

Read more: What Is Boondocking & How To Get Started What Information Does The iOverlander App Give? Users add and amend the information, for the good of the entire community. This is how the app has grown over the years. This place isn’t marked on iOverlander so the next morning, we take a photo and add it as a new entry to the iOverlander app. We move on and find a place more suitable for our vehicle and spend a quiet night, free of charge. We take a photo of the new barrier and add it to the existing entry on the app with another short description. It’s no good for us and other travellers behind us may not know about the new height restriction. It’s as described on the app but a barrier has since been added and our vehicle is too tall to fit through the gate. We filter the markers so we only see accommodation and read the short descriptions of places nearby. The markers indicate others have travelled the same road before us, adding points of interest (POI) to the app. We open the iOverlander app on the iPad and hone in on our current location. The area is remote and seems an unlikely place to stumble upon a formal campsite.Īs we drive, we look around for a suitable place. We’ve had a long day exploring Abra del Acay – a high altitude mountain pass in northern Argentina – and need to find a place to park for the night in our camper van. We’re currently overlanding through South America. So what does that mean in practice? An Example Of Using The iOverlander App IOverlander is a tool, by and for overlanders, which enables its users to submit, amend and find information and opinions, primarily about places that are essential for the act of overlanding, and secondarily non-essential places that are of interest to a significant group of overlanders.
