Worldwide road trips
Fly-drive road trips further afield, from the Icefields Parkway to the Garden Route.
These are outline guides for UK travellers who fly out and hire a car. Each one sets out when to go, how to get there, what to check as a UK driver and what to book ahead. Our researcher is still building the day-by-day routes, so check every guide against the official sources it links to before you book.
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How to choose a road trip abroad
How to pick a region, route shape and shortlist for a road trip abroad, with the official travel advice to check before you book.
Road trip research checklist: what to check first
A road trip research checklist for abroad: check each traveller, driver, vehicle, road and activity with the official source and keep a dated record.
All guides (A to Z)
- Carretera Austral road trip: planning outline
- Costa Rica road trip: an outline guide for UK drivers
- Fly-drive or your own car: which road-trip format to pick
- Great Ocean Road trip: outline guide
- Hokkaido road trip: an outline guide
- How to choose a road trip abroad
- Icefields Parkway road trip: planning outline
- Morocco road trip: planning Marrakech and Essaouira
- Namibia road trip: planning Windhoek and Swakopmund
- New Zealand alpine lakes road trip: outline guide
- Puerto Rico road trip: an outline guide for UK drivers
- Road trip research checklist: what to check first
- Route 66 road trip: planning outline
- Salta and Jujuy road trip: planning outline
- South Africa Garden Route road trip: outline guide
- Southern Kyushu road trip: an outline guide
- Tasmania east coast road trip: outline guide
Tools
Trip fuel and charging cost
What a drive will cost in fuel or charging, using your own car's figures and prices.
How many days do I need?
Turn drive time, breaks and stops into a number of days and a day-by-day split.