A group tour doesn’t appeal to everyone. But there’s more than one way to travel together.

Steppes 4×4 adventures are for the truly adventurous, but with the security of expert guiding. They’re for those who like to go where others don’t, and to be as much of an interest to those who live there as they are to you.

These aren’t journeys to, they’re journeys through. And it’s not about joining a group tour either; these are expeditions with like-minds and kindred spirits.

Bhutan 4x4 group tour
Bhutan

Road Through the Kingdom

Drive across Bhutan, where the roads twist, climb and occasionally make you wonder whose idea this was. Follow them anyway. Beyond lie quieter valleys and small locally run hotels that make the long road feel entirely justified. This is where culture meets clutch control, and the road is very much in on the adventure.

See what’s around the bend: Bhutan 4×4 Adventure

Costa Rica, self-drive, 4x4 adventure, beach drive
Costa Rica

Paradise Has Back Roads

Costa Rica has a tourist trail. We think it’s for other people. Follow local guides across riverbeds and dirt tracks, past pineapple plantations and into corners most visitors miss. Then spend three nights in Corcovado National Park, where 3% of the world’s biodiversity provides a fairly convincing reason to stop the engine.

Go where the tarmac doesn’t: Costa Rica 4×4 Adventure

4x4 vehicles driving through river in Peru
Peru

Our ‘Grand Tour’

This isn’t another, off-the-shelf journey to Peru. It’s an expedition that runs through the heart of one of the world’s most fascinating and challenging countries. Following expert guide Paul, take the wheel of your own 4×4 for this 18-day crossing of a Peru tourists rarely see, and where tourists are rarely seen. This is an adventure of immense scale.

Drive from the Andes to the Amazon: Peru 4×4 Adventure

Kyrgyzstan 4x4 Expedition
Kyrgyzstan

Road to the Nomad Lands

Kyrgyzstan doesn’t do gentle introductions. Point your 4×4 towards the mountains and soon Bishkek feels very far away. Cross high passes, sleep in yurts and find Soviet mining towns stranded in the landscape. Then there’s your own private Nomad Games, because the mountain roads weren’t adventure enough.

Go where the roads give up: Kyrgyzstan 4×4 Adventure

By the end of a Steppes 4×4 adventure, the map is rarely the thing you remember most. It’s the high pass crossed before breakfast, the roadside stops that weren’t on the itinerary, the stretches of track that required a little collective problem-solving and the stories swapped when the engines were finally switched off.

You’ll travel with expert support, but with your own hands on the wheel. And somewhere between the dirt roads, river crossings and mountain passes, a group of strangers has a habit of becoming a very good travelling party.

If you’d rather take the long way round, speak to our team about your next 4×4 adventure.

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Author: Steppes Travel