Since 2009 I have been infected with the travel virus. I made my very first camper trip in Australia – and that is where my love for camper life began. Later an unforgettable trip through Botswana followed in a Land Cruiser with a roof tent, and that tasted like more. Not long after that I bought a Land Rover Defender, which I converted into a camper myself. We had fantastic adventures with it.

When we had children, the Defender turned out to be less practical. We said goodbye and exchanged it for a Volkswagen Karmann. We drove around in it for five years, with a lot of fun and beautiful memories as a result. But the itch remained…

Tinkering with the Defender, creating something unique – that was what I missed. Until the penny dropped: why not transform our old company van, a Volkswagen Crafter, into a camper? Together with VD Campers, that idea became reality. The result? Kiltje – a camper that combines travel, design and craftsmanship.