The dependability of a Toyota with the rattling of a Land Rover. Sounds like the beginning of a great adventure.

The Pothole bit was hilarious!

The best part of this amazing adventure is having Gwynn along. She is a perfect co-pilot, a brilliant commentator, and a cheerful mate through any adversity. What a charming couple!

I just love how Gwyn finds a way around the “no food for dinner” problem and doesn’t complain about it. She is quite a trooper. You are a lucky man Andrew! Wishing you both many more happy adventures ahead.

Hahaha!!! That guy mocking the potholes was brilliantly funny. 🤣 Extremely well put together mockumentary. Great stuff. 👍

After hours of your video content I can say this with absolute confidence: your wife is a rock bearing infinite patience.

There are only 2 people who could do this job and make it such an adventure ,Your humor is priceless . Happy trails

There's no place like home, Africa!

That road is very similar to the Newel Highway in NSW. We spent most of the time in the middle straddling the white lines. Oncoming traffic would do the same. Made for an interesting trip.

❤that guy is so right about the potholes breeding 😂

The guy doing an Attenborough is absolutely spot on! Love it!!

Welcome back Andrew and Gwen on south-afrcan soil! Oh that pothole bit is absolutely hilarious!😂😁😊

Awesome how you two handle the journey and the every day curve balls. Safe travels.

Agree on the state of the roads.... terrible, BUT...... I think some of the content is pushing for sensation not reality. I have stayed over in Burgersdorp twice in the past six months, once at Seisoen Guesthouse, and once at Oaktree. On both occasions I had to leave very early, before 5am, and both times they were more then happy to pack me a breakfast pack with some sandwiches, boiled eggs, juice etc.

Very nice to see a happy hungry couple in a troopy 😊

Thank you for introducing us to Themba Robin. Great vid, keep 'em coming.

05:54 "...just for safety..." then proceeds to park on the wrong side of the road! 😉

I for one are so glad you visited that knife maker, most people just stick to the tourist traps and don’t venture further.

Wonderful way to unwind after work with a cold beer. Thanks guys.

At 3:35 Gwen said “Skedonk”! Ok, I have not viewed the episode before this one but for Gwen to refer a Toyota as a “Skedonk” wow! (Skedonk to translate it politely is a rattle case) Maybe RSA is too expensive for the famous 4x4 guy. Yes, our country roads are in bad shape you need to be alert but not far worse than some major roads in Zimbabwe, Zambia or Botswana. Money is tight and a lot disappeared but it seems to be worldwide! Burgersdorp is a small place Andrew and you might recall when you were much younger many many shops closed at 13:00 on a Saturday and only reopened on a Monday from around 08:00. But overtime things changed and some shops will have their own closing times especially over weekends in small towns but as far as I know Burgersdorp does have a Spar which is open from 08:00 till 19:00 on Sundays but might close earlier on some public holidays. What surprise me is that you are a seasoned traveler and I do recall that you wrote in one of your very early 4x4 Drive in Southern Africa to be prepared for emergencies any type which includes food and drink, even for a day or two where there are no towns or shops. Also interesting is that Gwen has more of a talking role in your later videos and not just a moving prop. I might sound very negative about you because of a negative commit you made in one of your early books about Land Rover series just after you got a Toyota sponsorship, that is when I stopped buying your books! However I still regard you as a 4x4 guru, you got the experiences when that industry started however you became a bit aggressive and only Andrew way is the way to go. I do like your skills as a videographer and sometimes your video editing but to say that South Africans are negative about you, well… Save travel!

Sadly, it seems like a nation in decay. Beautiful countryside and towns.

Haha the potholes! Warms my heart to see that some bullshit is just universal 😂

Ha ha bloody funny video that's a good one guys. Cheers Tony Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺

South Africa cannot be part of Africa if it doesn't have potholes, South Africa you have arrived. 12 - 14 hitchhikers in the back 110km/hr with the cruiser, that's the sweet spot for ironing out the potholes.

9:56 if you had all those ingredients on Ready,Steady, Cook no doubt the chef would whip up some gourmet meal and desert..... lol

Try be positive. I know it is hard but there must be more than just nice clouds?

Ahhh Andrew... you and Gwen on the open road, great conversation and lots of laughs... absolute magic!!! Thank you guys

Hats off to Themba Robin ! Excellent work.

