ULTIMATE ADVENTURES: The Serengeti

SA4x4 & ULTIMATE ADVENTURES GUIDED SELF-DRIVE 4x4 TOURS 2020

BASICS Venue: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Date: 31 May-1 July, 2020 Cost: R47 500 per person Includes: Camping & Lodge Accommodation, All Park Fees, Dinner daily Excludes: Fuel, Border costs, Drinks & Visas

DETAILS If there is one place you have to visit in your lifetime it is the Serengeti National Park to experience the annual wildebeest migration. You have all seen it on numerous documentaries on the National Geographic channel but nothing compares to actually experiencing it first-hand. The vast plains of this magnificent wilderness will leave you breathless and leave you with memories to last a lifetime. This epic expedition will take us through Botswana and into Zambia where we visit the mighty Victoria Falls and rejuvenate our souls in the Kapishya Hot Springs. We head into Tanzania to experience the spectacular Ngorogoro Crater and then on to the Serengeti National Park to witness the awe-inspiring wildebeest migration and the predators that feast on this spectacle. From there we travel to Malawi and spend a few days lazing on the shores of Lake Malawi before continuing south to the white sandy beaches of Mozambique to end off this epic expedition. This trip is limited to a maximum of eight vehicles and is trailer-friendly and suitable for the whole family.

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NEW DEFENDER

FIVE FEATURES THAT DEFINE AN ICON

and Rover has defined all-terrain capability and toughness from the conception of its very first 4x4. The Defender and Series models before it, have gone above and beyond for decades, securing iconic status for their ability to help people make more of their world. Though its distinctive overall silhouette makes the New Defender as instantly recognisable as the original, there are a number of iconic features which have been passed on through generations of Series Land Rovers and Defenders since the original appeared at the Amsterdam Motor Show in 1948. The New Defender takes these much loved characteristics and reimagines them for the 21st century. Here’s a list of five features which contributed to the Defender’s iconic status, and all of them can be found on the latest iteration…

Alpine windows A defining feature of all Defenders, Alpine windows in the upper-rear roof area are specially designed to let light into the cabin. The Alpine name also alludes to their original purpose – offering scenic views when touring mountain ranges.

Side–hinged tailgate A tailgate that swings open like a conventional door has been a trademark of all Defenders, right through to today. The design helps give the New Defender its unique rear profile, while also allowing a mounting place for the spare wheel. Featuring a strong four-layer design, the Defender tailgate’s hinge and strike plate have been subjected to 30 000 test slam cycles in temperatures from -30 to +80 degrees Celsius.

“The New Defender is respectful of its past but is not harnessed by it. This is a new Defender for a New Age. Its unique personality is accentuated by its distinctive silhouette and optimum proportions, which make it both highly desirable and seriously capable – a visually compelling 4x4 that wears its design and engineering integrity with uncompromised commitment.”

Gerry McGovern, Chief Design Officer, Land Rover

“For us designers, nothing comes close to redesigning the last automotive icon. The design of the New Defender is a manifestation of our modernist design philosophy, elemental yet incredibly sophisticated.”

Massimo Frascella, Creative Director, Land Rover Design Externally mounted spare Whether fixed to the bonnet in the early days or on the tailgate later on, the iconic Land Rover’s spare wheel has always been handily mounted externally. Apart from being a visual Defender trademark, this mounting position helps achieve a short rear overhang, and therefore steep departure angle. The Defender’s spare is secured with heavy duty locking wheel nuts.

Rugged steel wheels Though alloy wheels are far more commonplace today, rugged steel rims are a requisite option on all Defenders. The New Defender comes

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with optional 18-inch pressed steel wheels in Gloss White and off-road tyres with an outside rolling diameter of 815mm –the largest across the entire Land Rover family.

Pale green hue Right from the very first Series 1 Rovers, when colour choice was dictated by surplus aircraft paint, the iconic 4x4 has come with pale green body panels. More recently the Heritage Edition Defender was finished in a throwback Grasmere green. The New Defender is available with the latest iteration of the historic colour –Pangea Green.

Above left Steel wheels are an option, shod with the largest rolling diameter off-road tyres in the Land Rover range. Above right The iconic side-hinged tailgate has been retained, for a number of practical reasons. Below A rear-mounted spare is an instantly-recognisable Series and Defender feature.

The New Defender 110 is scheduled for South African launch in the first half of 2020, with a short wheelbase 90 derivative set to follow later in 2020.