Inspiration for your next Kiwi overland adventure.
Overland Navigator
A New Zealand first, grab the Overland Navigator app and explore our amazing country. Drive (almost) every track we’ve explored over the last few years, check out awesome things to see and stay in cool campsites.
Swag
Latest videos
The trucks
2022 Toyota Fortuner
The ultimate (for us) family tourer, the Fortuner is an adventure machine come family car. Setup for adventures all over New Zealand, it’s become the hero vehicle of Overland NZ.
1998 Land Rover Discovery
Keeping it simple and old school, the Discovery has been a bit of a light restoration project. With it being road legal and all running well, it’s itching to hit the road and explore New Zealand once more.
Tips and thoughts
Since picking up our roof top tent about 18 months ago, we’ve noticed so many more around on the tops of vehicles which is awesome! As you know, we’re big fans of roof top tents - we’ve used our Feldon all over the country, from the beaches in the Far North to mountainous campsites down south.
The world of vehicles is undergoing a pretty major and fundamental shift at the moment - the internal combustion engine, while not going anywhere anytime soon, is under attack from the electric motor. I love the sound of a turbo diesel spooling up or petrol V8 roaring away as much as the next person but the future of propulsion excites me greatly - especially when it comes to off-roading.
We've explored the length of New Zealand and visited some truly amazing places without needing mud tyres.
Dual cab utes are hugely practical vehicles for touring minus the small interior area - see how we solved our storage issues
Being able to eat properly on the road cannot be beaten, our 12 volt fridge has changed the way be travel
Adventure write ups
40 something river crossings and one abandoned gold mining town, if Macetown isn't on your list of places to go, it should be