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106 Self drive vacations found
B&B self drive tour of Tasmania, meet the locals
Self-drive staying in Tasmania's most charming B&Bs
From AU $1,100 to AU $6,000 14 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Namibia self drive safari
Stunning self-drive safari through north and south Namibia
From £2,085 17 days ex flights
Tailor made:
We offer a complete tailor made service allowing you to decide when to travel, where you stay and what to do.
Jordan self drive vacation
Be independent & explore Jordan at your own pace
From US $1,125 10 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Patagonia self-drive vacaton
10 days - Torres del Paine, Calafate & Perito Moreno
From £1,895 10 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Uruguay self drive vacation
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From £2,693 13 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Malawi self drive holiday
Discover Malawi at your own pace on this self-drive trip
From £3,150 10 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Andalucia walking & self drive vacation, Spain
Self drive, mountains, cities and walking in Andalucia
From £1,945 14 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Luxury yurt pod accommodation in Lanzarote, with eco car
Luxury Royale Super Yurt, inc Hybrid car, pool & near beach
From 215 to 390 per accommodation per night (sleeps 4-6)
Accommodation
Last minute saving £100 off for arrivals before the 4th of July. Min 3 nights. Ideal for families & Groups, luxurious eco homes + Yurts near the idyllic beach / seafront & off the beaten track. Get in touch & let us help you plan your stay!
Croatia self drive vacation
A self drive discovery tour of beautiful Croatia
From £995 to £1,475 15 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailormade throughout the year and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary
Costa Rica and Nicaragua self drive vacation
Self drive holiday through the best of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
From £3,130 16 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year
Garden Route vacation, tailor made, South Africa
Wildlife, mountains & sandy beaches, adventure and people
From £1,295 to £1,750 12 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be arranged at any time to suit you and adapted to your requirements as necessary
Self drive Cuba family vacation
Family holiday Cuba for parents & children
From 1,590 to 2,990 15 days ex flights
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This trip can be arranged at a time to suit you, and adapted to your requirements
Zimbabwe & Botswana self drive vacation
Victoria Falls and incredible wildlife on self drive tour
From US $4,380 16 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Montenegro vacation, tailor made
Bayside mountain trails, Unesco Heritage & Old World charm
From 729 to 885 8 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Greece self drive vacation, Peloponnese beaches
Beach tour of the Peloponnese
From 830 to 930 12 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout April to October
Highlights of Iceland self drive vacation
Discover the best of Iceland along the ring road in 11 days
From £1,500 to £2,500 11 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Northern Spain self drive vacation
Northern Spains best places in a 13 days self-drive tour
From 1,050 to 1,195 13 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Self drive family vacation in Finland
A self-drive holiday in Finland for families.
From 545 to 870 9 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip is tailor made and can be arranged to depart anytime between 1 May 30 September
Southern Australia & Tasmania tailor made vacation
See Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia, tailor-made
From £6,450 15 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This suggested itinerary can be modified entirely to your personal wishes including departure date, duration, accommodation used and how long you spend in each destination.
Wild Taiga self drive vacation in Finland, Finnish National Parks
Self guided driving tour in Finland's Wild Taiga wilderness
From 810 8 days ex flights
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This trip is tailor made and can be arranged to depart anytime between 1st May to 30th September to suit your requirements.
Kwa Zulu Natal self drive South Africa vacation
South Africa's best kept secret, a must for second time visitors
From US $6,150 15 days ex flights
Tailor made:
Our trips are tailor made and departures can be arranged all year round. This itinerary is simply a suggestion which can be modified entirely to your personal wishes including departure date, duration, accommodation used and how long you spend in each destination.
