{"id":2534,"date":"2022-06-26T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T15:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:19:23","slug":"wrc-2022-safari-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wrc-2022-safari-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"WRC 2022 safari rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>That was the rally in safari Kenya, tough terrain and a very enthusiastic crowd. didn&#8217;t do the early mornings but thanks to a good friend we had passes for us and the Dogger, so we gorged on free food and got to view where the riff raff can&#8217;t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yet again the Dogger gets 20 people around it, it&#8217;s starting to annoy Milly now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I won&#8217;t bore you with WRC images there are load of better ones on the internet than i can muster up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but here  few to show we where really there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-3-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"ford puma WRC Kenya 2022\" class=\"wp-image-2533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-3-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-3-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-3.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-Kenya-2022-Loeb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-Kenya-2022-Loeb-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-Kenya-2022-Loeb-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-Kenya-2022-Loeb-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-Kenya-2022-Loeb-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-Kenya-2022-Loeb.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-1-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"ford puma WRC Kenya 2022 with smashed bodywork\" class=\"wp-image-2532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-1-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-1-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-Kenya-1.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-5-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Gazoo racing pits lake navaisha\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-5-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-5-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-5.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-4-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"M-sport car shipping crates all the way from carlisle\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-4-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-4-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-4.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>M-sport car shipping crates , bringing quality all the way from Carlisle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-2-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WRC 2022 pits in lake Navaisha (2)\" class=\"wp-image-2538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-2-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-2-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-2-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-2.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Team Hyundai using string technique to track their cars, Just like Rallyraid UK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the shield of the Ford Pumas, there is 6 main components to it, a Kevlar front, Ally base, CNC machined, Carbon support and some steel mounts plus rivets and fasteners. looks like the engineers have been given way too much reins, this could be a simple one-piece item, just as strong and much more reliable&#8230; and a shit load cheaper, but then it wouldn&#8217;t look as sexy as it does&#8230;just lying there provocatively<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-1-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WRC 2022 pits in lake Navaisha (1)\" class=\"wp-image-2537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-1-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-1-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-1-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-2022-pits-in-lake-Navaisha-1.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Team-Rhwanda-at-the-wrc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Team-Rhwanda-at-the-wrc-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow service van at a WRC safari rally checkpoint\" class=\"wp-image-2536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Team-Rhwanda-at-the-wrc-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Team-Rhwanda-at-the-wrc-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Team-Rhwanda-at-the-wrc-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Team-Rhwanda-at-the-wrc.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Team Rwanda, just in case you wondered where Priti Patel was spending your tax money \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And some land rover pics&#8230; because &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09217.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09217-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"2 door classic range rover viewing rally safari in kenya\" class=\"wp-image-2527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09217-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09217-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09217-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09217.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09216.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09216-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"blue 2 door range rover classic in africa\" class=\"wp-image-2526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09216-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09216-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09216-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09216.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and a UK truck used to ferry tourists back and to from Cape town<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09215.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09215-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bedford military truck in Kenya H387 GBD\" class=\"wp-image-2525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09215-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09215-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09215-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09215-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC09215.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-sleeping-Warrior-stage-Medium.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-sleeping-Warrior-stage-Medium-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Wild camping in our overland land rover Kenya\" class=\"wp-image-2530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-sleeping-Warrior-stage-Medium-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-sleeping-Warrior-stage-Medium-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-sleeping-Warrior-stage-Medium-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WRC-sleeping-Warrior-stage-Medium.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our wild camp spot didn&#8217;t work out so well, turns out the stage commander didn&#8217;t know the rules, a little Cessna flew over and spotted us, and just after dark two rangers turned up and a motorbike and very politely and told us to sling our hook or pay 150 USD  and still we had to camp at the main gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- seo-africa-trip-nav:start -->\n<section class=\"seo-africa-trip-nav\" aria-label=\"East and Southern Africa trip navigation\">\n<h2>Kenya to South Africa trip: what to read next<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Previous stop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/campsite-night-visitors\/\">Campsite night visitors<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Next stop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/after-the-rally-back-to-the-tourist-stuff\/\">After the rally..back to the tourist stuff<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Trip section: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/things-to-love-about-kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Trip section: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/welcome-to-uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<!-- seo-africa-trip-nav:end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That was the rally in safari Kenya, tough terrain and a very enthusiastic crowd. didn&#8217;t do the early mornings but thanks to a good friend we had passes for 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