Part 1: African Safari : Kruger National Park in a New Land Rover Defender and Suzuki Jimny
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In this episode we visit Kruger National Park where we travel from Orpan Gate to Tsendzi Camp. I also review what we have done to the New Defender and Jimny and share some of the amazing animal encounters along the way.
Please note all of the products mentioned are not sponsored and I paid full price for them all. I have no affiliation with any of the manufacturers or suppliers of these products.
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I mention gun shots. Bullets known as blanks were used to chase the elephant. Blanks do not actually shoot a projectile so can not harm the elephant and are used only for “scaring”.
Bruce, Chris, Ed and Ryan we need one more adventure with all of you, and your film making skills are improving each time. Thanks a lot guys for tagging us along 👌🏽
Wow that’s a big complement. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
First time watching this channel, love the simplicity of it. We have been in the UK now for nearly 20 years, not been back to SA since 2019 and this makes us so homesick but love still being able to see our homeland. Subscribed now for future episodes.
Thank you so much for the feedback, watching and commenting. It’s always so nice to have honest feedback good and even bad as it helps make improvements. Thanks again and all the best
I always wonder if it's safe to get out of the car to open these gates mina I would never get out considering we are in the wild.
haha obviously you must look around and take care when doing so, but have a look at what we experienced in Mana Pools in my Beautiful Zimbabwe video. I am sure that would make you even more cautious :)
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@@OverlandingwithBruce Hi Bruce the mana pools video is how i found your channel. great work, made me miss Zim. And yes you opening the doors to film there with those lions prawling around was wild..
Awesome Bruce, another excellent episode, well done! ❤️
Thank you very much
Hi Bruce, Thanks for a great video. What model is your new Defender? Looks like the ideal vehicle for touring in.
Thanks so much Mark. It’s a 2020, D240 SE 110. I love it and after this trip I love it even more
This procedure worked on my model year 2022 D110 to disable the seatbelt chime: close the door, switch the ignition on (don't start the engine) and then, buckle and unbuckle the driver seat belt 10 times in a row, waiting just enough time for the seatbelt light to come on each time. After unbuckling for the 10th time, you should eventually hear a ding / bong as confirmation, and the reminder should be muted from now on. Repeat the same procedure to reactivate the beltminder. Good luck!
Thanks very much Keith. I did try that and it didn’t work but think I need to try it again.
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Hi Bruce, thanks for your podcast. Really appreciated. I have two questions... What make was your pizza oven dome (where did you buy it). What camera and lens do you use?
Hi Yaakov. I’m not sure where you are but I bought it online through Takealot. I use a Gopro and a Canon M50 MkII which I’m still learning how to use.
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Here is the link Yaakov:
www.takealot.com/single-square-pizza-oven-with-stainless-steel-tile/PLID70843728
Love the sounds of the bush
Thank you Sue. Please take a look at my beautiful Zimbabwe ep 1 and 2 . I have tried to record even more bush sounds. In ep 2 especially.
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Absolutely incredible. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey, thank you so much. Thinking of going to The Kruger soon as well. You guys are great. Keep it up. Please don't stop, you'll have 1 million subscribers.
Thank you so much Nadean. That is awesome to hear. Appreciate the feedback and support mate.
Next trip starts on Friday the 6th and this is going to be one for the books. Hope I do it justice.
Thanks again for your support.
Hi Bruce,wave to you🤚✋,nothing wrong with your filming skills.Pro man a pro.Defender with my Dad but i got a Range Rover instead,but waved at all the cars.Like your calm peronality.Great stuff.See you on the next one.Greetings Lucas.
Hi Lucas. 🤚✋ 😂 thanks so much mate. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
We called those Songololos, one of those unique South African words. Enjoyed your video, interesting and entertaining felt like I was in the bush. 👌
Thank you so much. That is exactly what I was trying to achieve, although it still needs work. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Completely agree with you on the new Defender by the way. It’s the future. Despite still owning Defenders I choose to overland in a Disco 3 because it’s more comfortable and therefore practical I think.
@@TheOverlandLegend I also had some excellent trips in my D3. They actually have better packing space also compared to my New Defender.
To prevent that bong sound for seat belts, invest in a couple of seat belt ends from a scrap yard (can also be bought on line) to plug into your seat belt sockets when you are in the Bush. Have been using them for years and as you are only doing about 20kms/hr, you are not really in any danger.
Already sorted. With the Landy’s you switch on the ignition and plug in the drivers seat belt 10 times consecutively and the gong gets turned off. Visa Verda to turn it back on.
Now to find a way to switch off the door open gong 😂
Thanks for the lekker video! With the seat belts on our Disco4 we just connect them behind the seat so they are always clipped in. Only do this in the reserve at low speed obviously.
