Our requirements for an anniversary weekend are simple. Quiet, secluded, remote, beautiful and surrounded by nature but not too far from Cape Town. Opportunities for easy hikes, swimming, hot tubs and photography. We found Gecko Rock through Bookings.com and it ticked the boxes. It is a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Cape Town with some dirt roads at the end, which is even better. Our choice, the Rhebokvlakte Cabin, was undoubtably the most secluded and private of the many optio

Perched on the lip of an enormous dune in the iconic Namib-Naukluft National Park looking down an almost vertical 100 metre drop you start to doubt the sanity of the decisions that led you to this point. You are behind the wheel of a growling 4x4 with the responsibility of getting the 4 occupants to the bottom of the abyss and your palms are sweating while there is a slight trembling in your legs. The radio crackles and you get the go ahead to start the descent. You think ba

The views looking down on to False Bay from the mountains above Strand/Somerset West/Stellenbosch When we bought our first 4x4 back in 2012 we were so excited to do a 4x4 driving course with our Nissan Xtrail.  Our hopes of going on holiday to destinations for 4x4 users only were dented when we realized our clearance was nothing like the other cars on the course and there was no Low Range. We still had fun learning about the technical theory of 4x4 vehicles and the capabiliti

Back in 2019 when we bought our first Toyota Fortuner 4x4 we were given a 4x4 course with our purchase. Timothy and I had loads of laughs as we maneuvered around the course. We had been on a similar course a few years back when we purchased our first XTrail and in many ways that was a more difficult challenge this one. We had also been thrown in the deep end on the Namibian dunes back in 2018 where, with the help of the instructors and using their 4x4 vehicle, we tackled tow