Claus and Renate of the SafariCar project drove from Germany to Mauritania, the gateway to the West African desert. A travel report on sand, the iron ore railway and the biggest nothing.
Nikolai Fromm drove 29,200 km across Africa alone in a BMW X3, from Morocco to South Africa. An interview about the route, the self-built conversion, a desert elephant and why the X3 is more capable than it looks.
Alex, Janine and their two kids drove an old Iveco 90-16 fire engine all the way to Mongolia. Part 1 of their family journey, from the first breakdowns through the Balkans to Turkey.
Georgia is a dream for overlanders: the Greater and Lesser Caucasus, Tusheti and the Abano Pass, plus how to get there, the best season and what to prepare.
In an old IVECO 90-16 fire engine, with two children and two dogs, the family crosses Russia, races through the Kazakh steppe and takes on the Pamir Highway, on the way to their dream: Mongolia.
Advertisement: Crumbling railway bridges in the jungle, a base camp at 4,000 metres, a DC-3 into the Amazon and diesel at bargain prices: Colombia is becoming one of the most exciting overlanding destinations in the world. We drove the 33-day trailcompass expedition that shows what this country has to offer.
Five Mountains 2026, the final edition: a self-driven off-road expedition across the Balkans from Ancona to Serbia, with wild camping, hotels and Iron Mountain sections.