Andrew, this Has to be one of your funniest videos. We laughed and laughed. Thank you so much.

You had me at "Strong independent pothole"

@4x4Overland thanks; pls share locality info for stretches of road traveling on & commented on. Sorry hosts in Bugersdorp didn't show you some good s African hospitality.

awesome as always.thanks for ssharing and taking us along

Took a road a few weeks back from Port Elizabeth to Gaborone passed by Addo Elephant park the GPS led me to a road past Hofmeyer which was filled with potholes but road before one crosses the Vaal river in the Free State reminded me of back home on the A3 before Gweta where there's no tar just gravel 😂😂😂😂

Ahh South Africa.. magnificent in it's awfulness! What an enjoyable video, thank you.

I would like to know why you didn't ask the owner of the bb if they can make you something to eat you lived in south africa for a long time and should know that us afrikaans people are very friendly and love sharing a meal with others!

Yip , The government has stuffed up this beautiful country infrastructure due to corruption and NO service delivery. Glad for you to experience i little south africa currently, but you just passing through, we have to live it day by day,imagine that

What fun! You two are a hoot!

Awesome! You two make me chuckle! Excellent match! Potholes remind me of my pop's trying to dodge the ones in Kenya!

We were just there in that region and thought that was just how the roads were. Fascinating to hear that it is a semi-recent degradation of the road conditions. There were potholes larger and deeper than our tires in many cases.

Another priceless episode! Beautiful scenery with some good humor thrown in for good measure 👍🏻😆

The Roads in early 1980s were so good when I lived there

Phase 1of my trek in 2007 LC 4000 miles to Central America. Know hunger. Lost 35 pounds. Truck side doors bashed in Hondiras hit and run. Malinois and I preparing for 4500 more solo miles. Reliable sturdy Toyota. Africa must be awesome.

The pothole safari sketch was brilliant! 😂🤣

You really are traveling the roads less travelled. I probably would not have stopped in such a small town. If I was I would have bought meat along the way in ladybrand and had a braai on arrival. The Roads are bad in some of the provinces especially in the small towns. Cars with high profile tires a must unfortunately 😥

I was wondering about you. Glad to find you well... Regards, from Argentina, Patagonia, Bariloche.

you two are too cute...long time subscriber...me I have 6 rigs and I can see goofing it on supplies..I cant believe you dined on junkfood...well makes me feel better...im in WA (state of Washington USA) and its spring here we just did the sweep of all vehicles to get readu for spring...throw out and re supply the vehicles/campers

Andrew not promising being deserted,old troopy doing well,glad Gwen is with you safe journeys

Sad to see the infrastructure deterioration. Nevertheless, it's a beautiful country.

In your previous videos, you would take out a Coke to drink at stopovers. I used to miss that. Finally, the Coke is back :)

The roads here in Devon UK, are exactly the same, it must be a world wide plan to stop us traveling 😂

Ha! Excellent!!! LOVED THE ENDING!!! Made my day!

4XO. The off-highway nature of those supposedly maintained roads reminds us all of that Topgear Bolovia episode ! Thought pilchids in trade stores were plentiful in Republic of South Africa ? V.

4:41 similar to the roads in Portland and Vancouver

At least there were "droewors" for leftovers! Saved the day! The best "droewors, biltong and T-bones in the Northern Cape is Skema Butchery, Hartswater. Free camping just outside of town on a pecannut plot with most facilities you will need. You guys are more than welcome if every on your way to Botswana, the place in all of Africa you love so much, Andrew.

In Eastern Europe, we have the same, sometimes worse pot holes. We drive them with Yaris , not the 7O series.😁

Just read thru all the comments and it seems like a lot of people can't just enjoy watching the presentation and have to get personally involved with all sorts of crazy comments.

I freaking love it ! I want to go around africa towing a small plane to go flying wherever I go !! Let’s make it happen!

It's like these towns in the Free State go to sleep form 12 on Saturday. A great episode

Currently planning a trip to SA and driving from Jo'burg to Kruger via Polokwane and Pafuri gate in the far north of Kruger. Done driving trips there in 2014 and 2019 but must admit you guys are giving me second thoughts.

Great vid re: potholes. I’ll put up Suva main road potholes against those, we call them Lovo Pits, enjoy your trip and Suzi look forward to more content. 🇫🇯

themba_robin you legend.

Try driving in Sudan mate! OMG!

