We do not sell trips. We start friendships.
It all started with a rented van in Brussels. There was no plan, just a map and four days. We came back knowing that the road changes people.
We put curious people in a van and head off together for the wildest landscapes on the planet. We do not ask how old you are, we ask whether you can handle waking up at four in the morning for a sunrise. No rigid schedules, no mass tourism: small groups, real moments, stories you carry for years. We are not a travel agency, we are a movement of the road.
How we travel
Small groups
Never mass tourism. 8–16 people, one crew.
Locals first
We work with local people and support their communities.
Off the itinerary
Roads and moments you would not find in any guidebook.
People first
You remember the landscape. You never forget the people.
Led by people who live for the road
Every trip has an experienced Altervan coordinator. Not a tour guide, a friend who knows the road, breaks the ice and makes sure you feel part of the group from day one.
They wrote about us
“The tourist travels to consume experiences, while the traveller travels to live them.”
Anastasis crosses every corner of the world in a van
Reader.gr · Interview · in Greek
Road trips: “I am setting off for the Balkans in a van. Anyone up for it?”
Kathimerini · in Greek
Road trip from Athens to the volcano in Iceland
Protothema · in Greek
Travelling solo across the whole of Europe in a van
LiFO · in Greek
By van all the way to the northern lights
Documento · in Greek
Take a road trip in the most alternative van!
Parallaxi · in Greek
Shall we go to Iceland in a van?
in2life · in Greek
Love road trips? Then Altervan was made for you!
Travel Vibe · in Greek