Abstract: A camping device adapted to enshroud the trailing portion of a vehicle that includes a hatchback made sufficiently large to accommodate within a bed area of the vehicle an extensible platform which substantially increases the effective length of the vehicle, the camping device provided with a plurality of elastic bands integrally formed with a membrane defining the camping device and various reinforcing devices along a trailing edge of the camping device so as to allow occupants of the vehicle to recline in the vehicle and remain protected from adverse climatological conditions.