According to the station, the 2023 theme is 'Milestones' and will focus on various historical milestones — long ago and more recent — that the country has achieved and overcome.

The 5 Drive Heritage Tour has become a firm annual listener favourite, adds the radio station.

The tour sees its team visiting destinations across nine provinces, where they will be:
  • discovering places
  • participating in activities
  • doing community activations
  • conducting interviews, and
  • sharing stories that celebrate South Africa.

Highlights of the tour include:
  • scenery
  • adventure challenges
  • music
  • fashion
  • conservation projects
  • historical sites
  • museums, and
  • community upliftment centres.

The 5 Drive team's schedule which is subject to change along the route to include more awesome stories — comprises the following stops:
  • Sunday, 3 September: departure from 5FM studios, Auckland Park, Gauteng
  • Monday, 4 September: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Tuesday, 5 September: Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Wednesday, 6 September: Ermelo, Mpumalanga
  • Thursday, 7 September: Mbombela, Mpumalanga
  • Friday, 8 September: Polokwane, Limpopo
  • Saturday, 9 September: Pretoria, Gauteng (travel day)
  • Sunday, 10 September: Potchefstroom, North West (travel day)
  • Monday, 11 September: Potchefstroom, North West
  • Tuesday, 12 September: Kimberley, Northern Cape
  • Wednesday, 13 September: Kimberley, Northern Cape
  • Thursday, 14 September: Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape
  • Friday, 15 September: Prince Albert, Western Cape
  • Saturday, 16 September: Cape Town, Western Cape (travel day)
  • Sunday, 17 September: Cape Town, Western Cape (travel day)
  • 18 September: Cape Town, Western Cape
  • 19 September: Still Bay, Western Cape
  • 20 September: Knysna, Eastern Cape
  • 21 September: Colesberg, Eastern Cape
  • 22 September: Clarens, Free Sate
  • 23-25 September: Suzuki Jimny Gathering, Clarens, Free State, and
  • 25 September: Arrival at 5FM studios, Auckland Park, Gauteng.

"The 5 Drive Heritage Tour is something truly special and a massive team and listener favourite, with huge and passionate engagement across all the platforms that this content features on," says Michael Bossenger, acting station manager at 5FM.

"We often forget that some of the most amazing people and places in the world are right on our own doorstep, and it's our privilege to showcase this to the nation. With domestic tourism being a key driver of South Africa's economy, it's also our responsibility as South Africa's favourite youth radio station to drive more people to explore this wonderful place we call home. The 5 Drive Heritage Tour 2023," adds Bossenger. 

The station concludes that listeners will be able to catch up with Nick Hamman and the team on air, online, on social media and via the 5FM app, where all the newest content of what the team got up to will be shared. 

For more, visit www.5FM.co.za. You can also follow 5FM on Facebook, X or on Instagram.