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Honest driving times
Every leg costed with the stops you'll actually make. No four-hundred-kilometre days disguised as scenic drives.
Ways to travel
Self-Drive Tours
The route planned. The days yours.
- Driving days
- Measured with stops built in, not just distance
- Vehicle
- Spec'd to the route: 4x4 where it's genuinely needed
- Licence
- International Driving Permit guidance included
- Best in
- Iceland, Scotland, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway
What this is
Some countries are best seen from a driver's seat. Iceland, Scotland, New Zealand, big stretches of Europe: places where the road between two stops is the reason you came. We plan the route, book the car and the stays, and hand you a drive that works, with the driving days honestly measured rather than optimistically guessed.
“A four-hour drive on a map is a six-hour day in real life, once you've stopped for the things worth stopping for.”
What you get
The parts that make it work
These aren't upsells. They're the things we've learned matter most in this particular format, so they're standard.
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The right car
Transmission, drivetrain, insurance excess and gravel cover: the details that decide whether the trip is relaxed or stressful.
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Stays on the route
Booked in the order you'll drive them, so you're never doubling back or arriving after reception closes.
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Offline everything
Downloaded maps, saved pins, fuel stops and emergency numbers, because coverage disappears exactly when you need it.
How it runs
From first message to landing back home
Four stages, and you know exactly what's expected of you at each one.
- Step 01
Route first
We plot the drive as a loop or a line, then decide how many nights each stop deserves.
- Step 02
Vehicle and stays
Car spec'd to the road conditions, accommodation booked along the route in driving order.
- Step 03
Driving pack
Maps, pins, licence paperwork, fuel and toll notes, and what to do if the weather closes a road.
- Step 04
Reachable throughout
If a road shuts or a plan changes, we re-jig the rest of the route while you're still on it.
Where it works best
Self-Drive trips we're asked for most
These destinations suit this format particularly well, but the format travels anywhere we do.
Other ways to travel
Not quite the right fit?
Formats combine more often than not: plenty of family trips are also self-drive, and most corporate groups want private time built in.
Ready when you are
Plan a self-drive trip
Tell us who's coming and roughly when. We'll come back with the shape of a trip before we come back with a price.
Start your journey
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