First off . . . HOW COME NO ONE HAS EVER MENTIONED THIS TRAIL
:!: :!: :!: It is THE ULTIMATE in 4x4 trails, I kid you not. I felt like a little kid going to Disney World, but I was in a 4x4 and could drive any obstacle I could imagine!
To be honest, I don't even know where to begin with this report. It is an extremely long trail (45KM +) and I don't even think I remember everything . . .
I uploaded some of the photos here:
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Follow the pics as you read. But we ran out of batteries before the end of the trail after sun down that evening.
The trail rates a 3 to 5.
We started the trail the morning at 9. It is a guided trail by Frikkie, the owner of the Trail. We were joined by two Pajero's. 1 x 3l V6 and 1 x 3.5l V6.
The trail starts with dirt (You get everything here. Dirt, sand, rock, mud, clay and water
). Some of the obstacles we skipped like the Paddagat, as it was too deep, more than 1m. The trail is ideal during summer. Some of the obstacles is man made, but most is natural. We drove along the dirt trail for about two and a half hours, and then took a quick potty and beer break.We then started up and over the hill. Nice rock obstacles going over 
Once over, you're back on a dirt trail. After a while we came to a extra nice axle twister. It was the first time that Frikkie told us to rather get out and go check if we're going to do it. Obviously we did 
Afterwards he told us that at the Maskam Challenge, you get extra points if you do it in reverse . . . So guess what we did 
Was AWESOME 
That's where the 3l had some battery problems. So on we went, some more dirt and rock (the 3l got stuck on some rocks again), and the we came to an open field with strips of grass running up it. Only after we were lined up next to each other, did we realise that IT'S AN OFFROAD DRAG STRIP :!: VERY AWESOME. I lost unfortunately . . . My 4y didn't stand a chance against the V6's :x And then the terrain turned to sand. A couple of sand and wooden obstacles like a seesaw and log bridge (And the 3.5l that got stuck on the log bridge). And guess what came next. A circular track in the sand that you take turns driving for time Won that one I did it in 41 seconds. The 3l did it in 43 and took out one of the beacons, and the 3.5l did it in 45 and took out two of the beacons 
AWESOME INDEED!!! Then comes a whole series of sand obstacles that takes another hour to do. Proud to say that I got up two of them that the Pajero's couldn't From there it's some plain driving to the half way mark at the cave for some beers and braai. The 3l got a flat somewhere along the line to there as well :problem: We skipped the braai and only had some beers as we were a bit behing schedule.The second half back we skipped some of the side tracks as we were still behind schedule. We came to a hill with a series of awesome obstacles up and down its sides. Some we skipped and some we did. One of the obstacles, steps made from wood, kept throwing me off.
Anyways, here I loose track of the day. On and on and on and on we went. You think you are done, but the obstacles just keep comming! Rock, sand, dirt, muddy river, you name it. Our batteries for the camera died there, so no more pics, sorry! We went on till it became dark, and skipped quite a few of the obstacles then. We drove out of there at around 7:30.
ALL THAT FOR R150!!!
I'm definately going back there next year :!: :!: :!: Maybe even take part in the Maskam Challange We went that weekend for the Lions 4x4 Challenge, thinking BergKraal the Friday will be a warm-up for the main event the Saturday. But no matter how great Saterday was, BergKraal was definately the main event of the weekend for us :!: :!: :!:
Big upps Frikkie
See you soon :!:
The confusion created when one's mind overrides the body's desire to choke the living $H!t out of some asshole that desperately deserves it!
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