FOOD is a very important factor on our expeditions and good food is vital for everyone’s health and well-being so we always strive to prepare healthy, wholesome and plentiful meals. We will be cooking a lot of meals from our own kitchen on the truck. When we are camping we usually eat breakfast and the evening meal from the truck. For lunch we usually stop at a cheap local restaurant giving you a chance to taste the local fare too. Lunches are at your own expense. When we are staying in hostels/hotels (usually in cities) it is often impractical to cook on the truck so we do not provide any meals at these times.

When it comes to shopping and cooking we will divide ourselves up into groups of 3 or 4 people (depending on group size) who will shop for and prepare the days meals and clean up at the end. This will work out that you roughly get to cook once a week (depending on numbers). Fresh food is generally available daily so we try and eat meat and veg for every main evening meal. We do also cater for vegetarians but we do not cater for fussiness! In these group situations everybody must appreciate we can not cater for individual likes and dislikes.

Don’t worry if you are not a gourmet cook as the truck has a specially designed UKTOOZ recipe book with a range of meals that are suitable for overland cooking, ie. the types of food that is available and affordable, cooking for groups, cooking on fires etc. and your crew are also always there to give advice.

Hygiene of course plays a very important role throughout our expeditions and your crew will make sure an acceptable level of general hygiene is maintained throughout your journey to ensure the well-being of the group.

ACCOMODATION is a mixture of camping and hostels/hotels but for the most part of your expedition you will be sleeping in your tent. Quite often we will camp by ourselves out in the bush or in the desert and other times we will use designated camp sites with amenities.

The majority of our bush camp locations are usually very scenic and we always strive to find the perfect spot on the banks of a river, overlooking a canyon, behind a dune in the desert, etc. but sometimes we just have to camp wherever we can find a spot.

From past experience on expeditions of this length and nature we have found that people prefer to supply their own tents as they are then not forced to share and they can pick a tent that suits their needs. As a general rule, try and choose a good quality lightweight and waterproof tent that is easy to erect, take down and carry.

When we are not camping (usually in cities) we always try to use decent, clean budget hostels and hotels, however, taking into consideration the sometimes unpredictable nature of our expeditions and the remoteness of some of the areas we visit, please be aware that in some circumstances we just have to take what we can get – good or bad. When staying in hostels/hotels you can expect to share your room with other expedition members.