Andalucia 4X4 Adventure

Ten days working south east across Andalucia in your own 4×4, from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada down to the Mediterranean, with the terrain getting steadily more interesting as the route drops.

The driving ranges from graded gravel to genuinely technical mountain sections, and in places the riverbed is the road, which is a sentence that tends to sort out who wants to come. Natural parks sit along the route, and there is a stop in Granada, which is worth the detour whatever the vehicle.

The Tabernas Desert is the stretch people recognise without knowing why. It is the only true desert in mainland Europe and it stood in for the American West in the spaghetti westerns, Leone’s included, so the landscape has a strange familiarity to it. Wild camping nights follow before the route reaches the coast.

Active 4×4 Adventures include all three meals a day for the duration, every campsite fee, the wild camps and the outdoor activities set out in the itinerary. You bring the vehicle and its fuel and get yourself to the start. The price is per person based on two adults sharing a vehicle, with a supplement for a single traveller or a third adult. Two things to settle before booking: the operator lists this as coming soon for autumn 2028 with no dates yet, and the page does not state the vehicle arrangement, so confirm that you are bringing your own as on their other European trips. For technical driving in southern Europe, it is the most demanding thing on their list.