Meatlander Backroads · 4x4 trips with an outdoor kitchen

Slow 4x4 trips.
Dinner where the asphalt ends.

Small convoys on forest roads, sand tracks and river fords that a city SUV won’t manage. Legal roads only, no tearing up the meadows. At every stop an outdoor kitchen. In Lithuanian we call it Šunkeliais: “along the dog’s roads”, the little roads behind the main ones.

Upcoming tripsHow a day looks
Backroads by Šunkeliais

A Meatlander trip series run by Tomas from Kaunas: meat from our own supply, cooked ahead on a kamado, served at a shared table. Guided in English, Polish or Russian. Roof tents from Meatlander available for weekend trips.

What it is

Others drive you to the mud. We drive you to the table.

Most 4x4 offers sell the driving. We sell the evening: a camp, a shared table and a dinner you can’t reach on asphalt. Serious roads, calm pace.

Small convoy

Up to 8 crews, a radio in every car. Guide in front, a closing crew with a winch at the back. Nobody is left stuck alone.

Legal roads only

Gravel, field and forest roads, private land with the owner’s consent. No meadows, no riverbanks. If the road can’t take it, we turn around.

Outdoor kitchen

Each trip has its own menu, published with the route. Meat from our own supply, prepared ahead, heated and served on site. Vegetarian option always.

Day and weekend

How a day looks

Most trips are one day: we meet in the morning, lunch in nature, part in the evening. A weekend adds a camp, dinner and breakfast.

Day

Weekend

Bring with you
  • Full tank and a spare wheel
  • Valid comprehensive insurance (CASCO)
  • For weekends a tent and sleeping bags; always 5 l of water (or rent a Meatlander roof tent)
  • A chair for everyone and a table if you have one: the table is a potluck
  • You get a mug on your first trip
  • Your dog, if you have one: dogs travel free

Away from the asphalt. Closer to the fire.

Levels and classes

Five levels by distance: I Day, II Weekend, III Neighbours (nearby countries), IV Mountains, V Expedition. Three classes by what the road asks of the car: calm (a real 4x4 with low range, standard tyres: our main class), serious (prepared, winch, AT/MT tyres), easy (any car, gravel only; a few trips a year).

Upcoming

Where we’re going

Every trip has a number, a level (how far) and a class (how hard). Few places, because there is one table. Dates are published here and at sunkeliais.lt.

Guide speaks English, Polish and Russian. Radios provided. The exact meeting point and route are sent as the date approaches. Weekend trips: rent a Meatlander roof tent and arrive with nothing to pack.

The passport

A stamp for every trip

You get the small green booklet on your first trip. Each trip leaves a stamp with its number and date, and a patch for the level. Five stamps, five patches, and the Carpathians are yours. Kids get a navigator’s booklet with tasks and a certificate; dogs get a paw sticker.

Confirmation
Instant e-mail with your personal trip passport (PDF) and a shareable card with your car.
Payment
Advance invoice within a day; your place is final once it is paid. Card payment online coming.
Week before
Meeting point, route description and the menu.
Day before
A short note on weather and road conditions.
Prices

What it costs

Price per crew: the car and two people. Everything included: guide, radio, food, camp. Paid in advance by invoice; places limited by the table.

TripCalmSeriousEasyExtra adult
After work, Wednesday evening, 2 h49 €–49 €included
I · Day, lunch from the grill149 €179 €129 €+29 €
II · Weekend, camp, all meals349 €399 €319 €+69 €
III · Neighbours, 4–5 daysfrom 1 090 €from 1 090 €–+260 €
Tasting dinner, dry-aged beef, two stamps required+79 € per person

Children under 12 free on day trips, 35 € on weekends. Cancel up to 14 days before for a full refund, up to 7 days for half; if we cancel, full refund or a new date.

Reserve

Put your crew on the list

Fill in the form: you get a confirmation with your trip passport right away, an advance invoice within a day, and the meeting point and menu a week before.

Leave the road for the dog’s road.

Within a day you receive an advance invoice; your place is final once it is paid. By registering you accept the participant rules and privacy policy (Lithuanian; English on request).