Dust & Diesel: Crossing the Limpopo
The departure from Gauteng, a wild night river crossing, and an engine scare in southern Botswana.
Flooded channels test the crew's rooftop recovery gear. Night falls while the Defender is belly-deep in marsh mud — hippo pods 50 metres away, hyenas circling the camp.
The boys pack their retrofitted Cruisers, leave Johannesburg's urban concrete behind, and cross the swollen Limpopo River under moonlit skies.
The departure from Gauteng, a wild night river crossing, and an engine scare in southern Botswana.
Flooded channels test the crew. Night falls with the Defender belly-deep in marsh mud.
Victoria Falls from the Zambian escarpment, Grade 5 rapids and legendary bush braai recipes.
1.5 million wildebeest cross the Mara River. A blown radiator threatens the crew in lion country.
Namib dunes where Atlantic fog meets 45°C sands beside century-old shipwrecks.
SEASON FINALE — The boys push to 5,895 m above the African continent.
How Bheki rebuilt the '94 Land Cruiser 80 from the ground up in his Durban workshop.
Unfiltered satellite audio log from the edge of the Okavango at 3 AM.
Raw aerial footage — Serengeti migration, Namib dunes and Kilimanjaro summit approach.
The full unedited 94-minute Limpopo river crossing with near-miss and recovery.
The departure from Gauteng and a wild night river crossing.