FG adventures in Africa (photo thread)

[Christian P.]

thanks so much for posting these! Love the Fuso evolution

 

[Family Friendly 4x4]

Hi Christian

It is still pretty hard to build a FG in South Africa as no rims, tyres nor suspension options are available down here. All the accessories have to come from either Australia or the States. But we are good at making a plan down here.

We do not even have the facelift FG yet as our diesel is not clean enough. Not neccessarily a bad thing when living and traveling Africa!

 

[Jim Beam]

Sou

Namibia June/July 2018!

So we finally managed some time off and took "Vlakvark" (Warthog in English), our aptly named FG, up and around Namibia.

We did just over 5,000km (approx 3,125 miles) over 26x days.

A good 2,500km (1,500+ miles) of this distance was done on various grades of gravel and sand roads.

Here are some photos and road descriptions for those who may plan on visiting Namibia, South West Africa (click to enlarge):

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Above: No location description required, the Tropic of Capricorn runs through Namibia and almost every tourist has a picture of this marker in their album.

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Above: The C13 along the Orange River from Aussenkehr in the direction Rosh Pinah, Namibia.

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Above: Gamchab Canyon 4x4 dry riverbed route.

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Above: The D324 between Ai-Ais Hot Springs and Hobas.

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Above: More D324 as you get closer to Hobas, Namibia.

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Above: On the C27 at dusk just before Sinclair Mine, Namibia.

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Above: Camping next to our private ablution hut in Sossus Oasis Camp at Sesriem, Namibia. The camping plots all with private ablution huts are arranged around a communial pool area in the middle of the desert!

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Above: Landscape photo I took from the side of the road between Sesriem and Sossusvlei, Namibia.

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Above: Another landscape photo showing the beauty of the C27 (D826) running through NamibRand Nature Reserve. Nothing but open country and some Giraffe we came accross close to the road.

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South West is a GREAT place to travel. Probably the best country in Southern Africa to travel around when its all weighed up (safety, quality of roads. quality of infrastructure, Nat Parks, coastline etc to name a few).

This is EXACTLY where we are planing to go once we get a rig together. That and East Africa.

 

[Family Friendly 4x4]

Here is our FG6 and some "what-to-expect" photos of typical caravan & camping sites around the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

 

[Family Friendly 4x4]

Some more FG travel photos from Namibia.

This one at Spitzkoppe:



The Gamchab 4x4 dry river bed route to Ai-Ais Hot Springs in the Fish River Canyon:



The landscape between Sesriem and Sossusvlei:



Washing day inside Etosha National Park:



Lovely campsites at Madisa Camp in the beautiful Damaraland:

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

thank you for sharing! Look forward to following

 

[Family Friendly 4x4]

Sadly it looks like we have come to the end of the road with our FG. Not because we don't love it anymore but because it is time for an even bigger adventure to circumnavigate the world over the course of the next 5 yrs!

For a family of 4 on a global expedition we are going to need something a bit bigger.

The build of our new Iveco ML150 4x4 expedition truck has started.

Below is a cab to cab size comparrison between the 6 ton Fuso and the new 15 ton Iveco:

 

[biggoolies]

Looking forward to seeing you when you bring your new monster to Canada!

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Wow, yeah I am also looking forward to following along,
I would love to know what things you are planning on changing/ learned from?


Happy Trails & Safe Travels