A rough sketched out route that we wanted to do, taking in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania.
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We are a family of 4, and love to travel during the school summer break. We road trip around Europe and Africa, staying in campsites, lodges and Airbnb accommodation.
Our travel style is open-ended and flexible. We don't make detailed travel plans - we just have a rough route plan and prefer to avoid tourist hotspots wherever possible.
This blog is a record of those travels as a family, plus some earlier travels and adventures from my younger days.
Snowboarding, hiking, safaris, scuba-diving, kayaking, mountain biking, backpacking, road trips, camping and overlanding stories will all be documented here.
A rough sketched out route that we wanted to do, taking in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania.
The purpose of this post is to cover the steps we had to take in order to get our vehicle from the UK to Namibia. There is a fair amount of paperwork and cost involved, and I will outline it all...
My cousin Hannah and her fiancee Martyn were due to get married in Malawi on 10th August 2022. Suma has family in central and southern Tanzania. It seemed that a road trip was in order, and we had 6...
Almost everybody who comes to Tanzania for a safari goes up to the northern part of the country, home to the world-famous Serengeti and Ngorongoro National Parks. Mount Kilimanjaro is also up in the...
If you have the time, driving is the best way to explore the vast and beautifully diverse country that is Tanzania. Driving in Tanzania can be both liberating and terrifying. There is no idiotic road...
General info about Tanzania: Lying just south of the equator, Tanzania is located in the tropics and has a hot climate. They have 2 seasons: warm and dry, coinciding with the northern hemisphere...
We opted for a budget package deal to Hurghada, arriving there for the last week of April. Our hotel was the Royal Lagoons Resort, a 5-star hotel that is not too far from a mediocre beach. The hotel...
Crete has much to offer outside the busy tourist resorts: there are remote beaches, rugged mountains, hidden gorges, remote villages, and ancient monuments to explore. Crete has to be the number one...
Day 1: Arrive and unpack We had only a 4 night break here (Jet2 holidays), staying at a slightly tired but friendly Kamari 2* hotel in Kefalos, on the far southwestern tip of the island of Kos. We...
Gran Canaria is a fantastic place to go hiking. Why not take a break from the beach resorts and have a few days up in the mountains? The scenery is stunning and the views are magnificent. There are...
The stunning Ardechce region of France is a very touristy area and gets many visitors over the summer. The last week of August is the off-season because the French have all gone back to work. I’d say...
In summer 2023 we had 5 weeks during the school holiday to head to mainland Europe on a road trip. The main aim was to put our new Hilux Overland conversion through its paces. After some pondering, a...
The design brief: We wanted a comfortable, reliable vehicle for a family of four for overland travel around the hot climates of Southern Europe and Southern / Eastern Africa. We need good spare parts...
We had arranged an Airbnb apartment in Andorra, so we left Hendaye with 2 days to get there. We headed overland through the mountains to Pamplona and then East on a fast highway toward Ordesa. There...
We had booked 10 nights in an Airbnb in Pas De La Casa, in the northeast of the small principality of Andorra. It is a small country: you can drive across it in under an hour in good traffic. There...
Stage 1: Andorra to first camp I had read about the famous Smugglers Route leading over a pass from Valnord in Andorra down to Alins in Spain. Driving this route meant going in the opposite direction...
Before leaving the Mediterranean beaches, we found a wooden glamping chalet on Airbnb on a campsite near Vallon Pont d’Arc. It is a very touristy area and gets many visitors over the summer. The last...
For self-driving, there are items you’ll need that are specific to the vehicle and camping setup, but whether you self-drive or fly in and take guided game drives, there are some essential items...
