A couple - the owners of LandyCampers - hiking in the Picos de Europa

aboutus

The people behind LandyCampers? That’s us – Max and Bela. Whether we are camping and exploring the coasts of Spain, go north on a road trip through stunning Yorkshire or just spend a weekend in the roof tent in the local woods – no other vehicle radiates a thirst for adventure and discovering the outdoors like a Defender. For us it’s the definition of the perfect travel buddy and a joy to drive off the beaten track, on winding country roads and rougher surfaces.

Max having swapped his career in engineering with becoming a Surf Instructor and Bela needing a break from her job in Digital Advertisement, met working for a Surf Camp in Morocco in 2017. We decided to tackle future adventures together – and Max’s Defender ‘Fran’ was in on it too.

After nearly two years on the road as full-time Surf Instructors, having travelled the coasts of the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and Northern Africa, we simply wanted to share that feeling of utter road trip freedom and slow and low-impact travel close to nature. Paired with our passion for the most capable and rugged companion of a car, the Defender, we quickly knew what we had to do and LandyCampers was born.

Head over to our Instagram for more insights on our journey with LandyCampers, the transformation of our vehicles and a lot of road trip inspiration.

As campers and surfers and with a business in the fast-growing tourism industry, it is our responsibility to help preserve nature and the oceans. More information on our approach and commitment to a sustainable conduct can be found below.

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SUSTAINABILITY

Environment, n., /ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt/, the phenomena of the physical world, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations

The climate emergency demands all of us to act as responsibly as possible – also when planning a holiday. The travel sector is one of the fastest growing economic sectors and accountable for nearly a tenth of all global carbon emissions.

The impact of tourism of any kind on the planet’s climate crisis is more than apparent: air travel, cruise industry and overtourism rises the social and ecological toll of travelling. National Parks are struggling with overflowing toilets, landscapes are clogged with litter and hiking paths in fragile eco systems can’t recover under heavy boots.

This is why we chose sustainability to determine LandyCampers' business conduct – responsible decisions, sustainable products and processes and the vision of enabling our clients to enjoy an eco-friendly and low-impact holiday as a step towards a more ecologically aware lifestyle by all of us. It sometimes just requires some inspiration and planning to try to reconcile your love of exploration with the impact that globe-trotting and can have on the environment. Check out below how we and you can minimise our impact and let’s plan that trip!

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What we are doing:

Supporting non-flight and low impact holidays

Landycamping is about choosing a holiday destination that enables you to discover what’s closer to home and renounces a long-haul flight – which by far would be the biggest impact on your carbon footprint.

Camping itself is one of the most responsible ways to go on holiday, as carrying your sleeping quarters and all amenities with you is the purest form of a ‘low impact accommodation’ – no mass tourism or large concrete developments that are half empty in low season.

Offsetting LandyCampers' own impact

We work with Ecologi to offset our own carbon emissions from our office's electronics use, to our own journeys, to deliveries we receive. We believe that we should lead by example, and do our best work as 'green' as possible!

To date this has involved the planting of over 2000 trees and offsetting close to 100 tonnes of CO2!

SUSTAINABILITY

What we ask you to do:

Avoid flying

Travel by train and get 10% off: If you are from outside the UK, please consider travelling here by train (or bus) instead of flying. For every LandyCamper that crossed the English Channel by train or bus, we offer a 10% discount on their LandyCamper rental.

Offset your emissions

If you have to fly into the UK to go on a trip with one of our vehicles, we urge you to carbon offset your flights using a reliable company like Ecologi, a Gold Standard certified company. We will take care of our vehicle’s emissions by offsetting every mile driven twice.