London to Australia Overland

Tour de Force now have an overland connection with Oz, but by 2 different journeys.

Overland truck trip.

First up, Tour de Force team members Charlie Jacques and Jim Allen are currently working for Odyssey Overland as the crew on their London to Australia trip.

CJ and Jim enjoying a beer by the Darwasa Gas Crater in Turkmenistan

CJ is even managing to keep a blog, so for more info on what it is like to take an Overland truck from London to Darwin, have a look here

Tour de Force highly recommends Odyssey Overland if you are interested in this sort of thing. Pete Deverson (Owner) is a great guy and his company is going from strength to strength, offering some really good trips. For more information, check out the Odyssey Overland website

Independent journey with own 4x4

Or, if you prefer doing it your own way, then Tour de Force has been advising Sandy and Steph Glenn on their big trip from the UK to OZ. Early in 2010, Sandy came and had an initial consultation with Tour de Force whilst he was in the planning stage of the trip and we were able to advise him on a host of issues, from vehicle choice, route planning, paperwork, visas and top tips. As Sandy wrote in an email after the meeting: "Many thanks for your time and assistance yesterday. I enjoyed our conversation and learnt a lot."


We then had another meeting, along with Sandy's wife Steph, at the World Travel Market in London in November 2010, where they then had the chance to meet many local operators for the countries they would be visiting. Great place to find out information, sniff out local guides and agents to help with the formalities.


At the end of March 2011, Sandy and Steph hit the road and are now well into their journey of a lifetime. You can follow their adventures here