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I'd do it daveo if you can - it is a stunning trip. Porsche Experience has released the dates for 2025 already.

My partner does, and whilst it's great at coping with the dreadful UK winters and general bad weather we get at times, I doubt it will see the type of action I experienced in Namibia. The Dakar comes with the option of a tent too. Porsche picked three names from a hat (not me sadly) and each...

All in all, a holiday of a lifetime. To add a little Taycan to the thread, here is my Mamba car at Heathrow with a Crayon Turbo.

Etosha is a busy National Park. There are lots of safari trucks chasing after animals, but we were more comfortable in the Dakars (a/c). The camp just outside Etosha is very luxurious. The next part of the trip is to a Relais and Chateaux lodge near Windhoek. Early...

Beach driving in a 911 is tremendous fun. All stability systems are switched off. Lunch is a beach barbeque, Porsche style. It's called the Skeleton Coast for a good reason. After lunch, back to the camp. We stop to admire the view (not sure which I liked more). Next day...

Whilst this thread is not about the Taycan, many of us are Porsche enthusiasts, so I thought it might be of interest. I have just returned from a Porsche Experience with the 911 Dakar in Namibia. This is a week long trip that sees a lot of off-road driving in the Dakar along tracks which...

Tasmania is great, and I think Porsche Travel Club Australia do a week long driving tour (they supply the cars) which looks amazing. One of the stops is at Saffire Freycinet Hotel in Cole’s Bay which, judging by some of the hotel choices on your road trips, would appeal to you. It’s a...

Looks to be a great trip. Looking forward to following the journey.

I'm very jealous - great photos by the way and a lovely looking car.

Hello Mr B and fellow Mamba-man. I was a great trip (tyre palaver notwithstanding). I’m itching to get in the car and go again!

Hello, and thanks for your reply. I did an Austrian road trip last year in mid-July, and the passes were open (well, in Austria at least) but it was so much busier on the roads with holidaymakers.

Thanks for that tigerbalm. Mamba is a marmite colour. I have been very dull in my colour choices for cars over the years, sticking to silver, grey, blue and black, but I really like this. I'll watch out for your Norway trip report. Hope it's fun.

Hello from Norfolk, and thank you. Rather oddly, I live on a hill, but as much as I’d like to, I couldn’t call it a mountain pass. That said, when it snows, you can ski down it!

incidentally, I checked the front of the car when I got home, and there were chippings everywhere - in the suspension, the front fans and above the front undertray. I took the car to OPC Norwich and they took the front and back trays off (as well as the side sills as these have holes for...

Pretty soon, it was time to head back to the UK. I had a long drive from Bessans to Reims being 743 km, but there were plenty of IONITY chargers on the route. I tend not to use the Porsche Charge Planner. Before a long trip, I send all the charging stops I want to use to the car and add...

The next day saw a trip to col du Mont Cenis, a man made lake at 2,000 metres. A great drive which took you right into Italy shortly after reaching to top of the pass.

There’s a famous pass called the Col de I’Iseran which links Bessan to Val D’Isere. It’s at 2,764 metres and I think is the highest paved pass in Europe. It was closed before I arrived, but due to open during my stay. Unfortunately, a large snow dump meant it didn’t open, and it’s still...

After 7 days in Rothenthurm, I drove south into the French Alps to stay in a little village called Bessans near Val D’Isere. It was a 521 km drive and there were IONITY chargers en-route, so that made life very easy. Plus, my accommodation had an EV charger to top up the car when I arrived...

After a day in the city, more mountain passes beckoned for the next day. Today was the Julierpass at 2,284 metres.