overlanding
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Overlanding or four-wheel drive (4WD) touring is self-reliant overland (that is travelling or done by land) travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable transport (from bicycles to trucks) where the principal form of lodging is camping, often lasting for extended lengths of time (months to years) and spanning international boundaries.
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Modern overlanding
- Commercial overlanding
- Modes of overland travel
- Rail
- Road
- Overland routes
- Trans Africa
- Panamericana
- Silk Road
- Hippie Trail
- Asia Overland
- Other routes
- Trans America Trail
- Canning Stock Route
- Trans Euro Trail
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Overlanding or four-wheel drive (4WD) touring is self-reliant overland (that is travelling or done by land) travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable transport (from bicycles to trucks) where the principal form of lodging is camping, often lasting for extended lengths of time (months to years) and spanning international boundaries.
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