I've recently bought my dream car.. Defender 110 (2011). Loving it! I wave at the new ones.. They're still defenders :)
Thanks for sharing your experience!
Thanks you AidenRIR. On my D4 I was able to turn off the chimes by switching on the ignition without starting and then plugging and unplugging the seat belt 10 times.
2011 110s are great as they upgraded the TC system from 11MY. Awesome vehicles.
Thanks for watching and commenting
@@OverlandingwithBruce I did not know that about the disco seat belts. Will give that a try, thanks!
@@AidanRIR pleasure. If it doesn’t ping after ten times keep going to about 15 or 18..and if still nothing start again. Turn ignition off lock then repeat process.
To activate again afterwards you just repeat the process.
Beautiful Bruce..... I take it this is expensive Kruger camping..... Pity you don't fish
No Kruger is very affordable so not expensive. Tsendzi is more expensive and if you catch it when it’s busy like when we were there then it detracts from the experience.
Bruce. Looks like stand #18 @ Tsendze, we stayed there for a week this past December with our '97 Defender90 and Conquerer Conquest trailer. We have been camping in KNP since 2006. Your Defender looks awesome.
Thanks so much Marcus and thank you for watching
Hallo Bruce,
I like the comments on the new Defender, it gives one a good overview. I'm very impressed with the few negative/irritating things. I own a L/D Discovery Sport 2.2Lt. What do you think of this vehicle doing overlanding and or camping? I'm not a guy that will put my vehicle to the utmost test (just for the sake of testing). Do you have any experience of towing a camping trailer with a Discovery Sport and or with you new Defender?
I hope you had a good trip in the National Kruger.
Sorry I have no experience in the Discovery Sport at all so can not comment but will say you don’t need all the stuff that some claim you need to overland.
The New Defender tows brilliantly and is very stable.
Nice video. About music vs bush sounds, generally bush sounds are better. Music is good in some instances, if not the highly repetitive stuff some people play very loudly on the soundtrack. THAT gets annoying.
Thank you. I agree. I am trying to create a feeling for anyone who watches but using all the natural sounds. Ive also ordered a decent microphone so that I can improve this in future. I also get a bit tired of all the same type of music (although good) being used.
Thank you very much for commenting and watching.
Ugandan in BC,, we call the Millipede gongolo,,,, in Zim its kyon,,,,, meaning as we evolve as a people at one time we where one one as the bantu people of sub African to Southern Africa
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing George
The comments from the senders were guite ok, but if you must take it off, rather put the relative word describe the area or scene (which will be enough). The comments you add on are in lots of cases a duplication. Example; all know Bloemfontein is in the Free State, not necessary to say or add on its in the Free State Province. I suppose there are no no not blind people watching your videos who want to hear where and what the video describe.
Thank you Braam. I have audience from all over the world and many won’t know that Bloemfontein is in the Freestate and some people won’t even know that the freestate is a province or that Bloem is a city in South Africa.
We have to try and appeal and cater to a wider global audience.
Thank you for your comment and for watching.
Enjoyable video. Preferred the bush sounds over (what my son called) “the scary movie song” at about 27min. I’ve also been getting more waves lately, but less so from the new Defender owners. I blame the salespeople, they should be telling their customers about it.
Thanks very much Grant. I agree about the music; one of the hardest things to do, as you get copyright infringements on music if you not careful.
Thank you very much for watching and for the honest feedback. Appreciate it.
Bruce, another last thing, which software do you use for making and editing your videos? Excellent videos, nothing wrong with it.
Thank you. I use the standard I-movie software on a MacBook. Wouldn’t know how to use the fancy stuff that others use 😂
I prefer listening to the Bush.... Not music..... Remember the shongololo😂
Haha thanks Lee. Thank you for watching and commenting
Nice one Bruce! Kruger is a magical place! Upgrades to the new Defender are looking great.
Thank you. It certainly is although else didn’t enjoy the south as much but still magical.
Learning every episode and still lots to learn. Thanks for watching and commenting
Enjoying you clips out here in Kenya thou I'm a Zimbo & definitely the Bush sounds is best.
Thank you. So nice to hear
Waving in the Kruger is essential☺
Haha yes that’s true 😂
Just subscribed.
Love the balance of nature shot's and reviewing the Defender.
Would be interesting when you take it in for service if you could video that.
Thanks
Andrew
Thank you Andrew. I honestly don’t think it’s more difficult than any other vehicle. I will ask LR on the next service.
Thank you for the idea and support
@@OverlandingwithBruce That would be great. Just like to see what they check, pull and tug on, just to make sure nothing has come loose because you do take it off road which most owners don't.
Thanks
@@LandRoverDS2020 will try to do so
Bruce, what 2 way radio are you using?
