Overland travel

with kids

Follow Our Journey!

We are an ordinary family on an extraordinary journey

1st November 2024 we set off again.  Lucky enough to get a second shot at exploring South america.  this time we’re better prepared and ready to embark on aN estimated 22 Month long adventure with our kids, camper, kite boards, surfboards & cameras to explore the Americas one day at a time.    We are using polarsteps to track our progress live, follow along to see where we are….

Kid's Page

In their words, thru their eyes, how the kids experience it all.

Our Mascot

Our travel mascot is ‘Dog’, the lead character in the 80’s NZ cartoon series Footrot Flats.  Fun for the kids,.

Meet Bruce (The truck)

Our home away from home.

Gallery

Blog of our Journey

Pacasmayo & cajamarca

Pacasmayo & cajamarca

24-26 June. We’d been warned about cartel activity along the Peruvian coast and had heard it was quite active. Not wanting to attract any unnecessary attention, we decided against free camping on the beach. Finding a campground in town was a stroke of luck, as nothing...

adios ecuador!

adios ecuador!

So much for a two-week visit to Ecuador!June 21st. We had planned on a week in the Galápagos Islands and another week to pass through the country. But we were so wrong. It turns out there’s much to see and do here, especially hiking volcanoes, which has become a bit...

Charley’s 14th birthday

Charley’s 14th birthday

June 20th. Spending Charley’s birthday sitting in a mechanic’s yard wasn’t exactly what we had planned. To make matters worse, she’s unwell. We’ve both come down with head colds, and on top of that, the poor kid has a stomach bug and is feeling pretty miserable The...

“Travel is not a reward for working, it’s an education for living”.          Anthony Bourdain