This site lists the travel adventures of Philip Elliott (South Africa) on Motor Bike and Land Rover throughout Southern Africa
An “adventure” is an exciting or unusual experience usually involving some risk. So why the adventure?
The WEB sites listed below are intended to encourage and help others plan their adventure trips and to visit places they may not have previously thought of.
Since I started documenting my travels, I have covered over 82 000km and spent over 325 days on the road.
This site summarizes the trips enjoyed by Philip Elliott and gives a link to the detailed information of each trip:
Epic Adventures (Greater than 3 weeks):
5. Eastern Cape 2025 - Land Rover with Roof Top Tent trip to the Camdeboo National Park, Mountain Zebra Park, Addo Elephant Park, Karoo National Park, Baviaanskloof and the Golden Gate National Park (4 672 km, 21 days, 30 passes)
4. Elliott Adventure trip 2018 - Motor Bike trip along South African coast, Namibia, Zambia & Botswana
(13 348 km, 35 days)
3. Elliott Adventure trip 2015 - 6 weeks in Mauritius (2 660 km , 42 days)
2. Elliott Adventure trip 2014 - Land Rover with Caravan trip through South Africa, Namibia & Botswana
(11 327 km, 76 days)
1. Elliott Adventure trip 2011 - Land Rover with Roof Top Tent trip through South Africa, Namibia & Botswana
(14 600 km, 56 days)
Addo Elephant Park (See Trip)
Great Adventures (Less than 3 weeks):
12. Western Cape 2025 - Motor Bike tour through Northern Cape, Western Cape and Orange Free State, South Africa (3 882 km, 09 days, 25 passes)
11. Kruger National Park 2024 - Land Rover with Roof Top Tent trip from the North to the South of the Kruger Park while camping at each of the camp sites in the Kruger National Park - South Africa (3 386 km, 15 days)
10. Tembe Elephant Park 2024 - Land Rover with Roof Top Tent via Ramsgate and Sodwana to Tembe Elephant Park and back to Pretoria via Volksrust (2 929 km, 12 days)
9. South Africa gravel road Garden Route 2024 - Motor Bike tour along gravel roads and passes from Pretoria to the Garden Route and return via eastern Orange Free State, South Africa (4 597 km, 12 days, 66 passes)
8. Elliott Adventure trip September 2021 - Land Rover 4x4 trip to the Old Mill Drift near Clarens (931 km, 04 days)
7. Elliott Adventure trip August 2021 - Land Rover 4x4 and Battlefield tour in Volksrust, Mpumalanga, South Africa
(905 km, 05 days)
6. Elliott Adventure trip April 2021 - Motor Bike Battlefield tour in Kwazulu Natal including Spioenkop and Battle of Blood River (1 749 km, 04 days)
5. Elliott Adventure trip 2019 - Motor Bike trip from Pretoria to Cape Town and back via Gamskaskloof, Cedarberg and Augrabies (4 262 km, 10 days, 39 passes)
4. Elliott Adventure 2017 - Motor Bike trip from Pretoria, Mbabane (Swaziland), Ramsgate, Lesotho to Pretoria
(2 855 km, 06 days, 27 passes)
3. Elliott Adventure trip 2015 - Motor Bike trip from Pretoria, Rhodes, Tiffendell, Kirkwood, Storms River, Uniondale to Pretoria (3 631 km, 07 days, 17 passes)
2. Elliott Adventure trip 2012 - Motor Bike trip through Ladybrand, Hofmeyer, Kirkwood, Baviaanskloof, Middelburg to Pretoria (3 081 km, 06 days, 17 passes)
1. Elliott Adventure trip 2007 - Land Rover with Roof Top Tent trip through the Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park
(2 261 km, 06 days)
Short Adventures Trips (1 to 5 days)
You can also see a number of other short trips that I have done by visiting:
https://sites.google.com/view/elliott-adventures-short-trips/home
Too many people delay an adventure trip because they "do not have the right vehicle". My advice is that you plan your trip around the vehicle you have as long as you have maintained it in good mechanical condition and the route allows for technical support in the event your vehicle requires maintenance. People enjoy adventure trips using anything from an old Toyota Corolla to expensive overland vehicles.
The best advice I can provide was covered by Stuart Fillingham in his YouTube video "Which is the best touring Motorcycle for 2020?"
Refer to Travel Tips for more information.
The mountains along the south eastern border of Lesotho near Palmietfontein (See trip)