Hi Vernon. It’s called a RTS RTS DV-2135s . Not the fanciest radio but works perfectly for our requirements and it is nice and small.
Bruce and team, great job on the video. You have a very nice demeanor, very low-key and enjoyable to listen to. I'd rather listen to the animals and your talking, than the music which tended to overwhelm them. Great stuff. Working my way through the series now. Also, re the inverter and panels, I'm sure you'll cover it later, but in my LR4 (Disco 4), I just charge my Goalzero from the 12VDC while driving while also leaving laptops, ipads, cameras plugged into IT. That will charge the battery and the devices throughout the day (truck charging battery and battery charging devices). I've found this doesn't seem to draw too much from the alternator, and keeps things fully charged. No need for panels at all which are as you've learned expensive, bulky, and kind of a headache. Hope to hear more from you about this in future episodes.
Hopefully you will notice an improvement in animal sounds in my latest episodes, I’ve worked hard to try and improve in sound. Learning all the time!
I am looking at doing an episode on my Defender and my rental vehicles to show the battery setups if there is interest.
I like to keep it simple and therefore reliable.
Thank you for watching and commenting
@@OverlandingwithBruce Yes I think that we all have a lot to learn from each other especially about keeping things simple. I think with the advent of these light and portable lithium battery packs, that it's giving us all an opportunity to rethink some of the old dual-battery vehicle based systems and even the solar panels which really don't add much (not in comparison to charging from the engine). Great series - jealous of your amazing trip.
Good one as usual, Bruce
Also thanks for the Eezi Awn chair and table recommendations. Great that the chair is made of aluminium and stainless steel as against the usual mild steel rubbish that corrodes in no time.
Thank you Keith. That’s so true. The other more common chairs don’t last and I’ve tried the cheap and the expensive ones. They all fail in some way. My latest OzTrail chairs have started falling apart after about 3 trips so am looking forward to see how long these last but I am confident if there are any problems Eezi Awn will sort them out.
Thank you for watching and commenting again Kieth.
😂🤣🤣🤣😀😀😃chongololo my homeboy, in Shona it's zongororo kkk
😂😂😂 exactly 🇿🇼🇿🇼
Nice video, thanks Bruce!
Thank you Deo and thank you for watching and commenting.
But yes the natural sounds are best!👍🏻
Enjoying the "bush" sounds.
Thank you I am very glad about that. Thank you for watching
Bush noises rather than music please.
Cliff please watch my Zimbabwe series and let me know what you think. (Especially the mana pools one) and let me know what you think.
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Thank you
Hey Bruce, thanks for the lekker video. With regards to your solar panels, do you have a mppt or pwm solar charge controller? PWMs never get the full power out of panels. Also how empty was your battery when you were doing your testing? If the batteries were almost full, then your charge controller would have been at the end of the charge cycle instead of being at the bulk charging stage.
Thanks so much. Battery was at about 60% in the mornings and I use a MPPT Victron 20amp unit.
What was a concern is that when I unplugged the extra panels and had only one connected, the rate of charge would reduce even further, by more than half which I think negates the fact that it’s anything to do with the installation or regulator. I am going to try one panel on this weeks trip to Mana pools and see what I get out of it.
Thanks so much for the input and support.
@@OverlandingwithBruce yeah something isn't right. You should be getting at least 18amps / 250w from those panels...
Exactly so will test further. They have become very bent and are not straight anymore so perhaps that’s playing a part. Anyway will test next week. Thanks again.
I wish I “met” you sooner. Needed some tiger fishing stuff for the Zambezi so needed recommendations. 😂
You should look at your MPPT and what limits it has. For example a Victron MPPT 75/15 will output a maximum of 15 amps so you will need a bigger MPPT (maybe a 100/30) to get more out of your panels.
Thank you. It was a 20amp MPPT. It doesn’t explain why the 80w 10 year old glass solar panel gives better output than the 150w flexible fold up panels though on the same system with same MPPT and same batteries while next to each other in the same sun at the same angle. Thanks for your reply though.
Superb, as expected. Well done Bruce. The Overland Escape trio have competition.. Bush sounds are the best. Btw... I think your daughter wants the New Defender shorty..
I wish! I still have a lot to learn but thanks so much Rory. My daughter better start earning money so she can buy one 😂😂😂 . Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I MUCH prefer listening to the sounds of the bush -- Loud music kills the whole idea of being there and showing what you see -- ! ! ! 1
Excellent. So happy my experiment seems to have worked and been enjoyed with a few people. I will do this more now. Thank you for the feedback Roderick and thank you for watching.
I just bought a ford explorer timberline edition I am in Canada 🇨🇦 but your videos is inspiring I am gonna start making some videos of my own keep up the great work I am also from South Africa cape Town
Do it and please let me know when you do. I’m having so much fun making them and trying to improve all the time.
