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Gunther Holtorf is a German traveler who, with his wife Christine, became famous in the late 1980s when they began a journey across the world in their G-Wagen Mercedes Benz named "Otto".
Story
In 1988, Holtorf and his wife decided to take an on-the-road journey. The couple began with the idea of spending 18 months discovering the African countryside in their G-Wagen, but their travels turned into a journey of 26 years, interrupted only briefly by the need to rest. Without sponsorship or grants, they traveled the world at their pleasure. For over two decades, the Holtorfs lived out of their car.
Christine Holtorf died in 2010, but Gunther continued travelling; the journey ended in 2014. His car is displayed in the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart.
External links
- Coppia tedesca viaggia per 26 anni, 177 paesi e 550 mila miglia con un Mercedes Classe G
- German man drives Mercedes G-Wagen on 557k-mile, 26-year road trip
- Gunther Holtorf completes 884,000km world tour in a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen