For most of Cape York, the remote peninsula north of Cairns that runs parallel to the Great Barrier Reef, the nearest major city isn’t even in Australia, it’s in Papua New Guinea. You know, where head-hunting was a thing up until a couple of decades ago. We just drove through it on the most challenging…
Sirocco Overland: Through Senegal and the road to Dakar
There was a mix-up at the border crossing. There, I said it. To this day I still can’t recall what we were actually thinking or exactly how it happened. Rule number one in overlanding… always ensure your paperwork is in order. We skipped past about 100 trucks queued up on the embankment road and followed…
The Overland Festival
Main Line Overland and Touratech support Mid-Atlantic adventurers with a first-class event
High Passes and Rain Storms
A trip through Southern Colorado’s Famous Trails
Four Syncros, Two Nations, One State: Overlanding on the WABDR
Although all buttoned up and cozy in my Westy at a disused Forest Service campground near Leavenworth, I couldn’t get to sleep. I was anxious about the rest of trip and what it could cost me. Last year the group’s damage amounted to a snapped axle, two broken CV joints, a shredded sidewall and a…
Sirocco Overland: Into the Heart of West Africa (Part 2)
The border went better than expected, with only a little hassle from the Gendarme, and some gentle persuasion to get the carnet stamped at customs. We drove on late into the afternoon passing through the Bandiagara Escarpment, Dogon Country. What a place! Completely untouched by religion, traditional tribal life continues. We found a good campsite…
Sirocco Overland: The Beginning of the End (Part 1)
MAPA Project – through the Heart of West Africa
Madagascar in a 25 Year Old Pajero: The Red Island of Africa (Part 2)
Venturing further into this largely unknown island, Matthew Swulinski uncovers many of its most well kept secrets.
Trust Is Best Served Ignorant
An Observation of a Skilled Profession from the Back Seat
Madagascar in 26 year old Mitsubishi Pajero (Part One)
A fly-and-drive overland escape to one of the least visited places on earth.
The 2015 Cortez Rally
Giving competitors a taste of Dakar in untamed Mexico.
Sirocco Overland: Crossing Australia’s Simpson Desert
Running support for a group of adventure motorcyclists, Gareth Griffiths tackles one of the most famous deserts in the world.
36 Hours of Adventure: A wet escape to visit Kakwa Falls
River crossings and wet roads on the way to Alberta’s largest waterfall.
Nerves of Steel
Eef Lenaerts tells of the long, hot, dusty journey to Lake-Turkana, Kenya.
Featured Vehicle: 4-wheel-nomads’ Land Rover Defender
Purpose-built for extended travel, this Defender is not your average family vehicle.
Redemption: A second attempt at the Hole in the Rock Trail
Chris and Sarah Ramm return to one of Utah’s more difficult trails for a second, more successful run.
West Texas Magic
Of heat waves and thunderstorms.
An LR4 on Southern Africa’s most challenging public road – and all to prove a point.
Can Land Rover’s LR4 Traverse Southern Africa’s roughest road?
Seven Countries in Seven Days
Traveling with the Expedition Overland team through Central America.
The other Hell: Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression
Visiting lakes of lava and scorched salt flats in one of Africa’s more exotic locations.