Self drive vacation in Costa Rica, Pacific Coast
Self-drive Costa Rica's Pacific coast, away from the crowds
From £4,495 17 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailormade with departure dates to December through September
Zululand safari vacation, South Africa
Experience wildlife reserves, beaches and Zulu culture
From £1,950 to £2,390 11 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be arranged at any time to suit you and can be adapted to suit your requirements
Scuba diving and tour in Cuba
Scuba diving and roundtrip Cuba with homestays and/or hotels
From 995 to 1,790 15 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor-made and departures can be arranged all year. The sample itinerary below can be modified to your personal wishes including departure date, duration, accommodation used & how long you spend in each destination.
What we rate and what we don't
Cuba tours
Tailormade holidays in the pearl of the Carribean
From 995 15 days ex flights
Tailor made:
Our Cuba tours can be tailor-made and departures can be arranged all year. The sample itinerary below can be modified to your personal wishes including departure date, duration, accommodation used & how long you spend in each destination
Family vacations in Costa Rica
Self-drive tailormade family holiday away from the crowds
From £2,090 15 days ex flights
Tailor made:
Departs any day to suit you, from December through August.
Porto, Douro and Lisbon vacation, Portugal
Sweep through Portugal on a road trip from Porto to Lisbon.
From £2,645 16 days ex flights
Tailor made:
Departs any day of the year to suit you, though early summer and autumn are ideal. The holiday can be run with almost any number of days and can run in either direction.
Grand tour of Patagonia vacation
Rainforest, glaciers and the fauna of Peninsula Valdes
From £4,899 27 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Argentina private tour with self drive
Sand dunes, glaciers, waterfalls and wine in Argentina
From £5,190 16 days ex flights
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Departs on a date to suit you, from September through April.
Costa Rica beaches & volcanos holiday
See beautiful Costa Rica from it's beaches to volcanos.
From £1,540 to £1,935 15 days ex flights
Tailor made:
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
From
£2,693
excluding flights
Buenos Aires and El Calafate were excellent however Uruguay was an incredible surprise and somewhere we would like to return to in the future. It was a really relaxing last few days to our vacation. (more)Alex Erskine
Urban Graffiti Bike Tour in Buenos Aires, El Alcemen tango show in BA, trip to Cabo Polonia, city tour with Valentin in Montevideo, dinner at El Charco in Colonia, climbing the lighthouse, wading in the water, enjoying an ice cream and wandering the streets of Colonia, ... (more)Jenni Gordon
From
£1,295
excluding flights
Most memorable was being so close to wild animals on the game drives at Elephant Plains...Fantastic! (more)Yvonne Chapman
The Drakensberg mountains and Didima camp at Cathedral Peak provided a magical start to the vacation, with stunning scenery, fantastic hiking and lovely accommodation; we could easily have stayed much longer there. (more)Barbara Sykes
Some of the best highlights were - the penguins on Boulder Beach, Cape Point on a glorious day, staying with Hazel of Hazel's Homestays, the Real City tour in PE, Amakhala Lodge. (more)David Catherall
From
£995
excluding flights
Plivitz and Kirka National Parks were absolutely superb (more)Peter Townsend
Croatia is wonderful... the Port of Sucrulaj on Hvar is a beautiful village. The best Port City I have ever visited. (more)Tim Goode
Excellent. The operator was exceptional. Our accommodations were the best (more)Joanne Manzo
From
£3,130
excluding flights
Memorable parts?
Seeing the lava flowing at the Masaya volcano is a wow! (45 mins from Managua/Nicaragua); zip lining above the tree tops at Arenal. Watching the beautiful sunset, glass of wine in hand, at Arenal Observatory Lodge. Seeing Quetzals close up in the cloud forest. Hundreds of fireflies lighting up and dancing in front if us as the sun set. Seeing all the wonderful wildlife on offer in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
Tips?
If driving use a satnav! Driving in Costa was... (more)Martin Blow
From
1,590
excluding flights
"It was all brilliant" said my teenage son when I posed to him this question. (more)Sue Brooksbank
The most memorable was visiting a 75 year old lady and her son living in what is left of a 200+ years old hacienda in the mountains surrounding Soroa, descendants of slaves who had worked on that farm. Their hospitality and joy of live, despite having very little, the beauty and wilderness of the mountains on our hike there ... (more)Thom Brenner
Cuba all of it. Beautiful country! Excellent. Would love to re visit. Tour was beautifully organised too! Thanx (more)Caroline Bustos
From
£3,150
excluding flights
Memorable parts?
