Sharing Great Southern African Experiences

Keeping everyone in the vehicle occupied when you’ve got a long drive ahead can be a big challenge. And once you arrive, whether it’s night time or a spot of bad weather, you can’t always do the fun, outdoorsy things you had planned. All families have their own ways of ensuring that everyone keeps smiling on a trip away – but sometimes you need to make your own fun. Travel games are perfect for times like these, so here’s a few ideas for your next camping adventure.

For younger children, try an easier version by using colours instead of letters of the alphabet.

Choose a theme such as animals, places or food. Someone starts with a word that relates to the theme. The next person then has to find another word in the same theme that starts with the last letter of the previous person’s word. So if the topic was animals it could be:

Monkey… Yak… Kookaburra… Antelope… Echidna… and so on…

In turn, everyone uses the letters from a number plate they see to make up a crazy animal (or other equally fun thing).

So for example, a number plate that was HSE-584 could be: a Hairy Squishy Elephant!

For this game, someone will need to be the ‘scorer’ and have paper and a pencil. One at a time, as you pass cars, or cars go past, each person takes the last number from the number plate and the scorer writes it down under their name. The next time this person has a turn a new number is added to the first number, and so on. The winner is the first person to reach a certain number (eg. 50 or 100).

Everyone in the car takes a turn at this game. The first person starts by saying… “On my last 4×4 adventure I took…” and completes the sentence with an item they might take starting with the letter A. The next person has a turn and repeats the phrase, including the first person’s word, then adds their own starting with B. “On my last 4×4 adventure I took an APPLE and a BULL BAR.”

This continues all the way through the alphabet and can get quite tricky later on but is a lot of fun.

Everyone chooses a colour and the number of cars they think they will see in that particular colour before reaching a designated spot or town. Eg. I think we will see 17 red cars before we stop for lunch. The winner is the person who has guessed the closest to their chosen number when you reach your destination.

From [ ARB Kids ]

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Our Grade A Camping ground is within easy travelling distance to five of the 2010 World Cup Soccer Stadiums: Mbombela – Nelspruit, Soccer City – Johanesburg, Ellis Park – Johannesburg, Royal Bafokeng – Rustenburg and Loftus Versveld – Pretoria.

Please visit the website
[ http://www.2010soccercamping.co.za/ ]

The FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa
11 June 2010 to 11 July 2010

If you are planning a trip to South Africa for the World Cup and you want your trip to be something different from the usual hotel or bed & breakfast experience, take a little time and see what we have prepared for our guests. If you are going to visit Africa, we think you should make it a REAL African experience. Hotels and other formal accommodation are pretty much the same the world over. Neat little rooms, canned air and lots of pressure to conform to “standards”. We think there is a need for an alternative to this conventional approach.

There are many stadiums to visit in order to watch the various fixtures, so we have identified a location which is pure natural Africa and within easy travelling distance of five of the major stadiums. This unique venue will provide superb tented or caravan accommodation, allowing you to touch and feel the true spirit of Africa, whilst enjoying one of the worlds greatest sporting spectacles.

You will be able to come and go as you please, enjoy eating outdoors and letting your hair down without the fear of disapproval from anyone. Our facilities are stunning in their natural beauty, away from the normal city concerns of safety and security and can be managed on a self catering basis or you can choose to partake of the on-site catering, or a choice of some splendid local restaurants. You will find the best of Al a Carte and the full spectrum of fast foods available within a short travelling distance, even on your way to and from the games. With our offer the choice is truly yours, do your own thing or let us provide from our on site facilities.

Your accommodation provides for four people sharing, so you and the guys can share this great adventure. When you settle down for the night you will do so listening to the sounds of the African bush, the air will be crystal clear and you will see more stars than you ever thought possible. Eating outdoors is a relative statement, you will find a large thatched Boma in which to eat if you so choose, here adjacent to the Bar you will be comfortable regardless of the weather, be it wet or hot. Here you will also have the opportunity to socialise with the other guests or just enjoy your own company, there is lots of space to do just as you wish.

The 4×4 club who own the venue have built excellent new ablution facilities for the event and you will go a long way to find better.

Included:

• 24 Hour Security
• Ablutions -  220V power
• A Boma for gathering around a bonfire and braai
• 3x 5 seater Jacuzzi’s
• Well stocked bar
• Quadriplegic friendly
• Conference room
• Club house with big screen TV
• Swimming pool
• Braai area
• Bush atmosphere

Please peruse information provided on the website
[ http://www.2010soccercamping.co.za/ ]
and if you have any questions or require any additional information,
Contact Wouter Gerber Tel: +2711-979-4817or
Email Wouter: wouter@bigfive4x4.co.za

We are open for bookings!

Please visit the website
[ http://www.2010soccercamping.co.za/ ]

Published in WEGRY magazine FEB-MAR 2009 (page 11)

Dankie Wouter

In ‘n land waarin mense erg gefrutreerd raak met swak dienslewering, wile k graag die volgende vertal om te wys alles is nog nie verlore nie.

Gedurende junie 2008 is ‘n klompie van ons op Okavango-delta toe. Vir hierdie vakansie het ek ‘n sleepwaentjie gehuur by Gerbers 4×4 – Big Five 4×4 in Kempton Park.

Sommer binner 1 km van die huis af he die hak vir die eerste keer losgekom. As groentjies op hierdie gebied het ons maar gedink dit was net nie ordentlik ingehaak nie.

Alles het verder goed verloop totdat ons Moremi se grondpaie moes baasraak. Hier het die hak weer twee keer afgespring. Dit is toe dat ons sien die binnekant uitgewerk. Teen ‘n slakkepas het ons toe eers diep in die lodgers het sweisappraat gehad en ons het maar ‘n tydelike plan gemaak. Intussen het ek vir Wouter Gerber gekontak (dankksy die lodge se satellietfoon) en hy het belowe dat hulle die problem sal regstel voor ons verder hoef te ry, wat oor drie dae sou wees.

Die middag voor on weer ‘n ent gaan ry. Ek kon nie genoen kry van die bos en die dier nie! Toe ons laat die middag terugkom by die kamp, se een van die bure dat iemand by die sleepwaentjie gewerk het.

En raai at – ‘n splinternuwe hak! Hulle moes ook maar  net kop geskud het oor ons tydelike poging, want alles was mooi herstal en skoongemaak.

Nodelos om te se,van hier af het ns nie weer porbleme gehad nie.

Ek wil vir Wouter en span baie dankie se vir hierdie puik diens.

Danie Senekal, Alberton

(Gerbers 4×4 toets nou die hake voor die tyd om seker te maak alles is reg.)