Patrick Cruywagen - Land Rover Adventure

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After seven years in the South African military I went back to uni and trained as a photojournalist. My first permanent journo job was at SA4x4 Magazine where I became their Bush Editor. What does a Bush Editor do? He takes the latest 4x4 and heads off into the bush really. I spent a decade at the magazine and during that time I visited over 45 countries, of which most were in Africa.

The best trip in my time at the magazine was when myself and three mates drove a new Pajero to East Africa and explored some of the parks there, we also crossed Lake Victoria and saw the mountain gorillas in Rwanda. The scariest part of that trip was rafting the Nile in Uganda. The rapids were rather large.  

I then swapped sunny Cape Town for brilliant Bedfordshire in the UK and today I am the editor of Land Rover Monthly magazine. I love nothing more than visiting a remote part of our beautiful planet in a comfortable Land Rover. The biggest difference between exploring the northern and southern hemispheres is without a doubt the temperatures! 

My daily driver is a 1998 Defender 110 2.8i, which has a factory-fitted BMW M52 engine. I like to keep things simple on expedition, if I can BBQ and have something cold to drink then I am happy. Having said that my 110 is pretty well kitted out for an overland expedition.