Below you can find maps showing the locations we spent one or more nights at (newest to oldest) and therefore our approximate route.
May & June 2024: Mexico
A summary of South America (798 days and 342 overnight locations) – every circle represents a spot we slept at.
March – April 2024: Colombia
January – February 2024: Venezuela
January 2024: Brazil – Amazon Ferry from Belem to Manaus
December 2023: Brazil -Northeast Coastline
October & November 2023: Brazil – northward along the coastline from Bahia to Rio Grande Norte
September 2023: Brazil – eastwards from the Amazon across the country to the Atlantic Ocean (+- 5000km)
August 2023: Peru – southwards along the coast and then eastwards across the Andes to the Amazon and Brazil (+-3000km)
July 2023: Ecuador – Northern highlands to the coast and back to the southern highlands (+-1500km)
June 2023: Ecuador – Coastline and northern inland region (+-1700km)
May 2023: Peru – Along the northern coastline (+-2100km)
April 2023: Peru – South & Central region (+-2500km)
A summary of five and half months in Argentina and Chile (18 350km):
March 2023: Argentina hinterland and northwest region plus a brief period in Chile Atacama desert (+-4900km):
January & February 2023: Argentina (Fleeing Ushuaia in search of summer holidays on the northern coastline) (+-3000km)
December 2022: Chile & Argentina (Careterra Austral; Southern section of Ruta 40 & finally Ushuaia (+-4200km)
Argentina: November 2022 (down the spine of the Andes along Ruta 40 and into the Lake District) (+-2700km)
Argentina: October 2022 (from the lowlands to the base of the Andes) (+-4000km)
Brazil: A summary of our 5 months and 22 days in Brazil (May to October 2022) (+-11500km)
Brazil- The Pantanal and surrounds (September 2022) (+-3000km)
Brazil- Inland and a little bit of the centre (August 2022): (+-3200km)
Brazil – Along the coast northwards to Salvador, July 2022: (+-2000km)
Central Coastline of Brazil – June 2022: (+-1500km)
Southern Brazil – May 2022: (+-1800km)
Uruguay – April 2022: (+-2800km)
During the COVID lockdown period of April 2020 to February 2022, we extensively toured South Africa but didn’t record the overnight locations.
Africa: 2019 /20:
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland(eSwatini) were all toured on short 3 – 4 week holidays prior to our departure on the “big trip”.