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Self-drive routes, campervans and the open road — from Iceland to Patagonia.
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by Stace · Jul 11, 2026
Left-hand drive, one-lane bridges, deceptively long distances between towns — here is everything you need to know before you get behind the wheel in New Zealand.
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by Stace · Jul 11, 2026
Freedom camping is one of the best ways to see New Zealand — and one of the most misunderstood by first-time visitors. Here is what it actually means, where it is legal, and how to do it properly.
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by Stace · Jul 11, 2026
A road trip around Scotland's North Coast 500 and on to the Isle of Skye in a Defender with a rooftop tent — John o' Groats fish and chips, whisky distilleries, Smoo Cave, the Old Man of Storr and Dunvegan Castle.
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by Stace · Mar 25, 2026
Most people take the bus to Torres del Paine. We drove — with a three year old, a grandmother and a boot full of camping gear — and the drive itself turned out to be part of the experience.
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by Stace · Sep 8, 2025
A week through the deep South Island — Milford Sound, Mount Cook, the Nevis Bungy, Dunedin and the wild, largely undiscovered Catlins coastline. The best week of my New Zealand trip.
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by Stace · Aug 8, 2019
Planning a trip to Scotland? We are sharing our Scottish highlands road trip itinerary with you! Scotland was such a mystery to us. When our New Zealand trip fell through we really wanted to go on a…
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by Stace · May 25, 2019
Ten days, roughly 800 kilometres, a Land Rover Defender with a rooftop tent, and one of the most dramatic road trip routes in the world. Here's everything I learned about driving in Scotland — most of it the hard way.
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by Stace · Mar 11, 2019
Rugged scenery, freedom camping everyday and stunning wildlife at every turn... this is what we expected our Alaska highway road trip to be! Trust us, it did not disappoint! Our final wildlife count…
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by Stace · Feb 8, 2019
After our campervan rental in Iceland, we wanted to relive the fun of wild camping in something bigger. This time we rented an RV for the Yukon to Jasper and Banff route — here's everything we learned the hard way.
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by Stace · Jul 11, 2017
We visited Iceland's Blue Lagoon on the last morning of our 12-day road trip. Spectacular setting, expensive, very busy. Here is our honest verdict — and the alternatives that are genuinely better.
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by Stace · Nov 9, 2016
After the Westfjords we boarded the Ferry Baldur to Snæfellsnes for the final leg of our Iceland road trip — Kirkjufell, Hraunfossar and two days in Reykjavik before the Blue Lagoon and home.
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by Stace · Nov 2, 2016
The Westfjords are Iceland's most remote region and the least visited. Not many tourists make it out here — which means extraordinary landscapes, wild hot springs and Dynjandi waterfall almost to yourself.
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by Stace · Oct 31, 2016
North Iceland is completely unlike the south — geothermal vents, active volcanic craters, the most powerful waterfall in Europe and the night we finally saw the Northern Lights over Lake Mývatn.
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by Stace · Oct 28, 2016
The Eastern Fjords are the least visited section of the Iceland Ring Road — which means dramatic landscapes, almost no crowds and the only place in Iceland where you can spot reindeer.
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by Stace · Oct 28, 2016
The South Coast is the most spectacular driving day in Iceland — waterfalls, black sand beaches, glaciers and one of Europe's largest national parks all on a single route.
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by Stace · Oct 26, 2016
The Golden Circle is Iceland's most famous day trip — Þingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss in a single loop. Here is what to expect and how to make the most of the day.
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by Stace · Oct 25, 2016
We spent 12 days in Iceland in mid-October driving the full Ring Road in a campervan. The weather was not perfect. It was still one of the most stunning trips of my life.
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