BOET GROBBELAAR

MY WHEELS, P. 30

Boet Grobbelaar has the outdoors in his blood. Before retiring, he used to be a farmer and professional hunter. These days, he tours widely with his wife Marina in their custommodified Toyota Land Cruiser.

Do you plan your trips in detail or just go with the flow?

We travel with a guide to dangerous places like the Doodsakker in Angola and Namibia’s Skeleton Coast. But to other destinations we travel as the spirit guides us.

What is your earliest travel memory?

As a young man in my twoman tent in the bushveld.

The best place you’ve ever visited?

Mana Pools, Zimbabwe.

What is your number one travel tip?

Make sure your fridge is up to the task and always carry enough water and fuel with you.

Do you have a favourite travel writer?

Jan Joubert.

What music do you listen to on the road?

Hits from the seventies and eighties and Country.

On my bucket list…

Lake Malawi and Gonarezhou.