On 19th June 2009, Great Primate Handshake chartering one of our vehicles, and our driver Steve, will begin the first of three ‘Handshakes’ travelling through Kenya, South Africa and Uganda allowing travellers to support primate sanctuaries and local conservation programmes. Travellers will help carry out research, develop and implement conservation and education activities with local communities-all with the aim of conserving Africa’s primates. This is the second expedition that Oasis Overland has run with Great Primate Handshake. We wish them well with their projects and look forward to further collaboration in the future. For further information go to www.primatehandshake.org
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In late 2008 - The FCO travel advice was revised and had generally softened to allow travel through most areas of the country again. Please click on the following link to view the current information and advice for yourself - www.fco.gov.uk/zimbabwe
Our return to Zimbabwe in February 2009 has continued recieving positive reports and feedback by all of our travellers and crew alike. We are looking forward to continuing our visits to one of the most hospitable and beautiful countries in Southern Africa. Continued…
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Firstly welcome to our new website! We really hope you enjoy the experience of browsing through our adventures and if they excite and stir the wanderlust in your soul then come and join us!
A huge thank-you for the look and feel of this site has to go to everyone at www.strawberrysoup.co.uk who have gone above and beyond in putting it all together for us. Thank you so much guys we really appreciate all the hard work and we love the site!
We have some great new features :
Interactive features have been created so you can put together a wish-list or hold a place online on a particular trip for up to 4 days allowing you to check out flight availability etc…
Special events section, making it even easier to find that perfect trip. So if you fancy partying at the Rio Carnival or maybe spending Easter, Christmas or New Year somewhere totally different?
- Special offers area where you may find some discounted trips, PLUS group discounts, discounts for travellers on their second or third trip and some great deals on travel clothing, vaccinations & travel guide books.
- New Oasis Overland gift vouchers which can be used against the cost of your trip, so drop the hint to friends or family!
- New account area where you can log in & book accommodation, airport transfers and you can even email other travellers that will be going on your trip.
- Trip Styles we’ve broken down our trips into 3 distinct types - Regional Explorer, Overland Adventures and Ultimate Expeditions, making it even easier to find the trip that’s right for you.
We love our new website and we hope you do too, and we’d appreciate any and all feedback.
The team @ Oasis Overland
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In the current economic climate we have all become increasingly more concerned about financial protection. Travellers can be assured that for trip bookings made directly with Oasis you are covered by our bond with AITOT. Oasis are also members of AITO which as well as offering 100% financial protection on all direct bookings is also a stamp of quality and professionalism. If you’d like to find out more about AITO click here.
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If you’re unsure which overland tour operator to travel with why not look at Jeremy Lazell’s 3rd May 2009 Sunday Times article -’Overlanding-Who Should You Trust?’ Companies were rated on five crucial criteria and Oasis came out second in the list of the UK’s 10 leading operators, coming second only because of its ’slightly smaller fleet and a few years’ less experience.’ We’re really proud of this achievement and we hope it gives you extra confidence in booking your trip with us. See the original article on www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/adventure/article6216071.ece
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Want to get away from news of the recession and MP’s expenses? Why not look at our special offers page for discounts on our Egypt Encompassed, Pyramids and Sinai and Egypt and Jordan trips in the month of July. Go on, you know you want to!
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This was the photo!
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for your great feedback on our new website and to all of those that entered our “find the photo” competition.
Congratulations goes to our winner Kate who took just 30 minutes to find the rogue photo that was hiding in our South America Cordilleras trip page. Kate is now browsing the website working out which one of our fantastic trips she is going to spend her £500 Oasis Overland prize voucher on.
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Be part of the adventure of a lifetime when you take a tour to Egypt. By taking a tour to Egypt you are sure to see all the major sites that have come to make Egypt the exquisite landscape it is today.
Your Egypt adventure tour will have you visiting majestic pyramids and temples. Then go on to bargain at bustling local markets where you will find unique and exotic trinkets for you to remember your tour to Egypt by.
Oasis Overland’s Tours to Egypt
What makes an overland tour with Oasis Overland so unique is that we use local transport throughout our tours to Egypt.
This means that you will get a true taste of Egyptian life - be prepared to experience a tour of Egypt that includes transport by trains, mini-bus, feluccas, ferries, donkeys and camels!
You will be able to share your experiences with a small group of like-minded people that you are likely to form lasting friendships with. What’s more, you have the safety of travelling in a group, with the experience of a guide who knows Egypt thoroughly.
Oasis Overland offers a number of different Egypt adventure travel tours that will give you a memorable experience of a fascinating culture and landscape.
Request a brochure to get more information about the range of exciting tours to Egypt that Oasis Overland have to offer.
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Tagged with pyramids, red sea dive trips, trip in africa, Trips in Africa, Trips in Egypt.
Many people are tired of the traditional holidays of European cities and urban living and are looking for not only new destinations, but new ways to see these areas too. Istanbul and Cairo are two of the world’s most mythical cities and deserve to be toured in a manner as unique as the areas themselves. Travelling from Istanbul to Cairo in the purpose built expedition trucks from Oasis Overland will ensure that you can see the best of these two cities and everywhere in between from the most unique perspective possible.
What an Istanbul to Cairo Trip Offers
The Oasis Overland Oasis Caravan trip starts in Istanbul and starts off with a tour of this area which includes everything from war memorials to olive groves. From here the tour leaves Europe and enters Asia to camp along a side of the Mediterranean than few people think to explore.
The many sites along this trip from Istanbul to Cairo are adorned with wide clear night skies making star gazing an every night pleasure. The mud baths near the Dead Sea make for unforgettable relaxation - or mud fights. A more calming and often very moving experience can be had at the foot of Mount Sinai just before crossing the Suez Canal to Egypt.
From trips down the Nile to visiting the tomb of Tutankhamen, an Istanbul to Cairo trip with Oasis Overland finds its perfect end in this city.
How to Travel between Istanbul and Cairo
One of the most exciting ways to travel between Istanbul and Cairo is on one of Oasis Overland’s purpose built expedition trucks. These expedition vehicles only carry 24 people at a time, ensuring maximum comfort and space for trip participants. These trucks can go where most tour buses could never venture en route between Istanbul and Cairo. The easy to access lockers ensure that trip participants can get to their belongings at any time and roof viewing platforms allow them to see every aspect of the landscape, even while on the move. These sociable, well thought out vehicles make an Istanbul to Cairo trip not only comfortable, but exciting and different too.
Trip participants can be called on to sometimes help dig out a stuck truck, or help get over a particularly precarious embankment - this gets everyone actively involved in the process of getting to Cairo from Istanbul making the trip an incredibly rewarding experience.
Request the Oasis Overland brochure to find out more about travelling from Istanbul to Cairo on the most exciting holiday possible.
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From 9-16th June 2009, Julie and Nev-two of our hardworking Africa crew gave up a week of their time to take the children from the Hupenyu Hutsva Children’s Home in Harare, Zimbabwe out on a series of day trips. The week was a great success. All 130 children and staff were taken out on an Oasis truck to the Kuimba Shiri Bird Park about 30kms outside Harare. There, they were given a guided tour of the park, wildlife and lake. A cooked lunch was provided and the afternoon was full of games, face painting and cricket! According to the staff, children and crew the week was a great success but we’re not sure who had the most fun-the children, staff, or our crew! We ran a similar event-a week of day trips last September and it, also, was a great success. Many of the children rarely leave the compound they live on and have little change in their daily routine at the Home, so it was nice for us to break the routine and show them a small part of the wonderful sights their country has to offer. We’re hoping to do the same thing again next year.
