away but earlier today so we don't get there too late but yeah i think looking forward to a good drive today and awesome camping spot this evening so so go so okay so so so do so so foreign stupid me so that's my goal yeah ready for the next oh good morning from another beautiful day in africa uh we are now on day five of the namako 4x4 eco trail um we camped here at the kamhab last night oh there's a spiderweb in the lens um yeah stayed here at camera last night it's a nice campsite uh i wouldn't say it's the best on the route um but it's still nice enjoyed it uh down right here by the river um it's quite small there's not much space here you can see the backs there and i kind of have to stand a little bit in the water for uh to make enough space for the tent on a little bit of level ground um but yeah it is beautiful had a good night's sleep uh just had a nice coffee and i think we're gonna get packing up and hit the road soon uh we have to still drive back up the riverbed and then make our way to the road um yeah unfortunately it is our last day so that's not so great but uh i think we've had a great time have a lot of fun and seen some really beautiful places uh marco also tried fishing a bit yesterday afternoon and this morning nothing this morning i think he caught one barbell and uh i think what it was a mud yellow fish or something like that um but yeah so not not too much but still good a lot of fun out here anyway let's get cracking alrighty we're all packed up ready to go the roof racks packed uh tyres still deflated hot and sweaty defender packed already putting on some sunscreen sun sunscreen that one getting ready for the 4x4 truck out of here uh we haven't just been swimming yes we have not just been swimming it is bloody hot it's what like 10 a.m and it is it's hot but actually but it's fun it's we're having fun and it's not it's not unbearably hot at least 31.5 in the shade it's nice nice and warm um but yeah campsite rating out of 10 for i'd say there are three or four just because it's supposed to be like a exclusive wild camping site uh at least according to the info page and the booking people um for the nebra 4x4 trail but last night there were at least 10 vehicles in and out here and there really is only space for three macs and obviously ideally you'd want to be on your own like in most of the other campsites so yeah unfortunately alone i think a three it's fair three out of ten um whereas the first night was definitely 10 maybe 11 out of 10. second night was a good eight or nine uh romance drift was also probably like a nine was very nice and this is like a three so the drive down to comfort is beautiful but the campsite not so much like it's nice it's really dark but i mean it's obviously uh very popular which yeah no obviously we are spoiled with the wild camping yeah 100 but yeah so we an hour half drive out of the canyon or out of the river bed and then gonna go to a viewpoint just to quickly look and then on to finish the trail today i think not sure how far we have but i guess probably 30 40 k's i don't think it's that far but yeah not done yet all righty so uh we've hit the road now we yeah we packed up everything hit the road and i guess yeah now we're driving up the riverbed and it's a beautiful hot day and we're having fun so so so so so okay here i go okay so so so do do so these trees are called golf mints trees which means half man they are only found in this region and yep they only grow between five to ten mills every year legend has it that the nama people were driven out of namibia by a black tribe and they stopped to look back and were then turned into plants our navigator all these notes navigate that's what i do i navigate and i know things do all right well we made it back to the toroid and that brings our trip to an end um gonna pump up our wheels again get back to road pressures maybe have a quick sneaky beer and yeah uh it's been a great time but i think we'll uh talk about a bit more this evening uh we're going back to fieldstrip there to campsite just to relax for the evening and then leave tomorrow morning again early back down to the cape but yeah i think we'll leave you with some thoughts down by the river so all righty well uh it's the next morning now uh i know i promised that we would do a little talk chat or have a little chat about the trip uh yesterday evening but we were a bit tired i just wanted to relax and chill a bit and there were a couple of people around it's fantastic it really is fantastic um it is incredibly beautiful and it's barren is like many people would say that there's just nothing and well i guess there's just nothing and it very much has its own beauty and the mountains are stunning and the dry riverbeds running through the area between the mountains and yeah it's just fantastic um in terms of 4x4 difficulty it's not that bad it's really not that difficult um i would say you definitely do need a 4x4 there are sections that you will not be able to okay that's a 4x4 is necessary i would say um but yeah i think overall it's i think we did rough i can't remember the exact number but it's roughly 300 kilometers over the four and a half days uh basically four days um i know lots of people do it over three days or three and a half days but we decided we wanted to stay an extra day on the trail just yeah it's really nicely camping next to the river the wild camping next to the river is really phenomenal um yeah talking about camping if you do want to do the trip you have to be completely self-sufficient there are no toilets there's no water um there's literally nothing you can get water from the river and you could drink it uh i could definitely drink it off boiling it but i mean the water's good for washing out the man showering and stuff like that and otherwise yeah with the camping um our first night of camping was a wild campsite just next to the river well they're all wild campsites but this one was uh not an official campsite and it was absolutely stunning a solid 10 or 11 out of 10.
it was really nice and then the three other campsites that we stayed at now i know this sounds like a stupid thing to ask but guys you really you need to book the campsites um so you don't necessarily book a specific site but you look for camping in a certain area and basically we came across a lot of people on the trail that had not booked and filled up the campsites and especially on the last night they've come from that just that was not nice there was literally maximum space for three cars there and they were 10 i think 10 or 11 cars that came in through the night through the afternoon in the evening and yeah that was just ridiculous just people taking chances and just driving around and seeing if there's open spots um and not cooking so please if you do the trail please do the right thing and book um yeah it should guarantee you a spot or yeah it should guarantee you a spot at the campsites um and i mean at least if there is someone in the spot and you have a permit like a booking permit then you are allowed to chase them away because it's actually absolutely ridiculous that people go camp without permits but anyway yeah so the campsites were really nice best was our first wild campsite that we found along the river second best i would say was roman strip that was very nice as well there's a very nice shaded uh grassy area next to the river which was beautiful yeah that was nice uh then next down the list uh following very closely was uh the campsite that was that was also really nice like right by the river we found a nice spot in between two big bushes um which gave us some shade and yeah it was just the scenery of stunning and obviously as you can tell lastly when we come from the drive down to gum club was really nice very really good four by four section i think it took us about an hour and a half from the start of the tougher section uh so it follows a dry rubber bed down to the river there's just a couple like big rocks that you have to drive over and some swipes to drive down and navigate your way in between in between titans rocks like rocks boys together and stuff um for longer cars it's a bit of a tight fit but you can still make like uh cornell in these land rover there are some places where you know where to turn reverse and then turn again to make it around the corner um but yeah there's there are people that go down with trailers and they're all happy with some thicker sand but as long as you deflate your tires to a reasonable pressure um so i had like i think one foot two bars in the front and 1.5 in the back i just got on him in the back and it literally just floats over the sand so just yeah tire pressures i remember and what else yeah i think that was about it i hope you guys uh enjoyed this little series of videos i know i definitely did enjoy it and i enjoyed making it and oh yeah so the orange river is also pretty good for fishing if you know how to catch the fish i'm joking no marco caught a couple nice ones um but not as many as he wanted to he could clearly see the fish in the river because the water is extremely clean um but they just would not bite probably down to wrong time here or something like that but yeah and yeah so i just want to say thank you for watching and hope you enjoyed it if you enjoyed it please remember to hit that little subscribe button in your bottom right hand side and little like button just next to that as well like it really does make a difference um yeah so yeah i hope you guys stick around for future trips i don't know what's next but i'm sure there'll be something stay well and keep exploring cheers
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