Ball of Gold | Botswana Okavango Delta & Namibia Travel | XOVERLAND AFRICA S6 EP3
Ball of Gold | Botswana Okavango Delta & Namibia Travel | XOVERLAND AFRICA S6 EP3
Time is running out for Dr. Jon in Botswana. The team makes every effort to maximize his time left before his departure back to the ER in the States. Reality sets in on the dangers of the Okavango Delta, making going to the bathroom an adventure. Namibia looms ahead and the expedition picks up a new guest. So far, the Tacoma, Sequoia, and the…
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A South African sharing his brandy with you, you guys must have made a real good impression ;P
“Developing country roads” not everything needs to be developed 🙄
what an experience…
Wow! I got so emotional when you met with Adrian. I am enjoying your expedition.
What engine sizes are these bakkies’
The boys are humble
You know, NORMALLY, when I see advertising for random videos on my YouTube feed, I skip over them as they are, USUALLY, random videos where the MAIN GOAL is too sell you something… BUT this time it was this video & I love off-roading & ESPECIALLY overland experiences & expeditions like this one. I am enjoying the episode so far, you got a new subscriber & supporter! Thanks for the videos!
I do enjoy watching the adventure but sometimes i feel im watching ‘behind the scenes’
My grandfather has shared many stories of living in Africa, it's great to be able to see his stories coming to life through your journey. Thank you for sharing!
This is wonderful and brings back great memories for me, but why did you drown out the camp fire singing of the local guides and cooks? I wanted to hear them, not some stock classic music.
Another amazing episode, having done a similar experience camping in the delta, you captured it perfectly 👏🏼
Am a kenyan, i like overland videos and travel documentaries.Your videos are top quality and kudos
I would love to join for an entire expedition, but a few days would be enough to hang with the greatest group of people roaming the world. Keep the content coming.
Zambian Products on the map. Yes please 🙏
That gun handling skill is hilariously cringe 😬 😂
I hope the western world can see how loving n kind African is…..Thank you Xoverland. Am🇿🇦😊
Loving every one of this series. We overland in a Landrover Defender. Thanks for loving Southern Africa and capturing the essence of the bush. Ps toasting Marshmallows on the fire did not originate in the USA😜. Most likely in Egypt , where they were first made.
This is just my third video of yours. The sights are amazing but the audio is hard on the patience. The volume of various conversations varies from person to person, the volume of the music is louder than the voices, and most difficult to manage, is the overall volume of your video compared to that of the ads. The ads blast in and wake my household. I am constantly touching the volume buttons on my computer.
Southern Africa is so unique, the people are only as beautiful as the landscapes. Botswana has such a unique beat, it is the heart of Africa in my opinion..the essence of Botswana, her people, her wildlife, her unique landscapes grip your heart forever!
Safety wire it and forget it.
It's a road racing/airplane thing.
Think it could work for as well
Too much music during around the camp fire…. Couldn't hear the tribe singing
this is one of the most beautiful episode i have seen in the series. You guys are awesome , I was excited when i heard youre doing Africa . wow
So sad you didn’t get longer in Botswana. Love your journey and story telling.
This is really good . I hope you guys apon visiting Namibia just make it to the tip of my country Zimbabwe to see the Victoria falls
No African experience is complete if you haven't tried KWV brandewyn 😁
Great videos as always! Living the dream! I can't even imagine the costs associated with doing this type of trip.
Absolutely loving these episodes!!! Thank youuuuuu guys 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Thanks Dr John, love and Hate are learnt.
22 psi
Looking forward to see the team traversing Kenya.
would be nice to know how much each truck cost completely outfitted. for most of us who wont be sponsored, but have to buy and build.
I love watching Roam Overlanding. I wish he kept his Suzuki Jimney though.
Fun #kenya
Beautiful family welcome 🙏🏿 africa 🌍
Another great episode!
