--- product_id: 53956872 title: "Overlanders' Handbook, A Route & Planning Guide: Asia, Africa, Latin America - Car, 4WD, Van, Truck (Trailblazer): Worldwide Route & Planning Guide: Car,4wd, Van, Truck" price: "R380" currency: ZAR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/53956872-overlanders-handbook-a-route-and-planning-guide-asia-africa-latin store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Overlanders' Handbook, A Route & Planning Guide: Asia, Africa, Latin America - Car, 4WD, Van, Truck (Trailblazer): Worldwide Route & Planning Guide: Car,4wd, Van, Truck **Price:** R380 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Overlanders' Handbook, A Route & Planning Guide: Asia, Africa, Latin America - Car, 4WD, Van, Truck (Trailblazer): Worldwide Route & Planning Guide: Car,4wd, Van, Truck - **How much does it cost?** R380 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/53956872-overlanders-handbook-a-route-and-planning-guide-asia-africa-latin) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Chris Scott and his band of globetrotting contributors and specialists have put together the definitive manual for planning and undertaking a vehicle-dependent overlanding adventure across the wilds of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Overlanders' Handbook is written in the same entertaining yet clear jargon-free English for which Chris's other books are known - it doesn't assume you know your plug gap from a radiator cap. This second edition has been re-researched and updated into a more compact book published as a paperback , rather than a hardback as before. Includes: 1. Planning - When to go; typical costs; documentation; sponsorship; early overland journeys. 2. Vehicle choice and preparation - The Overlanders' Handbook is the most comprehensive account in print, covering everything from adapting a cheap car to equipping a campervan or 4x4 for months on the road, or even building and outfitting your own accommodation module to mount on an all-terrain truck chassis. 3. Life on the road - How to handle tricky borders, haggle over a purchase, treat a dodgy stomach and cope with crazy driving conditions. Guidance on wild camping; navigation and mapping strategies; onward shipping; advice for solo women overlanders; travelling with children or with pets; vehicle repairs and troubleshooting; and off-road driving techniques. 4. Continental route outlines - Guidelines on both popular and obscure overland routes through Asia, Africa and Latin America. Includes fuel prices, easiest borders and best seasons, visa strategies, danger zones and regional highlights. 5. Overlanders' Tales - Half a dozen accounts of global adventures lasting months or even years in vans, 4x4s and all-terrain trucks - from contributors aged from 9 to 69. 6. 32 colour pages, 308 B/W photos, 16 maps. 7. Supported by the online resource: www.overlanders-handbook.com. Review: Very useful - Very useful book Review: Everything you need to know - A fantastic handbook full of helpful information and inspiration. I have done a couple of long overland trips and the advice here is really helpful. It's one of those books I go back to time after time. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 680,324 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 4,541 in Adventure Travel (Books) 11,432 in Transport References | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 77 Reviews | ## Images ![Overlanders' Handbook, A Route & Planning Guide: Asia, Africa, Latin America - Car, 4WD, Van, Truck (Trailblazer): Worldwide Route & Planning Guide: Car,4wd, Van, Truck - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91qMa6ljDWL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very useful *by X***P on 11 January 2024* Very useful book ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Everything you need to know *by D***G on 3 June 2020* A fantastic handbook full of helpful information and inspiration. I have done a couple of long overland trips and the advice here is really helpful. It's one of those books I go back to time after time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enjoyable read besides the nuggets you need for your travels. *by S***. on 20 December 2019* Have used Chris's motorcycle books pre ride to Morocco a few years back as a novice outside EU. Superb advice and help for anyone going outside Europe or looking to do "that big one" best there is in my opinion.buy,worth every penny!....ps,no,I'm not chris' son! 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