1:1 4x4 Off Road Taster - Half Day Session

Name: 1:1 4x4 Off Road Taster - Half Day Session
Brand: experiences.co.uk
SKU: 14623
Price: 240.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Product ID: 14623

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Northamptonshire

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1:1 4x4 Off Road Taster - One Hour Session£99.00

1:1 4x4 Off Road Taster - Full Day Session£440.00

About the experience

Now is your chance to both discover over 25 acres of Northamptonshire countryside surrounding Rockingham Castle and get to grips with driving a four wheel drive off roader like a pro! This half day session with 1:1 tuition is held in the grounds surrounding Rockingham Castle near Corby in Northamptonshire, at one of the longest running 4x4 off roader centres of its kind. Its founder, and your instructor for the half day, is Vince, who is very proficient and has years of experience driving 4x4 Off Road vehicles in all manner of tight situations. If you're going to be learning from anybody, he's the best man for the job. Your session will last approximately 2 ½ hours, in which time you'll be getting to grips with learning and mastering the basics of driving a four wheel drive vehicle - the Land Rover Defender 110 - off grid, and tackling all manner of challenging terrains: ditches, side slopes, deep troughs and steep downhill gradients, with plenty of mud and water along the way - including a twisty, twiny, tree lined part of the driving route known as the ominous sounding Death Valley. And it won't take long to discover why it's so named! Those looking for an exciting opportunity to get driving off-road in the East Midlands would be well advised to book onto this incredible experience.

Overview

1:1 4x4 driving at this long established off-road school
Negotiate side slopes, ditches, climbs and descents
Half day session
Explore 250 acres at Rockingham Castle

Itinerary

Exclusive 4x 4 driver training
Drive a fully prepared Land Rover Defender 110s with automatic transmission
Technical classroom briefing explaining 4x4 fundamentals
Negotiate a variety of ditches, side slopes, climbs and descents
Half days incorporate more challenging disused quarry stages

Half Day Session

Approximately 2 ½ hours at the wheel
Allow 3 hours on site for this experience

The Gift Voucher

The Voucher can be shipped to you as a Gift Pack by post.
Or choose the free, instant e-voucher delivery option.
We offer same day dispatch, a choice of packaging and free exchanges.

Information

Suitability

Drivers must be over 18 and have a full, valid driving licence
Passengers must be aged 6 and up

Spectators

Up to two guests (minimum age 6) can travel in the car as a passenger, guests with a licence may also share the driving
There's a fee of £40 per guest for half days
All guests must be booked in with 4x4 operator and paid for on the day

Restrictions

Minimum Age: 6 years

Availability

Experiences are available throughout the year

Half Day Session

7 days a week
Morning Session: 09:00am - 12:00pm
Afternoon Session: 13:00pm - 16:00pm

Anything Else

Please bring suitable outdoor clothes and wear sturdy boots in case of mud

Locations

Northamptonshire

Customer Reviews for the 1:1 4x4 Off Road Taster - Half Day Session

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Joanne smith

Excellent day out . Dad thoroughly enjoyed it

Anne-Marie Deane

Great. Excellent vehicles and instructor.

Jeremy Knight

Great fun and could not recommend enough. The instructors were great and made it all very friendly.

Jake

Fantastic experience for my mum she thoroughly enjoyed it just wish we had a bit longer as the hour went do fast. Friendly staff and would definitely go again

Nicola

Such an amazing experience, with fantastic instructors. I will definitely be back!

Michael Dewdney

A really fantastic half day. Everyone was very friendly making us very welcome and the facilities were excellent. Luke, my instructor, was excellent giving clear instructions when demonstrating and when I was driving making the whole experience very enjoyable. I would like to do it all again sometime in the future, next time making a day of it. Highly recommend the experience to anyone.

Jackie

Truely brilliant. Enjoyed every minute of it. Was just long enough (for me). Would like in the not to distant future to go again. Andrew the instructor was brilliant also. Definitely 5*.

Peter Toft

Excellent instruction and very enjoyable.

Glen Proudman

Very welcoming on arrival with friendly instructors. Spent over an hour driving a top of the range Land Rover with expert guidance over challenging terrain. Extremely enjoyable time and would love to go again.

Liz James

A fantastic half day with Ed - a great set up and the Defender really was awesome. Highly recommend to all! Am planning to bring my 17 yr old next time..

nick hubbard

Another reviewer has summed it up perfectly so with apologies to Alex Im nicking your review!! Great fun. The instructor was great. I was only given the option of the modern Land Rover Discovery which meant the car had a lot of the control (ascent control/descent control/individual wheel braking/ride height/semi auto gears). However, not having to worry about all of this allowed me to fully enjoy the experience of the drive itself - end of the day you still have to drive it and 'have the ba**s to give it some'. Exhilarating stuff. Highly recommended. Â«

Marty.

Thoughily enjoyed my experience, fantastic.

Tom Colver

A fantastic experience. I learned a lot. The instructor was brilliant.