Loving those Dame Edna’esk glasses, 💕

That potholes nature documentary skit is great 😅

Reminds of the Zambian roads in the early 1990’s. At potholes in the UK are also a big issue.

Welcome home. We have a plan for the potholes. We will appoint a minister of potholes soon. That should solve the problem 😀

thank you for beauty video of your travel

I must say it is slightly sad that you drive through those platteland dorpies (where you find the best quality droewors en biltong) such as Fouriesburg and end up in Burgersdorp with a packet of Woolies droewors.

Yes, it is now all up to you two to repopulate the earth. Too bad about the hotel being closed.

I enjoy these videos tremendously. I do however want to say that the local petrol station would have had to be open, and would have had a small convenience store that is open 24/7. I have never encountered a petrol station in South Africa where such convenience stores are not open on Sundays. Even in the middle of the night they are open, even if only the window by the cash register where you have to ask the attendant to bring you something from the shelf. Can it really be that there could not have even been a petrol station shop open for them to buy food on a Sunday during day time?

Yay! You back in RSA!

Off all people to be with out food this was totally unexpected ..Happy Trails

Well, real shakedown tour..

Watching you drive through the Karoo and down via Cradock to my neck of the woods of Addo has me homesick beyond words! Are you able to provide the details of Yolandi? I quite liked the look of her knives and would love to support if possible.

The landy I had imported to the states had Addo np stickers on it but the detailers removed them :(

The Freestate province has a problem with the availability of good gravel to make roads. It has been a problem for a long time. I enjoy your humor especialy that of your wife.

Reminds me of when you tried to do CKGR south to north.

How did you like it to be back in SA? Especially the roads...😀

Does the knife shop have anything on the internet to locate them?

Ah a new business venture "Andrew's bed and breakfast " But back to that town, what a bazaar site, clean and deserted. 🤔

What is the app you are using for road quality?

So what was up with the deserted town?

No different to south Australian rds 😅

An enquiry at the local police station in Smithfield some 15 years ago as to which route is best to Gariep, his response was “ If you go down that road, pointing to one option, your car will break and I will not come fetch you “ That left us only one other option to which he retorted in his best broken English “ If you go down this road and travel more than 60 km/h , your car will break and I will not come fetch you” Needless to say we chose 60km/h and yet it was a nightmare ! Since then it all became significantly worse and all services provided suffer eg. Police, Eskom, Municipal, Health clinics etc.

Interesting that it doesn’t have a snorkel, Does come from the factory that way in SA?

If it is a bush knife cannot past two makes 1. Jacklore knife - UK 2. Kor knife and tools - Adelaide Australia

Skedonk....That's an old slang. Haven't heard it in a long time. I hope the big guys like Makro and them don't bulldoze the knife lady out of business. Those are proper quality knives.

What was the name of the knife company?

Any Australian Border Force (ABF) / Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) related problems importing the hardwood knife handles?

Having owned a Troopy before and 15 other 4 x 4`s the troopy is the worst for Noise and lack of features from the factory...and the roof rails rust out

That little town is scary as shit,, imagine you go there in the night?

Wow sad to see such a sorry state of the rural towns and roads, hope there is a rainbow town on the horizon!

the bad road that you are driving , is the same as the roads here in Huelva Spain. normally the mechanics are asking "' are you driving offroad ' Then i say no just in Huelva en surroundings . hahahahahaaaa

The jokes at the end is your best yet 🔥 (¬‿¬)

I think you are trying to justify your move to Australia...yes it has pot holed roads and rolling blackouts, but you know there is no other place that gets in your soul like Southern Africa!

Looks like NSW

The pothole clip was entertaining, lovely to see some of your journey, shame places weren't open, thought you two would have brought some canned foodstuffs with you wherever you go, I was watching some local content recently and thought wouldn't it be nice to see Andrew drive one of these Munro mk1's round Scotland some weekend and treat us to his opinion, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8x-d86nrN_TdoE.html

Country basically been looted and corruption is rampant. The road and electricity grid have also suffered from incompetence. ANC have failed in every respect.

The deterioration of SA over the past 5 years has been nothing but soul destroying to see.

Loved the Pothole guy. 👍🤣 Lucky for us, our local council is very good at tackling these asexual potholes. So while they do crop up from time to time, they do not reproduce wildly, like those in South Africa. 😁