HOLIDAYS WITH YOUR 4x4

Refresh your off-road driving skills using our handy guide and make the most of your vehicle’s capability over difficult terrain including mud, deep water and sand.

Good emergency cover is essential, especially if you’re heading off the tarmac. For driving abroad, most car insurance will allow up to 14 days, but check with your provider.

Using Sat Nav? Remember to update your navigation system with any maps you’ll need for your travel region. And just to be safe, keep a road atlas in the car too.

Driving abroad for your holiday? Did you know that in Germany, France and Spain, it’s illegal to drive in flip flops? Different countries have different rules, so familiarise yourself before you set off.

Set off for the shore with surfboards on the roof and summer playlists at the ready. For towing your boat to the marina or touring the French Riviera, you can count on Land Rover.

A Land Rover will carry you to blue runs or black runs, off-road to see the Northern Lights, or to the next village for a spot of sledging. All in one day if you like.

Land Rover builds some of the most powerful 4x4s in the world, with most models comfortably pulling 3.5 tonnes. The Discovery is a three-time winner of Tow Car of the Year. So hitch up your home-from-home, strap the bikes to the back and head for the horizon.

River kayaking in the sun, supper round the campfire and counting stars from the hammock. Realise your Bear Grylls potential with a Land Rover and enjoy your next off-road experience.

Up and under, through, over and beyond. With Land Rover’s legendary off-road capability you can tame any topography, and get to places other vehicles simply can’t.

Mountain biking through the pines or racing streamline to beat your personal best: take your trusty steed to explore new horizons with Land Rover.

Friends Faisal Binladen and Salman Sultan tackle the Arabian Desert in their Land Rover Discovery as they trace the historic Hejaz Railway route from Madinah to Tabuk.

The Roebuck family trade in their sofa for a Discovery Sport and take the kids on an outdoor adventure to meet Richard Cooper's birds of prey at Augill Castle.

Land Rover ambassadors Monty Halls, Kenton Cool and Ben Saunders challenge each other to a weekend of high-octane activities in Reykjavik and experience the great outdoors of Iceland with their Discovery Sport.

Seven countries, 150 days, 22,500kms: South African couple Jeff Tyser & Kerryn Lee explore the South African coast behind the wheel of their trusty Land Rover Defender.

Car expert Ben Samuelson tows 2.5 tonnes of classic Airstream with a Range Rover Sport Hybrid on an epic 2,500-mile journey to the Arctic, putting his winter driving skills to use.

One family summons their inner Ray Mears on a weekend of fire-making, tracking and knife craft with their city-escape in a Land Rover Discovery Sport. Here is your next off-road adventure inspiration.

Elizabeth Gowing heads out in a Land Rover Discovery to one of Europe's most remote valleys in the small town of Theth, Northern Albania.