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Advise for discouraging elephants is mix chilli with petroleum gel/ vaseline body moisturiser. Cover strips of cloth and hang on fence perimeter. This is used in India by small farmers to protect crops. Elephants do not like the scent and stay away.
100% Jack and they do the same in Zimbabwe to protect the farmers crops, but in these areas if you don’t carry anything that attracts them then they don’t bother you at all. The way I figure it is I am visiting their territory so I have to respect them by not carrying things like oranges etc that may attract them.
Excellent, thank you Bruce
Thanks so much for watching Brian, so glad you enjoyed it.
Great episode Bruce animal sighting out of this world kamera werk puik dankie vir deel mooi loop
Thanks so much Shaun. Thanks for watching and commenting again. Appreciate it
Defender was my safari
I’m not sure I understand but thank you for watching and commenting
@@OverlandingwithBruce I was impressed with the defender. Any plans to visit Zambia?
Thank you. Lots of plans to visit Zambia just need to find the time to get there.
What type of charge controller are you using a pwm charge controller is not efficient also what type of batteries are you using agm batteries battle to take current during the absorption stage. Lifepo4 batteries have much better ability to absorb current up to full charge.
I am using a Victron 20 amp regulator. The panels are not as efficient as my glass panel and are 10x the price. They have also deformed in the sun and are wavy not flat any more which is probably contributing to their inefficiency. Apart from the ease of carrying, I do not believe they are worth the expense.
@@OverlandingwithBruce the flexible panels are normally about 20% less efficient. If you have agm batteries it could also contribute to efficient absorption.
100% but these are more like 50% less efficient. Tested my 8 year old 80w glass panel against the 150w flexible panel and the glass produced more. Tested right next to each other same batteries everything. Very disappointed!
Dig the pizza Oven thingy.... :-)
It’s brilliant. You should get one. Thanks for watching and commenting Bushpower.
Ps. I need to get an inverter from you.
Great content as usual. Thanks for the little insight on the Jimny especially on the stock suspension. I've always wondered how it performs with the load on the roof.
Thanks very much Zweli. It does battle a bit and you should take care.
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Love the bush sounds. So homesick.
Where are you Lynne?
Thank you Lynne. I am so glad there has been a positive response to the bush sounds. I must admit to being worried how people would let them. I will definitely be getting some better mic’s now that I know people are enjoying the bush sounds. Thank you so much for letting me know and watching, as well as commenting.
I will definitely wave at you.
That’s awesome. Thank you 😂😂
Thank you for watching and commenting 👍👍
Good to see you with an offroad trailer
Thank you
Mb the land rover guys,had in mind that camping is mostly operated coming from the rear door , in that way your bettery would be intact energywise .
Possibly but there should be no reason for the dash and entertainment system to power up when opening any of the passenger doors
I am glad I found you, I live in Bronkhorstspruit and I am in the process of buying Defender V8.
That’s awesome Andries. All the best and many happy Km with it.
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KRUGER IS REALLY NICE , THIS IS A LONG VIDEO BUT WORTH IT MATE
Thank you
Great video 🤙🏻
Thanks so much Mark. Appreciate that
Loving it, the defender a capable 4x4, but I think the issue here on the new defender is about the air suspension, can you shade more light on that, if it it fails how catastrophic is air suspension failure when you are in the middle of no where, because we are just afraid to go with air suspension in the deep jungles of africa.
It’s the same with any vehicle. I have seen broken leaf springs as well as failed springs. Air suspension is not what it used to be it’s improved 10 fold and even the defender is different to the other landy products. I’ve also owned 1x discovery 3, 2x discovery 4’s and a discovery 5 that were all used off road to far off the beaten places. Never had a problem because I know how to take care of it. Most failures have been due to overloading, abuse and not knowing air suspension limitations causing the pumps to overheat. Also with air suspension if it fails you can still drive, uncomfortably but you can still drive. With broken coils and leaf springs you can not always continue to drive.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting Evans. Watch this space for some more adventures through deep dark Africa. In two weeks is the next one which will be a bit tougher too.
Ok thank you Bruce am really following you, during the cause of this adventure please share some advice on how to take care of of air suspension I really what to know.
@@evansdodzo999 sure will do Evans and thank you for following me. In my first video of the new defender I talk about air suspension and some of the mistakes. Take a look at that and let me know if you have any questions mate
Netjies!!!!
Baie dankie Markus
Well done👍
Thank you very much Fergus. Learning with every episode. Thanks very much for commenting and watching
Love the music choice.👍🏻
Thank you Julie. I decided to try something different so I am very happy people enjoyed it.
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