Mvuu camp and the night safaris
Tips?
Before leaving, i suggest to buy maps and guides because you will not find any tourist indication. They prefer to provide you a guide instead of selling maps and written indication.
Local benefits?
Yes, I think so for the majority of lodges in which we stayed.
Overall rating?
10/10 (more)Giulia Rap
From
729
excluding flights
Memorable parts?
The warmth and friendliness of the people! Everyone we met was lovely and welcoming.
Tips?
Take the time to talk to the local people and learn about the landmarks you're visiting. We found out some really interesting things from the places we visited
just from chatting to people.
Local benefits?
Yes, we mostly stayed in small guesthouses and visited small businesses and local guides who were trying to do things in an environmentally-friendly way, i.e.
beekeepers... (more)Beth Parnell-Hopkinson
From
£1,500
excluding flights
We saw places we never would have thought of on our own and everywhere we stayed was either a great hotel or in a beautiful setting or, most often, both. (more)Jane Colman
The most memorable was snorkelling in Silfra and exploring Reynisfjara Beach. We got really lucky and had 100% sunshine and 0 precipitation the entire 45 days we were there. (more)Charles Ross
It didn't get off to a great start but overall it would have to have been one of the best vacations my wife and I spent together. It was a trip of a lifetime and we will
cherish the memories forever. (more)Scot Skellham
From
1,050
excluding flights
We enjoyed many elements of the vacation. The city highlight was probably the Guggenheim area in Bilbao... Enjoyable & relaxing. We had good weather which, as always, is a great help. (more)Matthew Lee
It was great and will recommend to my family and friends. There are so many things to discover and the only way to see them is via driving....so if more people will opt to do a self-drive tour...more tourist will go to the area.
(more)Fay Cruz
From
830
excluding flights
Fantastic!...Exploring the Byzantine capital of the Pelopponese, Mystras, en route between Tolo and Gytheio. Beautifully painted churches, crumbling ruins, a Frankish fortress with magnificent views and a convent tortoise! (more)Taissa Csaky
Our vacation was wonderful.... We have travelled extensively all over the world and driving in many different countries. This agency was the best that we have ever worked with (more)Sarah Turner
From
995
excluding flights
This was a trip of a lifetime. My group are seasoned travelers and everyone enjoyed all aspects of the vacation. (more)Catherine
It was an amazing experience for the whole trip. Cuba is a beautiful Island and has far more to offer than just Havana and beach resorts. (more)Lesley Murphy
We found that private guides gave us the best service and the most insightful information about life in Cuba. Casa partiulars were all very good. (more)Doug Frisbie
From
£1,950
excluding flights
Memorable parts?
Close proximity to the wildlife in their natural habitat, amazing scenery and masses of things to do a great first visit to an amazing and diverse country
Tips?
The operator was fantastic !
Local benefits?
Yes
Overall rating?
Super some wonderful memories for the whole family great experiences and great laughs (more)Anna Dugdale
From
995
excluding flights
Superb, beyond expectations!!
The great guide, the cave La Batata, the friendliness of the people! (more)Amber Ricci
Definitely the friendly hosts at the casa particulars, so happy & helpful, given my limited Spanish, that made it even better in a way, so we both had to 'work' at
communicating. The historical areas w/ good guides, helped to bring history alive. The scuba diving at the Bay of Pigs was ok, but the divemasters were very good, so good for father-son vacation (more)Thomas Holthus
Meeting the Cuban people was the highlight. Very enjoyable trip. (more)Roger Phillips
From
£4,495
excluding flights
From
810
excluding flights
The bear watching and having a close encounter with a white-tailed eagle. (more)Robert Bagley
Almost whole tour of ours was exciting as every mile / kilometer of our drive in FINLAND was mesmerizing and exciting. All the activities of sports was new and knowledgable for us. (more)Nehal Lekhadia
we had great time and would definitely go back....seeing the wolverine, bears and willow grouse (more)Mohni Gujral
From
545
excluding flights
Memorable parts?
