09 Apr Addo-Cradock
Today marks the start of the leisurely trek northwards that will lead us through the semiarid region of the Karoo and evenually to the Kalahari desert. The day starts on a happy note, the road is good and the traffic light....
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08 Apr Addo Elephant National Park
Today we had a wonderfully relaxing day in the greater Addo Elephant National Park, one of South Africa's major parks, which was created in 1932 to harbour the few elephants that survived a slaughter ordered by the Cape authorities in order to protect the local...
07 Apr Jeffreys Bay-Addo Elelhant Resort
Autumn Is over in a flash and it's back to Summer. The sun is shining and we feel great because today's leg is short and tomorrow we'll have a well deserved rest day we can spend enjoying one of South Africa's most celebrated nature parks....
06 Apr Plettenberg Bay-Jeffreys Bay
Today it's raining at last,a piece of good news to this region plagued with a drought that has been going on for years, and it's a situation that extends across the border from Western Cape region into Eastern Cape....
05 Apr Oudtshoorn-Plettenberg Bay
Oudtshoorn may have been a properous town at the turn of the 20th century, but today it looks a bit down at heels and riddled with little black beggars. The ostrich farms are still there, though, as well as large tobacco fields and lots of...
04 Apr Robertson-Oudtshoorn
Our second day on the road starts among vineyards and Mediterranean looking countryside, apparently familiar to us except for the signs warning to beware of baboons (we actually saw a couple) and the fact that kudu hamburgers and ostrich steak are menu favourites - quite...
03 Apr Cape Town-Robertson
Today is the big day: our exciting South African adventure is getting started. And it’s being launched in the best possible way, with a toast (strictly no wine, alas, as we’re driving) at one of the famed wine estates around Cape Town....
15 Mar Ready to start
Only a few days left before the Xtractor Around the World South African mission heads for the starting line. The team are busy checking out the equipment, their Arma 1814 branded uniforms and technical materials....
18 Feb Test Drive
A love for adventure is not something you can acquire. Driving a tractor, on the other hand, is a skill our Xtractor drivers will have to master if they are to cover 6,000 km across South Africa. Watch their baby steps as they learn to...
06 Oct Xtractor Day
In the very special setting of the Salvo d’Acquisto Barracks in Rome, the Carabinieri Corps and Xtractor staff announce the April 2018 departure of the new Xtractor challenge bound for South Africa....