Johan badenhorst voetspore biography

Johan is the Producer and Director of Voetspore, a travel documentary series.
His passion for travel, food and the African continent became his inspiration for the breath-taking show, Voetspore.
Johan Badenhorst.

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by Thinus Ferreira

Trouble and unexpected surprises are never far from the horizon when you're an intrepid adventurer - both of which cross the path of the explorer raconteur Johan Badenhorst off on his latest adventure, this time through the southern parts of South America, in the 12th season of the Afrikaans adventure travelogue series Voetspore on SABC2.

In the new 13-episode season, the expedition sets out to drive through Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Argentina - the southern cone or "cono sur" of the continent. But, as every seasoned traveller well knows and can expect, not everything goes according to plan.

This time the Voetspore team visits some of the survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash, travels to the Iguazu Falls, the Chaco in Paraguay, The Atacama Desert, see the Pacific Ocean and cruises through the wine region of Mendoza.

There's a visit to the awe-inspiring Perito Moreno glacier, Torres del Paine, the southernmost city Ushuaia, visiting the Afrikaans-speaking community of Sarmiento, the whales of Puerto Madryn and even the Argentine capital of

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Johan Badenhorst has spent the last 16 years travelling through Africa, covering 40 countries and hundreds and thousands of kilometres.
The remarkable journey has been covered on Voetspore, a travel docu-series on SABC 2.

The imagery of the show tells an amazing story of the people, history and culture of the continent.

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The latest challenge that the Voetspore team took on was travelling to India.

Johan spoke about their mission to open India up to South Africans, showing them more than just "Gandhi and cricket".

After 16 years of travelling, there is little that Johan does not know about Africa. But who is a better tour guide: Johan, or a local resident?

Johan compared notes on the attractions in Malawi with someone who was born and raised there:

Watch out for the new season of Voetspore, returning to SABC 2 later in 2018.

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Johan Badenhorst

Since his younger years, Johan has always showed an interest in film, which saw his working for the SABC after his studies at Pretoria University. He very quickly learnt the tools of the trade and began planning a production of his own. His passion for travel, food and the African continent became his inspiration for the breath-taking show, Voetspore. Filming for Voetspore is done while on road and off the beaten track in some of the most gruelling environments, where quality gear is paramount to the success of the expedition. Some of these expeditions include; Gansbaai to Gabon, Aghulas to Alexandria, Cape to Kilimanjaro, Casablanca to the Cape, the Great Rift Valley and Madagascar.

Leaving the African continent, Johan and his team recently circumnavigated India on Royal Enfield Motorcycles, a journey which took 3 months to complete and produced some of the most fascinating television. The aim of this move from Africa is to slowly introduce South African viewers to other BRICS countries. BRICS being an acronym for an association of five major emerging national