South America as one big country
My camper dreams come true
About Esteban
A few words about my life and experiences
Our Clients
Great experiences our customers had on their trips and how we were able to help them solve some problems
Guiding principles
Find out what inspires me to help other people make their travel dreams come true
Personal details about me
Although I was born in Asuncion, Paraguay, I lived many years abroad and it wasn’t until my thirties that I got to explore this continent in some detail.
Since I could remember, I was always fascinated by cars and 4x4s, and I had a very large number of vehicles over the years with which I learn a lot, until I eventually decided to open my auto repair shop in 2008.
Although I am not a mechanic, I acquired an immense amount of knowledge in regards to vehicles during these years, which would be invaluable in the future when I started searching for an overland vehicle and eventually travelling.
I remember very clearly the rainy winter day in which a couple of nomads travelling around the continent came to my shop to have their Land Rover serviced, which reignited this eagerness to travel in me which simply wasn’t there since my teenage years.
Esteban Jorge Caballero Schupmann
#businessowner, #passionate family camper
My guiding principles
For the longest time I dreamed about an epic adventure around South America but in 2014 when I set out to do so, I realized it wasn’t necessarily easy:
- Do I really need a vehicle?
- Which type?
- Would I be able to easily cross borders?
- What documentation do I need?
- What do I do with the vehicle after I finish my trip?
Lots of research helped me select a Mitsubishi Delica 4×4, an amazing overlanding vehicle, with plates from Paraguay, which I later came to realize are the easiest to manage in South America.Since then I have been fortunate enough to embark on multiple trips, each time learning a little more about different countries and cultures, simply falling in love with this amazing continent and its people.
My name is Esteban C. Schupmann and I live in Asuncion, Paraguay, city from which I have started some memorable adventures around South America, travelling by myself, with friends, with my girlfriend and eventually our children, in different vehicles, each suited for the type of trip and growing number of occupants.
Over the years and after covering tens of thousands of kilometers, I devoted myself to find the ultimate overland vehicle, traveling with:
- Toyota Land Cruisers,
- Nissan Patrols,
- pick ups with removable campers (truck campers),
- large vans,
- pop top vans,
- small motor homes and others,
to eventually realize that the perfect vehicle simply doesn’t exist.
What I did gain a lot of information and knowledge on different types of vehicles,engines and transmissions, interior lay outs,
- water and solar systems,
- suspension set ups,
- 4×4 and
- traction control systems,
and many other key aspects of vehicle based travels.
Here you find my checklists as pdf.
I became passionate about overlanding and genuinely couldn’t keep my mind from thinking about travels, spots to visit, routes, terrain and vehicles until I decided to help other travelers find their ideal vehicle to travel around SA.
This is how SudameriCampers was born, with the foremost intention of assisting people to select and buy or rent the most suitable vehicle with a fast, easy and seamless documentation process that would allow them to have the most carefree experience when traveling around South America.
We will help you:
Set up your vehicle
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Plan your trip
Assist you with anything necessary
…. while you are on the road and eventually resell your vehicle for you.
Come and discover this beautiful continent.
Simply drive and enjoy South America,
we will take care of the rest.
You only need the Carta verde and the Cedula verde to travel without borders – if the car comes from Paraguay,
so from me – Esteban
I bought a vehicle with Esteban’s service
Marek, Chech Republic
Marek’s experience with Esteban
Buying a Toyota in Paraguay – how does it work? I think that anyone who discoveres Esteban have been really lucky. Esteban speaks perfect fluent English, is fair, knowledgable and very, veeery helpful in not only everything related to cars and car purchases, but is also ready to answer any of your questions that you may have regarding Paraguay, how things work here, where to get things etc. I definitely feel by now that I owe him more than what I paid for. And he always is in search of improving his services even further by asking for feedback on existing and planned services, coming up with new ideas etc. He even offered to help building a platform to sleep on and including storage for the case I decided to buy a different vehicle (Toyota LandCruiser Prado) than I intended (Toyota Hilux Surf) where the Surf allows you to sleep in it just by folding the rear seats while Prado would require this work to be done to be flat and usable for sleeping in the car. We finally ended up finding a Surf but it was a struggle. They apparently import less and less of these vehicles and after I declined the first one that Esteban deemed very good mechanically but which did not have any of the additional features I wished for, it took over a month to find another one, by which time I was ready to buy almost anything that was mechanically good. Esteban inspected around 10 vehicles in the meantime and immediately deemed bad a few additional ones that I sent him ads for to assess. Esteban also...
Recommandations
Esteban, who buyes, sells, restores vehicles and also takes care of the bureaucracy, is ideal help here.
I wouldn’t have even tried to navigate the logistics and paperwork of purchasing a vehicle as a foreigner, but Esteban was a godsend and helped every step of the way.
Esteban is, without a doubt, the most meticulous and knowledgeable Overlander I’ve met.
I highly recommend his services for anyone looking for reliable, expert help with their vehicle needs.
A true professional!