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TravelStar TransGlobal
At a basic price of R1.1 million it costs less than a new Range Rover or Mercedes GL wagon, but it can sleep six in comfort – four in the main bo... Read more
The new Sahara… awesome
The Caravan & Outdoor Life team visited a small caravan factory deep in the heart of Brackenfell in the Cape to witness the latest custom-bui... Read more
The Bush Doctor
In our regular medical column, Dr Ricky Montalbano takes a look at how to deal with various medical conditions or situations that caravaners and ... Read more
Wanna be on our cover?
You and your family could feature on a future cover of Caravan & Outdoor Life magazine. Send us a 500 to 1000 word description of yourselves ... Read more
Puzzles Answers June
Words to find ABSEILING saibling signable singable aisling bailing biasing leasing lesbian sabeing sabling sailing sealing seiling s... Read more
The Paris Hilton of camping conquers Mozambique … …
Seventeen-year-old Nicole Kemp braved the rigours of travelling across malaria-ridden Mozambique with her mom, dad, brother – and her GHD. There ... Read more
The Fogartys on holiday
Val Fogarty shares her family’s secrets to great travel and exploration gleaned from decades of travel throughout South Africa and up through sou... Read more
8-speed Amarok
The Amarok TDI 4Motion gets an eight-speed automatic transmission, and we ask: are twin turbos any substitute for cubic capacity? Read more
Baines Kloof baptism
A beautiful day, an early start … Bush Lapa’s Rooimier behind me and the windy-windy road up to Bain's Kloof in front of me. It was the right tim... Read more
Shumba Valley
Shumba Valley is located near Fouriesburg in the Brandwater Basin in the exquisite Eastern Free State highlands, with incredible Maluti Mountain ... Read more
Safari time…Howling Moon style
It's easy to become a master of the elements when you're protected by the highly durable Riptech Ripstop Canvas Read more
MORE MANA FROM HEAVEN
Last month our main travel story was about three couples who spent three weeks travelling up to Zim to enjoy all that Hwange and Mana Pools had t... Read more
Deliciousness for Dad
This month we are celebrating all things Dad! Gather up the man of the house’s favourite seafood ingredients and try your hand at this delicious ... Read more
The flask masters
No matter whether you’re a tea, coffee or juice drinker, one thing’s for certain: a flask is an essential item, at the top of any camper’s kit ch... Read more
Fiddlers Creek
Located on the border between South Africa and Namibia, Fiddlers Creek is just a short 15-minute drive west of the Vioolsdrift border post. Read more
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DIY 1984 Caravette …
1984 Caravette 6 interior rebuild Ever considered a complete caravan interior rebuild? Nick Jennings recently brought his ’84 Caravette 6 back to life with ...
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DIY: Awning gone AW…
DIY: Awning gone AWOL If you’ve ever suffered the unexpected loss of your caravan awning, whether through someone’s wilful wickedness or from rattling along...
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A ROMANY like no ot…
The dinette bed was halved and the table was turned into a shelf for coffee cups and the kettle. The other seat became a cabinet that houses our chemical toilet...
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TURNING TABLES
With some simple changes, Piet and Riekje van Schie modi ed the dinette in their Jurgens Classique to give them more legroom, more oor space and more table r...
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DIY: Make a caravan…
The aluminium channel extrusion surrounding your caravan is useful, especially for mounting your tent fabric. But sometimes there just aren’t enough openings in...
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Building my own mo…
If you can’t fi nd the right product on the market, the solution must be: make it yourself! Reader Roy Kruger did just that. Having grown up camping, my wife a...
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Caravan Clinic
Caravan Clinic Readers’ tips, queries and advice. Email clinic@caravansa.co.za
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Battery basics
Battery basics As avid campers, we often rely heavily on battery power when venturing away from civilisation, especially if ‘off-road’ is your holiday desti...
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Caravan Clinic (Oc…
Brian and Liz Midlane write: With reference to the letter from Rodney Green (page 65 of the June 2011 edition), this is our story of how we chose a tow vehicle...
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Caravan Clinic (Au…
John Bosman writes: I was very interested in your article ‘Little is lekker’ in the June edition covering the Suzuki Jimny. I own a Jimny, which I use for farmi...
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Caravan Clinic (No…
Lay Yesson writes: I was wondering if you or your readers had any suggestions regarding the subject of tent pegs.
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CAMPFIRE LETTERS –…
Here are two readers' letters which we had to condense due to space requirements, but we thought you might like to read the full text and see any additional pho...
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Durbs to the Mothe…
A reader and his family gave themselves only three months to plan their camping trip from Durban to Cape Town and back – but the catch was that this journey had...
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To Baviaans and be…
To Baviaans and beyond Winding his way from Cape Town, Richard van Ryneveld tows the back routes to the breathtaking Baviaanskloof, and finds a wealth of c...
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Sleep veilig!
By die onlangse kykNET Buiteleweskou by die Mbizi Caravan Lodge het Jurgens Ci die geleentheid benut om die gewig van woonwaens en/of sleepwaens te...
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Eksklusief of inkl…
My opinie dat die Waterberg-omgewing (Warmbad, Nylstroom en Naboomspruit) van die beste kampeerplekke in die land het, is welbekend. Omdat ek gereeld ...
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Uitbuiting of geso…
Die kerndoelwitte van enige besigheid is om kliënte tevrede te stel,omgewingsvriendelik op te tree, en personeel ordentlik te behandel (en vergoed). H...
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