National Geographic Traveller (UK)

ASK THE EXPERTS

Q // I want to explore the UK coast in a campervan. What tips do you have, and is there a van-friendly region you’d suggest?

Offering unrivalled freedom, UK campervan trips are booming. Established hire companies have lately been joined by a number of boutique operators offering revamped retro rides and vansharing websites with a choice of privately owned vehicles. Rentals run the gamut of all-mod-cons, family-size motorhomes to rustic 1960s VWs via companies like Barrell of Monkeys, Bunk Campers, Yescapa and Quirky Campers and van sharing communities such as Camplify and Camptoo. barrellofmonkeys.com bunkcampers.com yescapa.co.uk quirkycampers.com camplify.co.uk camptoo.co.uk

You can’t park up and camp just anywhere, so book

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from National Geographic Traveller (UK)

National Geographic Traveller (UK)1 min read
The Secret H I Sto Ry Of Sicilian Cannoli
Sicily’s emblematic dessert has captured palates worldwide, and there’s also a fascinating story behind its shape. It’s thought cannoli have been around since the Middle Ages, with some accounts suggesting they were first made while Sicily was under
National Geographic Traveller (UK)4 min read
WASHINGTON, DC Five Of The Coolest Neighbourhoods
Many first-time visitors to Washington, DC understandably make a beeline for the striking monuments and museums of the National Mall — the vast expanse of parkland that stretches from the Lincoln Memorial to the US Capitol. Look further afield, howev
National Geographic Traveller (UK)4 min read
In The Footsteps Of The Bedouin
Not long after leaving the town of Nuweiba, in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the old-school white Datsun truck parts ways with the pavement, an abrupt final farewell to civilisation. My Bedouin driver barrels into the wadi, a dry valley with sheer, dark w

Related Books & Audiobooks