About SAOS
About SAOS
About SAOS
About SAOS
How SAOS Started
We started SAOS because we saw the same problem over and over: travelers from Germany, the UK, the US, and across Southern Africa loving the continent, buying or shipping serious rigs, and then dreading the end of the trip.
Leaving a vehicle parked in an anonymous industrial park or behind an unmonitored fence wasn't good enough. You worried about the batteries dying, rats chewing harnesses, flat-spotted tyres, and having to waste the first two days of your next trip fixing what had broken while standing.
We took an aircraft hangar inside the access-controlled Fly Inn Estate community and converted it into a true overland staging basecamp. Every vehicle is checked, started, battery-managed, and kept trip-ready.
Two founders who answer their own phone.
SAOS is run and administered by Antonie and Aldin themselves. When you call, one of us picks up.
Antonie Zeevaart is the boots on the ground guy who makes sure vehicles are prepped, checked, and that the daily operation runs smoothly.
Aldin van Beest is the systems brain behind the operation. Every digital touchpoint you have with SAOS was built with his care.
Together we aim to look after the overlanding community, the people and the vehicles, in a way that makes people feel like they have a partner in this game. A true African Basecamp to come back to.
What We Believe
Trust is built quietly.
We tell you what we did, what we found, and what it cost. If something went wrong, you hear it from us first.
Your vehicle is treated as ours.
Not a line on a spreadsheet. When we check it, we check it the way we would check our own.
Relationships over transactions.
Most of our clients came through another overlander's WhatsApp. We earn that referral every single time.
Clarity over persuasion.
You'll never get a hard sell from us. You'll get a straight answer, a clear quote, and the room to make your own call.
Who This Is For
- ✓You want your vehicle kept trip-ready, not just stored.
- ✓You'd rather get one straight answer than three inflated quotes.
- ✓You value a small, involved team over a big, impersonal one.
- ✓You want your rig treated the way we'd want ours treated.
We're probably not the cheapest storage solution in Southern Africa.We're not trying to be. If price is your only metric, you'll find cheaper elsewhere. If peace of mind is your metric, we'll likely pay for ourselves in the first small problem we catch.