Doc John and his G&T’s swapped out for Doc Potatoes and his brandy and coke… 😂
Couple of issues here that have come immediately apparent to be pointed out : a) bolts and nuts on all mods, installations and add ons should have been fastened with lock nuts and spring washer. I have never seen bolts coming loose on these trips and i have been doing them thru southern Africa for over 25 years, b) keep following distances far enough apart to avoid vehicles behind the kead vehicle eating dust and clogging filters, c) using gasoline guzzlers over such large distances is a poor choice and d) this doea not seem to be an overland trip but a day to day race to finish. How can you enjoy our country leaving early in the Morning and arriving after dark. That cannot be any fun in that.
This is so entertaining and éducative as your sin now sees 👀 Africa with a different and more developed perspective 👏
Awesome video as always XO Crew. Every episode of the Africa Series has been so epic one after a another. And I've heard that Namibia is so awesome and so amazing can't wait until the next episode. Thanks for letting us ride along with y'all on y'all's adventures.
I am wondering why this episode is called Ball of Gold? The poem was in the last episode; not this one. Also, episode 1 ended with you heading to Kubu Island; but episode 2 didn’t have Kubu Island. Is there perhaps a missing episode somewhere?
Saw you guys in Maun, Botswana last year by Maun Lodge and My Oh My, first time seeing American Toyota trucks not bakkies. And you had parked next to a Toyota Fortuner and Hilux and they looked so tiny next to the Big Trucks. I enjoyed these 3 episodes so far. Bumped into the channel today loving the content. Glad yal enjoyed our lovely country Botswana and hoping to see you again next coming years. Great content love the editing and colors it's as if im there with you guys and part of the team.
I am so excited that I got to see all my overlanding favourites together.
I've been a fan of Roam Overlanding, Get Out Go and 4×4 Ventures for a while. And sometime in the last year or so I discovered Expedition Overland and I liked them too. They did seem a bit distant in that there were from a very distant part of the world. Man, I've been waiting for this Season. And I hope to find a Suzuki Jimny in time so then start roaming!
Next Time any of you are near Khama Rhino Sanctuary halla at a brother, alright?
As Good as …Le Petit Reporter !
Really enjoying the series, thanks for all the great narrating and video footage. Hoped you would see a bit more of South Africa but will continue to watch with anticipation for the road ahead.
The mighty Hilux💯💯
Landrover found Africa….
Toyota tamed Africa😂
Enjoy the trip in my backyard guys.
Footnote: Throw away your watches….you dont need them in Africa…
We went (more than once) to the Okavango (Moremi) in the ‘60s. My dad’s first trip was featured in a magazine in SA ~1966.
My 1st trip, we (dad, his wife & us 4 kids) drove in a Triumph 2000 station wagon from Jo’burg to Maun. In Maun, we hired a 4cyl SWB Landrover, with a 44gallon drum of petrol in the back & all our gear in teh back and on teh roof rack. Horribly underpowered in the thick sand a mud
Next trip my dad had purchased a 1952 4cyl SWB diesel Landrover. Same story, 44 gallon drum of fuel in the back plus all our camping gear and food. Still underpowered.
My last trip was ~1973. Was just my dad and myself. Dad had a 6cyl 3L Jeep Gladiator (more power but still no jerry cans). We went up to the Okavango, then on to Chobe up to Kasane on to Victoria Falls and back down to Jo'burg via Wankie. Proper adventure without the mod cons like air compressors, maxtrax, winches, GPS ……….etc etc (and jerry cans).
Those were the days of proper adventure, charged by a lioness, chased by hippos while collecting water…….etc. We’d set up camp and 4 kids all under the age of 15 (1st trip) would be free to wander around and do our own thing. It is amazing that nothing serious happened to one of us. We’d have a local guide from Maun (no proper roads then)who carried a rifle & he camped with us.
These days it is a hell of a lot easier. I lived in OZ in the early 2000s and had a 200 series Landcruiser (V8 diesel) fully modded for offroad work. We did about 30,000km of travel in it including crossing the Simpson desert pulling a camper trailer (and it rained, for the first time in 15 years, for the whole trip ).
Not knocking what you guys do but, it is a lot easier these days & I’ve done it both ways. I just wish we’d had digital cameras and drones back in those days to capture it all.
Why did Dr john leave X
Just a question why didn't you locktight the bolts and nuts on the rigs??