By Jocelyn Zidar In today’s fast-paced world, where screens dominate our lives and schedules rule our days, it’s easy to forget the sheer beauty and that constantly surrounds us. Amid the hustle and bustle of our modern existence, there exists an exhilarating antidote – overlanding. It’s more than just a journey; it’s a lifestyle that […]
By Graeme Bell – Originally Published in Expedition Portal “Stay calm; call 911!” I instructed Luisa as I carefully brought the Nimbl to a stop on the icy road deep within the Yukon. The van lay wedged in the snow on its roof, the wheels spinning in the air like a stranded, upended tortoise’s legs. […]
By Luisa Bell – Originally Published in Expedition Portal “We all eat, and it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly.” –Anna Thomas “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.” –Virginia Woolf There are two comforts that I refuse to give up when on the […]
By Graeme Bell Setting off from frozen and windswept Reno, Luisa studied her weather app and looked at me with a crease of worry on her brow; Tuktoyaktuk was still a frigid -50F in March.“Remind me, whose idea it was to drive to the Arctic Ocean in winter?” It had been my idea, and I […]
By Graeme Bell Our coldest night ever was spent beside the Highway 1 in a rest area between Watson Lake and Whitehorse, with a low of -33F (36C) according to Jon’s digital thermostat. We soon realized that we had made the mistake of camping in a valley where the cold air settled while evading the […]
By Graeme Bell The Arctic winter must be respected and, while there are those for whom extreme cold is a natural environment, for this South African couple an Arctic winter is as foreign to us as the moon. Sure we have a fair amount of experience with cold weather and winter travel but, a white […]
(This Article Was Originally Published On March 24 by Graeme Bell for Expedition Portal) Nimbl Vehicles, a leading manufacturer of expedition vehicles, has partnered with American Expedition Vehicles (AEV), a premier supplier of OE-quality performance-driven aftermarket vehicle parts and accessories, to offer customers the Nimbl Evolution atop the AEV Prospector XL Cab Chassis. The partnership […]
Nimbl X AEV We are pleased to announce the launch of the Nimbl Vehicles X AEV preferred partnership – the quintessential marriage of experience & innovation. Since 1997, American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) has become the world’s premier supplier of OE-quality, performance-driven aftermarket parts and accessories for vehicles geared specifically towards off-road recreational driving and overland […]
As Featured on The Adventure Portal It’s 4pm and we’ve just rolled into our offroad camp in our Nimbl Expedition Vehicle. A beautiful clearing surrounded by pines up at 7000 ft, overlooking a stunning valley below. We had been skunked earlier in the day looking for an overland campsite next to the east Walker River. So, […]
Nimbl Evolution #59 Owner on Motorcycles, Truck Campers & Globetrotting We had the opportunity to sit down with John H., the newest Nimbl vehicles owner & the owner of the first-ever all-carbon fiber Evolution. We covered all things overlanding, traveling the world & how he landed on Nimbl Vehicles as his means of exploration. Beginning […]
Twelve years ago, we bundled our young children into our Land Rover Defender and set off to explore the planet. Now, the children are both young adults, and we have finally come to the stage in our life which we have been anticipating since the very beginning – our wonderful kids are leaving the roving […]
Graeme Bell is a full time overlander, author, Senior Editor 4WD with Expedition Portal & Overland Journal and an Explorers Club Member. He is currently traveling the globe with his wife Luisa & their two adult children, Keelan & Jessica. Up until last year they have been traveling in a Land Rover Defender 130 known […]
As Featured on Welcome to The Outdoors Braxton with Welcome To the Outdoors caught up with Nimbl Vehicles at Overland Expo MTN WEST for an exclusive tour of the Nimbl Evolution MAX with Adam Morton. Adam is an expert outdoorsman & retired U.S. Coast Guard flight mechanic who oversees production at Nimbl & brings decades […]
Since taking the wheel of Proto, one of the first full production Nimbl campers, back in December 2021, my family has been on the move across a variety of terrain and through extremes of climate. The verdict? This vehicle is a game changer! Those of you who know a bit about my family will know […]
(This article was originally published in Truckcamperadventure.com on May 27th) When it comes to RV shows and truck campers, nothing beats the Overland Expo West in Flagstaff. Sure, you can find a handful of truck campers at the Elkhart RV Show and perhaps six or seven at the RV Supershow in Orlando, but when it […]
(This article was originally published on May 9th on Truckcamperadventure.com) Nimbl Vehicles will reveal its new carbon fiber Evolution camper at the 2022 Overland Expo West, 20-22 May. To celebrate the big change, the company will be displaying the updated camper on a new platform, a Ford F550 sporting a custom service tray and size-41 super-single […]
The Nimbl camper is evolving continuously; this last year, the design and production team have focused on improving technology, molds, sourcing, and production. This new-generation camper aims to bridge the gap between the luxurious traveler and a highly capable overland vehicle by continuing to incorporate the amenities and services one might expect of a top-of-the-range […]
Allow me to introduce myself and my family. We were born in Africa and together have spent the last 13 years chasing incredible experiences and adventure across five continents. We have traveled overland from Cape Town to Kilimanjaro, circumnavigated South America, completed the Pan -Am journey from Argentina to Alaska before exploring Europe to Asia […]
Nimbl Campers was born out of the remnants of XP Campers which was sold at auction in August 2019. Jon Turner, Judd Newman, and investors saw an opportunity and invested in a business that they rightly believed had incredible potential. Currently, the company’s order book is full, and plans are afoot to expand production by […]
The Donner Pass has a formidable reputation, and this festive winter found a South African family driving a marvelous vehicle over record depths of ice and snow—white-knuckled. Us Southern Hemisphere people know as much about snow as you might about sangomas and umqombothi, and to be perfectly honest, we avoid the white stuff as we travel the world. […]
2021 was a year of unprecedented trials and milestones from COVID regulations to economic shifts to supply chain challenges. Despite all of that, there was one thing that remained untouched: the value of independence, autonomy, and connection:• Independence in doing what we love to do in life when we want to do it,• Autonomy so […]
In celebration of the birth of our country, we put together a short video to commemorate our independence as a country, as individuals, and as a company. This spirit of independence is right there in our slogan, Freedom to Roam. And given Nimbl is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business whose owners have served […]
“Their customer service sucks” is a comment we hear quite often from owners of expedition vehicles who need something done, whether a retrofit, or an upgrade or just some maintenance. When did customer service become a second rate citizen in the world of expedition travel? Shortcuts Make Any Trip Unbearably Long We are all living […]
Guest Bio: Jon TurnerJon is the Founder and Chief Engineer of Nimbl Vehicles. A lifetime traveler with a taste for adventure, Jon made his first international trip when he emigrated from England to the USA at 6 months of age. Since then he has traveled, lived, and worked as both soldier and engineer throughout North […]
