About Sandtracks
Sandtracks is a guide to the tracks, the campsites at the end of them and the workshops that get your vehicle there.
Overlanding information in South Africa lives in a lot of places: forum threads, Facebook groups, park websites, brochures at the 4x4 shows and the back of a road atlas. Some of the best of it is excellent. Very little of it is in one place, and almost none of it tells you where a fact came from or when someone last checked it.
Sandtracks has three parts.
The fitment & trailer directory
A national list of 4x4 fitment centres, off-road trailer builders and canopy makers, by province. We take the facts from each business’s own website or, where that isn’t enough, from brand dealer locators and other named sources, and link straight back to the business. Owners can claim their listing to correct it and add detail.
Campsites & trails
Campsites and 4x4 routes in all nine provinces. Each listing says who runs it, what the operator says is on site, and where we got that. When no source mentions something, we leave it out rather than guess.
Gear, on paper
Spec comparisons for rooftop tents, 12V fridges, awnings and recovery gear, built from the manufacturers’ published figures. They are clearly labelled: we haven’t tested the kit ourselves.
What we won’t do
- Pretend we stayed somewhere, drove something or used something when we didn’t.
- Invent reviews, star ratings or quotes, or copy them from other sites.
- Run paid placements without saying so. Sponsored content will carry a #Sponsored label.
- Use AI-generated pictures of real places or real products.
Read how we make this for the full method.