Far too many to mention personally - running the Helsinki Marathon (fantastic scenic route!) at the end of the trip was a personal highlight but aside from this I also enjoyed the beautiful scenery of northern Finland and great accommodation
throughout the trip. My 4 year old son enjoyed it all too but his favourites were the Angry Birds Kids Theme Park, Husky Sledding, meeting Santa Claus, feeding reindeers, running the Helsinki Mini Marathon for kids, riding the trams... (more)Richard Mayneord
From
£2,280
excluding flights
Hiking in Pico de Europa and the big festival in San Sebastian were the most memorable parts of our vacation. (more)Gail Ransom
This was truly a superb vacation, with so much to offer to everyone. We were able to explore nature at its very best, along food and wine, art and culture, and also to learn a little about the spanish people themselves. (more)Janet Herbert
From
US $4,140
including domestic flights only
So many memories as it was so varied - the safari experience, the wildlife and the birdlife, dramatic coastlines and mountain passes. Excellent for a first time visit to South Africa. (more)Jill Roberts
Our trip took in 5 different areas of South Africa and every single part of it was unforgettable (more)Philippa Roll
From
£2,300
including UK flights
The hotels and guest houses were great and our itinerary was just what we wanted. The country was so different but interesting... Brilliant. (more)Roger Pritchard
The game drives in Pumba Game reserve was the bit that exceeded our expectations the most. But it was all fabulous. (more)Isabel Baker
Garonga Safari Park. Amazing experience. Beautiful accommodation with fantastic safari drives. (more)Gavin Beattie
From
£1,225
excluding flights
Memorable parts?
So many memorable moments. Capetown, the township tour, the teabag factory, the whales, the safari, the garden route and the caves.
Tips?
Stay in a hotel half way between the city center of greenmarket square and the near the waterfront
Local benefits?
Yes we were made aware of a water shortage in western cape and in capetown.
Overall rating?
Brilliant (more)Anthony Van Gils
From
£1,416
excluding flights
Memorable parts?
Visiting the large variety of Mayan sites. The less visited ones were very uncrowded and often just as interesting as the larger sites.
Tips?
Unless you like crowds and development avoid Cancun and Tulum.
Local benefits?
Yes.
Overall rating?
Excellent. The roads were good and not crowded. (more)Richard Greenwood
From
£2,085
excluding flights
The wonderful diverse scenery,flora and fauna appearing when you least expect.
(more)Victoria Cooper
SO many amazing memories such as... the surreal, moving experience of climbing Big Daddy dune at Sossusvlei to stand on top of the sand dune world, scree running down to Deadvlei below, jaw-dropping scenery from another world... (more)Helen Smeaton
Traveling through Namibia for 3 weeks meant we managed to see some of the different landscapes, people and animals where each was very exciting. (more)Susanna Diacono
From
£1,385
excluding flights
Memorable parts?
Seeing all the animals in their natural environments.
Tips?
Be prepared for the gravel roads - can be hard work & take longer than you think.
Local benefits?
Yes. We were given environmentally friendly bags & drinks containers to use to reduce plastic use. Many of the lodges were completed self-sufficient in terms of water & solar powered electricity. Lodge owners were happy to discuss local initiatives to stop poaching and were committed to training & employing... (more)Julie Peterkin
From
£950
excluding flights
The scenery was incredible, particularly the mountainous parts such as Biogradska and Zablijak, but also Lake Skadar and Kotor. (more)Wolfgang Holzmann
The zip wire over Tara Canyon was the most memorable part...Brilliant if you want a quiet and relaxing vacation with walking driving and beautiful scenery. (more)Tracy Coult
Excellent trip (more)Brad Thorpe
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