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Whitmore View Hammer Lane Grayshott Surrey GU26 6JD A travel portal with a difference featuring 5490 travel guides, it’s a dynamic online meeting place for 31,344 like-minded enthusiasts of experiential, adventurous & responsible travel - a service for people with a passion for travel. |
A great specialist site for travellers to share details of their web sites. Brilliant for getting inspired, along with easy access to finding hints and tips from people who have, are or will be doing overland trips. |
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Fareham
Hampshire Courses on bush mechanics run throughout the UK, from introductory courses for basic roadside problems, intermediate courses tailored to the expedition participant or 4x4 enthusiast, to an in-depth expedition skills programme. |
SWITZERLAND Does what it says on the tin, a forum with loads of info/travel tips about the Sahara Desert including vital information about the location of landmines featuring a wealth of maps and charts. The site includes an English version. |
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Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) UK Door to Door: a travel guide for disabled people. Information on the DPTAC website was originally provided by 'Tripscope', which was the UK's main travel advice/transport information service for disabled people until closure in 2006. |
1500 Warwick Road
Knowle Solihull West Midlands B93 9LE Organisation providing medical support for companies & individuals undertaking activities both in the UK & abroad where medical assistance is required. From planning advice to providing a Medical Officer for your expedition. |
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AUSTRALIA Explore Oz is an Australian 4x4 forum featuring detailed destination information consisting of Trek Notes, up-to-date road condition reports, fuel prices, downloadable digital iMapPlot maps and plot file data and much more. |
UK 'fitfortravel' is a public access website provided by the NHS (Scotland). It gives travel health information for people travelling abroad from the UK such as vaccinations, disease and malaria advice for your chosen destination, etc. |
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UK Our country by country travel advice is full of useful information for countries throughout the world. |
World information – time zones, world clock, national holidays, currency convertor, travel distances, maps of international countries and general information such as voltages, etc. |
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Unit 15
Woodlands Business Park Ystradgynlais Swansea Powys SA9 1JW Athough a specialist website concentrating solely on motorcycle expeditions, there is still plenty here to interest 4x4 overlanders – “Tales from the road” within the Expeditions section being a prime example. |
GPS waypoints in South Africa. |
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A helpful tourist's guide to Europe with GPS coordinates of bed & breakfast, hotels, campsites, places to visit. Everything about this site is built around GPS coordinates, whether it be accommodation, places of interest or route planning. |
What began primarily as a biker’s travel website, the forum now boasts its very own 4x4 section. Both the 4x4 and bike sections are chock full of useful info, including a massive section entitled “Traveller’s Tales”. Well worth exploring! |
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UK Resource of tips, expeditions, articles and information on planning and running an expedition in a Land Rover Defender. |
An encyclopaedia-type website dedicated to the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) containing a massive amount of country-by-country articles, photos, maps and statistics. |
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A guide for the overseas self-drive, self-sufficient, vehicle dependent visitor in Africa. This site contains a wealth of information about anything and everything to do with buying/renting a 4x4, self-rive tours, crossing borders, etc. |
Free downloadable African GIS data accessible to all. The site also contains a forum, the MadMappers meeting point to exchange techniques and seek advice. |
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Canterbury
Kent If you are an armchair explorer, need planning advice for a vehicle expedition, or would like ideas for adventure travel by 4x4, you have come to the right place. Take a look, if you think we can help with your expedition, please email us. |
Canterbury
Kent If you are an armchair explorer, need planning advice for a vehicle expedition, or would like ideas for adventure travel by 4x4, you have come to the right place. Take a look, if you think we can help with your expedition, please email us. |
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UK We are the largest and most active online UK motorhomes community website offering a place for motorhome fun, American RV motorhomes, motorhome forum for discussions, help and advice. |
Nomad Travel Stores and Clinics Unit 34 Redburn Industrial EstateWoodall Road Enfield Middlesex EN3 4LE We have been kitting out travellers with clothing, equipment, books and maps, medical supplies and vaccinations for more than 16 years. We work with many companies in the travel industry such as overland companies. |
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AUSTRIA An all-wheel-drive motorhome community, a forum information exchange featuring travel reports, many links to travellers, interesting conversions, etc. English translation via Google. |
SOUTH AFRICA Spanning all marques, this is a South African-based website covering overland travel on the continent. |
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Llangollen
Denbighshire Run by Tony Pritchard, former editor of 4x4 & Off Road Mart and 4x4 Enthusiast magazines, Overland Travel is a travel and expeditions portal developed from his Expedition Society. Tony also runs the charity group, Aidventures. |
Overlanding Community has been created by people who have travelled around the world both as members of an organised trip as well as independently. |
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Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL) Map Collection A host of downloadable maps. Africa for instance has detailed large scale maps of the Sahara, invaluable for the overland traveller. |
(with the Institute of British Geographers)
1 Kensington Gore London SW7 2AR The learned society & professional body for geography & geographers. Founded in 1830, we are a world centre for geography: supporting research, education, expeditions and fieldwork. |
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SOUTH AFRICA A community resource for 4x4/off-road enthusiasts and overlanders, the forum contains information galore about GPS & mapping, 4x4 trails and routes, clubs, overland advice, recovery gear, camping tips, reports etc. |
FRANCE French website about the Sahara. Website also includes a forum. Some English within site, but mainly have to rely on Google translator. |
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Self Build Motor Caravanners Club UK The aim of the 'club' is to promote and assist those who undertake to create a Self Build Motor Caravan, to make this club informative, helpful and practical during the build, as well as a great place to meet other like-minded people. |
Independent all marques travel and overlander's forum. |
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Unit D4 Hortonpark Estate
Hortonwood 7 Telford Shropshire TF1 7GX Supplier of medical, first aid, paramedic and emergency rescue equipment. SP Services have always intended to supply only high quality products from the smallest packet of plasters to the latest in automatic defibrillators. |
Enterprise House
56-58 Main Street High Bentham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 7HY The ultimate resource for anyone planning their next epic adventure! Share experiences, get the facts first hand, trade your kit and find equipment from around the globe! |
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The Thorn Tree travel forum is the place where the Lonely Planet travel community get together to exchange travel information, advice, hints and tips. Get help, get connected, get inspired, have your say. |
Using GPS devices, the Tracks4Africa (T4A) community when touring Africa do meticulous record keeping of their travels. From this huge repository of high quality GPS data we have created a super accurate GPS map called the T4A Map. |
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55 Assarts Road
Malvern Worcestershire WR14 4HW We provide a range of expedition training services and support for all types of expedition. From a quiet break in the countryside to preparation for a round-the-world expedition, Trailquest will be able to help and advise you. |
World Health Organisation (WHO) WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. |
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Although not immediately evident, look beyond all the travel deals on offer as you will find this is a useful country by country guide. |
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