Access the inaccessible.Create the unforgettable.
The best roads in this country are not on the way to anywhere. We find them, drive them and write down how it went, so you can go and do it yourself.
Three ways to get out there.
Read where we have been. Plan where you are going. Or let us take you.
The journal
The roads we drive, written up honestly: the route, the surface, the car, and what we would do differently.
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Plan your trip
Real driving times with breaks, fuel, papers and packing, in one travel pack to download.
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The expeditions
Three routes, four luxury 4×4s and a camp with a chef at the end of the road. Planned for you, down to the last turn.
The expeditions →Notes from the road.
Exclusive Lesotho Tour
Nine days, four border posts, one kingdom in the sky. It is not on the calendar. This is the route the FR Tour Team…
Twist & Throttle: The Cinematic Route We Never Planned
A Z3 with the roof down, a GSXR600, three mountain passes, two police stops, one seven-year-old on the back of a bike, and a…
Shut Down the Screens: The Drive That Became The Wilderness
"Dad, can we just go somewhere?" Twenty minutes later there was a bed booked at the far end of the Baviaanskloof. Three days, no…
To Hell and Back: The Drive That Became The Ladder
Christmas Day, Mossel Bay. Church, presents, two cars loaded, and by lunchtime we were at the bottom of Gamkaskloof, the valley everyone calls Die…
Breedt’s Neck in an Audi Q7
Everyone said the pass needed a proper 4x4. Dem had an Audi Q7, a rainy Sunday, and a story about a Mazda 323 that…
Why a Mountain Pass Is Good for Your Head
I started driving into the mountains to get my family off their screens. It turned out I needed it more than they did. This…
Your route. Worked out properly.
Add home, every place you will sleep and how many nights. The planner works out the dates, the real driving time with your breaks, and the countries you cross.
Add your car and it works out the fuel. Add your documents, a packing list and the budget, and download the lot as one travel pack. Crossing a border with children? It prepares their travel affidavit too.
An app for the long way round.
We are building a Forgotten Routes app for adventurers and overlanders. It is not ready yet. Leave your email and you will be the first to hear when it is, and among the first to try it.
Or let us take you.
For those who want the road without the planning. Three private expeditions, four luxury 4×4s on each, a hotel on the beach the evening before and a camp with a chef and a bottle on ice at the end of the road.
Get out there. Then tell us where you went.
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