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Vehicle - Safari Preparation

Preparing a vehicle for overlanding is a significant amount of work and requires a great amount of planning. As we have discovered, there really are no limits of what you can do to your vehicle!

The following are some of the items that need to be considered:

  • Roofrack
  • Rooftop tent
  • Awning
  • Long range fuel tank
  • Water tank(s)
  • Fridge and coolbox
  • Dual battery system
  • Jerry can bracket(s)
  • Gas bottle bracket(s)
  • Spare wheel carrier(s)
  • Ladder
  • Spot lights
  • Storage system
  • Dust proofing

There are a lot of other things that we decided not to do, either because of lack of time or money. These include:

  • Winch
  • Snorkel
  • Sand ladders
  • Bush bar
  • Nerf bars
  • Skid plate
  • Bush wire
  • Solar panel(s)
  • Roof access hatch
  • Jacking Points
  • Checker aluminium plating

Stay tuned for more information and pictures!