Dunlop Hamba comes to town

The inaugural ‘Dunlop Hamba’ kicked off on Saturday (September 20) from Gauteng, making a first stop in Ladysmith.

This is an epic eight-day journey through South Africa, visiting renowned destinations and initiating community outreach projects, before ending off at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town this Saturday (27th). Dunlop is the proud sponsor of this heritage rally.

The travel extravaganza will see participants visiting a number of on- and off-road South African stop-overs, while giving back to local communities along the way. A gripping combination of adventure and upliftment all rolled into one epic road trip that will build a lifetime of memories. The Dunlop Hamba is a true celebration of South Africa’s history, culture, people and sport, all while embarking on a campaign of goodwill. Conceptualised by MountainShak Adventures, who created and run the Put Foot Rally, Dunlop Hamba is a self-drive tour through five provinces with a number of unique experiences along the way, including visiting the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu, learning how to make boerewors on National Heritage Day, cave exploring, and ostrich riding in Oudtshoorn.

The Dunlop Hamba team will participate in upliftment programmes with impoverished, rural schools – such as sport development with the SA Rugby Legends, book and library donations, shoe drops and planting sustainable vegetable gardens. Day one (Saturday, September 20) saw the first stop in Ladysmith and a visit to the Siege Museum, before heading through to Dunlop Zone Mark’s Tyres for ‘padkos’ packs and tyre checks.

Then on to Weenen to play a 20-a-side soccer game with Weenen Primary School and judge the children’s Rhino Art Competition run by Project Rhino. The rally teams then visited the Nelson Mandela Capture Site in Howick and went on to Midmar for the night.