Berakah quickie

[2.8 d/cab SFA]

I went with SWAMBO and my daughter to Berakah last Saturday(spur of the moment). The drive from Boksburg is 118km, but interestingly the Garmin said 142km before I started the trip?
I arrive early in the morning. The trail took me 3.5 hours, stopped for lunch 30min. Therefore, the map guide was correct. The trail is very challenging and really tests if you know your vehicle. The steep downhill/uphill if you back track, are very steep, but concrete and rocks are placed to give good traction. I did not have to use diff lock at all. (All though recommended by the trail reviews in magazines).
I enjoyed the trail so much that I forgot to take pics, especially Elephant hill. I only took these few.

[Dadz Toy BFI]

Mooi

Arrggh John, I wish we had a "Berakah" down here

[OOOOMS]

Nice place! We camped there a couple of years ago, in JULY!!! Vrek koud....

[klippe]

I have driven it twice now and it was great fun Must admit the last time we were accompanied by a Colt Rodeo, they didnt enjoy the trip as much. R5000 afterwords to fix all of the nicks and bumps ...........Will go again leading a Cruiser next time

[Joshua]

Very nice John.

I'd love to go there myself.

[Bfreesani]

We had an interclub outing in Feb with bloues and suidwes from this forum and had a great time. The frirst day we were joined by a few others which included a Fortuner. The poor gentleman found out the hard way that side step do not work well at that place. We had 3 weeks of constant rain and it even rained the first day we were there. The rain caused closure of the first tight section along the river, but the rest was very nice.

I have never needed diffloc on Berakah, but the guys that do use it say it makes some sections much easier. We camped over Friday and Saturday night, so we only did the first section on the Saturday. Rain stopped us as the second picnic spot and some guys had to go help a Pajero that fell over. Check this out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVLMepJF ... annel_page

Second day was seriously lekker. The second stage is a fair challange at the best of times, add 3 weeks of rain to that and it's cooool fun.

Check here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX9lXEjH ... annel_page It took us more than an hour to get 4 cars 500 meters up the road. This is where the Pajero had fallen over the previous day.

Berakah is good fun and like most places gets better with a bit of rain. Only problem I have with it is that the camp site has no level ground. The rest is good fun, the ablutions are not bad and the cost is average.

Eish, hoe soek ek nou kort stok satisfaksie. Ek was lank laas uit gewees, die kar kry nou baie skade op die teer pad

[2.8 d/cab SFA]

I think I did not use diff lock as the diesal you just crawl along , no hurry pleez. Also my tyres (BFG mud, my first upgrade/mod))give me fantastic grip :D compared the old worn Firestones.
I luv my diesal dawg

[Mud Dog]

sounds like you had fun John, Lekker!

[Hoppy]

Berakah is a bit far, but a "quicky" on a trail is always a bargain

[Mud Dog]

Allan I more than strongly suspect you have the same naughty streak that I was blessed / cursed with (depending on how you look at it)

[OOOOMS]

MD, sure you only spotted this post, as 'Quickie'

and entered....

[Mud Dog]

Aw gee Mark, now you caught me out on the open forum .... and I was thinking that 'Berakah' was some form of exotic mid eastern eroticism ..

[OOOOMS]

Yeah right, but don's warry we will catch u out....just wait...

[Mud Dog]

Nou raak ek benoud! (Hope that means 'anxious')

[ToyX4]

Nou raak ek benoud! (Hope that means 'anxious')

[OOOOMS]

Also known as 'benoude boude'

[Mud Dog]

'benoude boude' kan ek nog miskien handle, but if it becomes 'benoude boude odour' I'm gone

[OOOOMS]