James Wilson

Extremely informative and enjoyable experience

Alex

Great fun. The instructor was great. I was only given the option of the modern Land Rover Discovery which meant the car had a lot of the control (ascent control/descent control/individual wheel braking/ride height/semi auto gears). However, not having to worry about all of this allowed me to fully enjoy the experience of the drive itself - end of the day you still have to drive it and 'have the ba**s to give it some'. Exhilarating stuff. Highly recommended.

Gary Cooper

Very good experience. Made to feel very welcome. Instructor was very good and very knowledgeable. Wholly enjoyable.

Clive

Very enjoyable. I was given the choice of a drive in a land-rover or the latest Range-rover. I chose the Range-rover as I had never driven one before. On reflection, this may have been a mistake. The RR does everything for you and is a great drive. However, you do not learn the skills to negotiate rough ground as the car is so competent. My thanks to Andrew, my instructor.

S Patmore

This was a great experience. The instructor was friendly, patient and very clear. I felt completely safe even on the steepest slopes and going through 2 foot of water.

John Burrows

A great experience with a friendly and very knowledgeable instructor. Very impressed.

Mike Kiff

A warm welcome and once the necessary form had been completed the session began. The session was conducted by an experienced "off-roader" who gave clear and precise instructions to a complete novice. Explanations of the reasons behind certain instructions were given were made which made it clearer to my mind. A very good session which I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone. I would recommend the company without hesitation.

Clare Harding

Fantastic experience, great instructor would thoroughly recommend. Brilliant experience.

Marie

Brilliant day and experience. Can't rate highly enough !

David Lane

Excellent experience. Very professional set up, the instructor was very knowledgeable and friendly.

Richard

Very enjoyable, great instructor and good fun, would definitely recommend it .

Peter Green

Excellent service and great product

Jess Taylor

Really fantastic day, would definitely recommend to anyone who wants a day offroading. Instructor was lovely, really friendly and helpful. Can't wait to return and give it another go!

J Addison

Amazing,never believed a car could do such things without falling over

W Ashburner

Amazing half day with some amazing machines - the course is fantastic and set in beautiful grounds. The instructor was also great, really friendly and the right level of talkative! More than worth the money

Alan

Very confident tutor, very interesting techniques used 'off-road', really enjoyed the whole experience.

Robert Everett

Great teacher well worth the money and would like to now try a half day coarse

Debbie B

What an awesome experience - would thoroughly recommend to all! Bought the 1hr course as a gift for my husband and he had the most amazing time (I was in the back seat)! Really friendly and patient instructor called Darren who put my husband at ease with his humour and gave him numerous tips for future 4x4 driving. Fantastic new vehicles which were used on a course that you would see and just shake your head at! You won't be disappointed if you book this at Rockingham!

Lorraine brown

Thoroughly enjoyable great fun 1hr experience

marc owens

Excellent, patient and knowledgeable instructor, New vehicles and a great course. Would happily pay and go back to do a longer session

Linda Noakes

The 4 x 4 driving experience was AWESOME and I am recommending it to anyone that will listen to me. My instructor was great and he made me feel like I could drive any terrain now

Elizabeth-Anne

The experience was amazing. The problem I had was getting the voucher sorted with you.

Debbie

I had never driven anything like this before but it was brilliant. My instructor was patient but at the same time allowed me to enjoy the drive without holding back too much!

Pete Vearey

A great hour experience particularly as it was my daughter who was driving, I mearley sat in the back during the 4x4 experience. We both agreed how cleaver the softwear was in controlling the vehicle on the slippery slopes. Could we have a manual gearbox next time so vehicle control would be more reliant on driver input making a greater challenge & probably more fun! Still a great experience though!

PAUL CASSELL

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit. The team were very welcoming on arrival . The drive was excellent with good instruction from the instructor . It was good to get the full hour at the wheel .So much fun the time seemed to fly by. Then coffee afterwards before going home.

Ben Potter

Very professional and thoroughly enjoyable.

Kyle Rowe

Excellent facility and tuition

Rhona Bate

What a great experience! Coffee on arrival, a quick run-through and straight into the car (partner optional, no extra charge) for a full hour driving in a Defender less than a year old with 800 miles on the clock. Andrew was a great teacher with lots of experience. If you want to blast through swamps this isn't for you, but if you want to learn how to handle a 4x4, it is - well worth it!

Terry Shelbourne

05 February 2024

well.... Ive not done the event yet as three days before I was due to join the provider for a 4X4 adventure I managed to break my ankle! However! the team at IntoTheBlue couldnt have been more helpful and theyve pulled out all the stops to get me arranged for a later date. excellent experience... highly recommended

Craig

19 March 2024

Fantastic experience, would thoroughly recommend ad would do it again.

Nick Earl

22 March 2024

Overall, a fantastic half day exploring the seemingly unstoppable Range Rover. Great fun. A top notch instructor too.

K Scott

09 December 2024

An excellent afternoon of fun in mud and water! The instructor for the one to one experience was great. Everything was explained clearly and most of the time was spent driving. There was plenty of track and course to try out new skills and experience the capabilities of the vehicle. The whole booking process was easy and all the staff (office and instructor team) were helpful, friendly welcoming. Would highly recommend and would return to do again or try one of their other activities.