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(CNN) John Cruise-Wilkins is a man on a mission. Like his late father Reginald before him, he believes there is great beauty to be found beneath an unprepossessing stretch of road in northern Mahe, the main island of the Seychelles.
See, Cruise-Wilkins is a treasure hunter. And his and his father s seven decades worth of research have led them to this spot, where it s thought an 18th century French pirate by the name of Olivier Levasseur left his greatest hoard.
Levasseur, known as La Buse ( The Buzzard ) spent years pillaging his way across this corner of the Indian Ocean before settling on the Seychelles. When he was eventually recognized, arrested and taken to the island of Reunion in 1730, he refused to divulge the location of buried treasure believed to be worth $130 million.
With the latest ‘The Grand Tour’ episode premiering today on Amazon Prime, we got a chance to shine a spotlight on the Polaris RZR, the car used by the crew to film the Madagascar special.
Modified by CT Motors, which is the official Polaris distributor locally, with a poly roof, secure cargo boxes, LED light bars, windscreen and larger 15-inch wheels, accompanied by a spare, this camera car had over £200,000 (~$270,000) worth of equipment rigged to it.
Subsequent to being prepped for the journey, the RZR was tested in Antananarivo and was then taken on an 8-hour journey across Toamasina, to the start of route RN5. The 240-km (149-mile) road, regarded as one of the most dangerous in the world, runs alongside the Indian Ocean and includes river crossings, deep sand, slippery red clay, steep gradients and rocks.