Voetspore Rift Valley adventure

THE Amarok will embark on its third Voetspore expedition with Johan Badenhorst and his team.

This year’s expedition, known as Voetspore in the Groot Skeurvallei van Afrika or Voetspore in Africa’s Great Rift Valley, will go through 13 countries, starting from Mozambique and finishing in Ethiopia, where the Rift Valley starts.

“The Amaroks that we drove in the last two Voetspore expeditions performed incredibly well and traversed the most challenging parts of Africa with aplomb. For this year’s adventure, we will be driving in the comfort and luxury of three eight-speed automatic vehicles.

“We are confident that the Amarok automatic will make our 18 000km trip over three months a memorable experience and a great spectacle for our television show,” said Johan Badenhorst, the Voetspore expedition leader.

This is the ninth edition of the Voetspore expedition. This time, Badenhorst will be accompanied by three crew members, Gideon Swart, André Bester and Norbert Coetzee from his last expedition to the Equator.

They will be joined by William Warren and new member, Gert Ledidi, who has worked as a Peace Corp in Darfur, Sudan.