TRANSAFRICA 1959 – three friends on a unique and life-altering experience
It’s the desert I most remember. Its immensity and utter silence have lingered in my memory over many years. On this, our first night away from humanity, we hiked a short distance from the truck. It appeared so tiny and insignificant, yet it was our home, our lifeline, and our sole means of survival in […]
Living Legends: Tanja and Denis Katzer
It was during the four years from 1999 to 2003 that Tanja and Denis Katzer were caught in the spotlight on the adventurer and explorer stage, when they embarked upon their world record walk across Australia. A 7,000 km trek from South to North; West to East. Tanja and Denis filmed their caravan of camels […]
Land Roving in 1997 – Amadeus Matzker on the spirit of adventure and exploring North Africa
November was knocking at the door but it wasn’t the weather alone that motivated my friends and I to start planning our next tour to Africa—it had been 10 months since we were last there. It was raining outside as we drank Kölsch, the local beer, in a Cologne bar and channelled our thoughts toward […]
First Overland, London to Singapore – Tim Slessor shares memories of the epic 1955 expedition
The 1955/56 Oxford & Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition—a milestone in overlanding history as inspirational today as it was 60 years ago. We scroll back to 1955, Tim Slessor was one of a six-man team who pioneered the longest overland trip ever undertaken by a vehicle—London to Singapore. A journey that would take six months and […]
Soaring with Condors – Billy Ward’s first trip to South America on a Triumph Tiger
I left Liverpool, England, with no real idea of what South America was actually like—but it was certainly on my bucket list. Arriving into Santiago, the taxi journey from the airport to Los Condes was an eye opener. I was surprised at how European the city felt, how modern it was. But the snow capped […]
