16 Years
2008 - 2024
Dust, sweat & gears
Buya Bamba in the Elephant Charge 2011
Entered their 1st charge in a white 1991 Toyota Landcruiser PZJ75 SWB and completed all 11 checkpoints in a competition distance of 26.18km raising $1,362 for conservation in Zambia.
  • 2nd place for the shortest distance by a new team
  • 5th place for the shortest overall distance
  • 6th place for the shortest net distance
  • 13th place for most money raised for conservation
  • 13th place for the shortest distance on the gauntlet
Click on a leg below for the details
2nd of 10 4.80km in 1 hour 20 minutes
Leg no: 1
1.45 times the leg distance of 3.30km
at an average 3.6kmh
over 1 hour 20 minutes
563m minimum elevation
639m maximum elevation
1st The Cruisers 4.19km
2nd Buya Bamba 4.80km
3rd The Elephants 4.94km
4th Chicken Run 5.56km
5th SLCS Snarebusters 5.57km
6th Big Kahunas 5.78km
4th of 8 1.80km in 18 minutes
Leg no: 2
1.19 times the leg distance of 1.52km
at an average 6.1kmh
over 18 minutes
610m minimum elevation
634m maximum elevation
1st Khal Amazi 1.66km
2nd Mudhogs 1.67km
3rd The Cruisers 1.77km
4th Buya Bamba 1.80km
5th Mellow Yellow 2.11km
6th Almost There 2.33km
14th of 19 174m in 7 minutes
Leg no: 3
2.26 times the leg distance of 77m
at an average 1.5kmh
over 7 minutes
615m minimum elevation
617m maximum elevation
1st Sausage Tree 61m
2nd Big Kahunas 68m
3rd Mellow Yellow 81m
4th The Elephants 84m
5th Khal Amazi 92m
6th The Cruisers 96m
8th of 11 419m in 1 hour 2 minutes
Leg no: 4
1.59 times the leg distance of 263m
at an average 0.4kmh
over 1 hour 2 minutes
616m minimum elevation
624m maximum elevation
1st Mellow Yellow 275m
2nd Khal Amazi 276m
3rd The Cruisers 293m
4th Sausage Tree 303m
5th Sanctuary 304m
6th Tuskers 328m
5th of 16 1.46km in 27 minutes
Leg no: 5
1.12 times the leg distance of 1.30km
at an average 3.3kmh
over 27 minutes
610m minimum elevation
632m maximum elevation
1st Mellow Yellow 1.34km
2nd Khal Amazi 1.41km
3rd Sausage Tree 1.43km
4th Green Mambas 1.43km
5th Buya Bamba 1.46km
6th Mudhogs 1.48km
6th of 9 3.88km in 32 minutes
Leg no: 6
1.61 times the leg distance of 2.42km
at an average 7.3kmh
over 32 minutes
617m minimum elevation
813m maximum elevation
1st SLCS Snarebusters 3.58km
2nd Big Kahunas 3.66km
3rd Camel 3.81km
4th Khal Amazi 3.81km
5th The Elephants 3.82km
6th Buya Bamba 3.88km
3rd of 16 1.85km in 14 minutes
Leg no: 7
1.16 times the leg distance of 1.59km
at an average 7.7kmh
over 14 minutes
684m minimum elevation
812m maximum elevation
1st The Cruisers 1.84km
2nd Biking Baboons 1.85km
3rd Buya Bamba 1.85km
4th Big Kahunas 1.87km
5th Autoworld 1.87km
6th SLCS Snarebusters 1.88km
5th of 6 2.63km in 1 hour 5 minutes
Leg no: 8
1.84 times the leg distance of 1.43km
at an average 2.4kmh
over 1 hour 5 minutes
587m minimum elevation
706m maximum elevation
1st Khal Amazi 1.70km
2nd The Elephants 2.11km
3rd Almost There 2.41km
4th Big Kahunas 2.47km
5th Buya Bamba 2.63km
6th The Cruisers 3.66km
3rd of 13 3.59km in 1 hour 9 minutes
Leg no: 9
1.65 times the leg distance of 2.17km
at an average 3.1kmh
over 1 hour 9 minutes
573m minimum elevation
618m maximum elevation
1st Camel 3.01km
2nd The Elephants 3.36km
3rd Buya Bamba 3.59km
4th Chicken Run 4.32km
5th Girls Must Be Crazy 4.85km
6th Big Kahunas 4.86km
9th of 17 4.40km in 33 minutes
Leg no: 10
1.52 times the leg distance of 2.91km
at an average 7.9kmh
over 33 minutes
566m minimum elevation
583m maximum elevation
1st Autoworld 3.18km
2nd Mellow Yellow 3.26km
3rd Mudhogs 3.61km
4th The Cruisers 3.72km
5th The Elephants 3.83km
6th Duchesses of Hazard 3.98km