After all the fun in Etosha I had to get the Grenadier cleaned before taking it to M+Z in a few days time for remedial repairs.
Dreamlike! You are to be envied.En-route to Angola.
After getting Liberty the Grenadier fixed up in Windhoek we head north towards Angola. Calling in at the Waterberg Plateau for a couple of nights and going out on foot rhino tracking. White rhinos that is as they are more placid and less likely to charge than Black rhinos. What a great experience with really knowledgeable and dedicated staff. The rhinos are protected 24/7 by rangers to stop poaching for rhino horn. After the Waterberg we head to the Onguma private Game Reserve on the Eastern side of Etosha and do day drives into Etosha from here. Seems to be much more game in this region of the park than in the middle part which we visited a couple of weeks before. This is due to the rains and fresh vegetation allowing the game animals to spread out across the park and not being so dependent on the permanent waterholes. We saw big herds of Zebra, Springbok, Wildebeest, lions and a big breeding herd of elephant with lots of young elephant we saw even more as we drove up through the north east of the park towards the King Nehale Gate where we exited to drive upto the Angola border.
Overnight in a guest house in the town of Oshikango before crossing the next day into Angola.
That’s a shame about M+M. But the tougher covers are good to. I met the guy from Tougher covers at the Safari Centre in Cape Town.Glad to hear everything is going well @Logsplitter,I am so envious.
I am currently in Cape Town and the guy at Ineos certainly remembers you passing through. I keep wishing I had mine with me, it just suits this place.
The Grenadier Heavily loaded up, was his description at Ineos of you
Been to Tougher today and got some dash board covers, unfortunately M&M have not been helpful at all with stock or communication !!
That’s a shame about M+M. But the tougher covers are good to. I met the guy from Tougher covers at the Safari Centre in Cape Town.
I’m certainly well loaded but getting lighter as I seem to keep giving stuff away in the more remote regions to people who are in far greater need than me. It’s a nice feeling to be able to help people with most basic of needs , after all I can always buy more knives, water containers , training shoes, tarpaulins etc.
The truck looksThe drive to Flamingo camp and then into the Flamingo canyon was amazing. What an epic landscape View attachment 7846351View attachment 7846354View attachment 7846354View attachment 7846355View attachment 7846354View attachment 7846355View attachment 7846355View attachment 7846356
Why is the oil temperature not showing on the console?BFG Tyres don’t like the heat.
I can’t air down too much for soft sand as they really over heat and get much hotter than this. When aired down to below 2bar for sand they’ve been upto 90c and I’ve had to find shade and stop to rest the vehicle to allow the tyres to cool in this extreme environment and heat. Temperature extremes don’t help. Check pressures when cool in the morning and I was 2 bar at the front and 2.5 bar on the rear. View attachment 7846361
the petrol models only diesel as far as I’m awareWhy is the oil temperature not showing on the console?