Some of you may remember that late last year I posed the question on this forum “would it be possible to drive a L322 from London, all the way through Africa to Cape Town?”

Well, I’m pleased to announce that the answer to this question is an emphatic “Yes!” and this was is a virtually showroom-spec 2003 Td6 starting out with 80,000 miles already on the clock. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time this trip has been made in a L322 (most people resort to a Defender or early Landcruiser).

We left London on 2 January and, after 18,000 miles, 19 countries and 5 months we succeeded in our ambition to reach Cape Town. We had an incredible journey and the Range Rover was absolutely magnificent. We took it, fully laden, through hostile, remote and rough territory, high altitudes, high humidity, and vast amounts of dust, grit and sand while running it on uncertain fuel quality, yet it didn’t miss a beat. We know of no other vehicle that has completed this journey with so few issues, Landcruisers included! (the only thing that actually went wrong with the car were the parking sensors)

Our routing took us through: France – Switzerland – Italy – Greece – Turkey – Syria – Jordan – Egypt – Sudan – Ethiopia – Kenya – Uganda – Tanzania – Malawi – Zambia – Botswana – Namibia – South Africa – Lesotho

Some of you were kind enough to share your thoughts and advice on this topic before we left and I know others have been following our trip blog. I also learnt a huge amount about the car by trawling through this forum so, now back in London, it is my turn to make a contribution. Hope you enjoy it.

We have developed a very detailed website of our exploits so, rather than make an excessively long post here, I am going to direct you to the bits of the website that may be of interest through the following links:


A few snaps of the Rangie in action in Africa

How the Range Rover performed in Africa

Range Rover expedition preparation

Expedition trip log

Trip statistics

Homepage


Quite a lot to keep you busy there! I hope you find this interesting and heart-warming to see some emphatic proof that a modern Range Rover - 40 years on from its initial introduction - is still a formidable vehicle in virtually any environment you can imagine. The most capable vehicle in the World? Get’s my vote.

Best regards
RRG

excellent, well done  2002 td6 vogue, 06 supercharged facelift

*WE ARE UNWORTHY* according to Wayne's world  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

2023 FFRR L460
2020 Range Rover Velar

Congratulations RRG on your fantastic achievement! You must have had a superb adventure / experience.



Those are some stunning photographs - Lets hear it for the TONGA GREEN

Wow, just wow! Let us know what kind of MPG you did and the cost for all the fuel

check Trip Statistics  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

2023 FFRR L460
2020 Range Rover Velar

What an achievement, and on a car with 80k on it already.

Awe inspiring. Researching my first Range Rover purchase

Well don you and car

well done..

it's been very fun to read your trip log when you was driving around.

Followed your tirp as you added new notes about your trip here back in Norway.

Thank's for sharing all the information and experiences with us..

My bad You must have been going slow in some areas then>

It must have been an unbelievable experience. I've driven what I thought were a couple of long drives din to the south of France and the east coast of Australia. These pale into insignificance with your 17000 mile jaunt! Well done, it must have been awe inspiring!

I thought I'd done well getting to Monte Carlo in a day.

Totally inspired by this trip. Shows the L322 to be more than capable in the defender/D3 camps. Not sure I'd have gone in a TD6 but what a trip. Well done to all.  The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom

Absolutely great post and a wonderful journey and experience.

A credit to you and the L322 of course.

Thankyou for sharing this with us all

Now, any other trips planned to really test the RR

Just....awesome.

Well done . Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Amazing I salute you sir !