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Life as a child soldier
We obtain gorilla trekking permits for those wishing to do the gorilla trek in Rwanda through Herbert, who some of you may have met during your overland trip with us. We have worked with Herbert for many years and when company owner Chris met him, he told him how he had been a child soldier during the 90s.
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It's party time at Rio Carnival
What do you think of when you hear the word “Carnival”? Bright colours? Crazy dancing? Costume Parades? Revelling in the streets? Carnival in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro, combines all this – and more!!
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A few reasons why we love Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe holds a special place in our hearts for us here at Oasis Overland. We have been taking trips through this beautiful country for 17 years and have been visiting ourselves for even longer than that.
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Halfway up the Hindu Kush, a journey to Northern Pakistan
Oasis Operations director Mark, recently travelled where few others have...Northern Pakistan:
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Overland from London to Beijing
For all you wanderlust travellers, the overland from London to Beijing is definitely a trip to check out. We’d even go as far as to say it’s a once in a lifetime experience – a true cliché, we know! The trip is 17 weeks in total and is one of our ultimate overland expeditions. If this sounds like something that you’d be interested in, read on for more information.
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Deserts & Gameparks (Part 2)
Continuing on from my last blog, Deserts & Gameparks – part 1 (for those that missed it!) I had just left Botswana with the group and have now entered Namibia. And our first stop was to stay at a campsite right on the edge of the Okavango River, which feeds in to the Okavango Delta. Where rather than a pool, you can jump in to a caged ‘pool’ in the river to cool off, while being kept safe from crocodiles and hippos! The views from this campsite are just incredible, and if there is availability you can always upgrade to one of their tree houses, which are just lovely!
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Piranhas & Parrots in the Brazilian Pantanal
Earlier this year I travelled to Brazil and to the vast wetland area known as the Pantanal. I knew you could look for wildlife here but I didn’t realise how much I would see, it was fantastic!
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Deserts & Gameparks (part 1)
I have recently returned from my Deserts & Gameparks trip, and just had to share my fantastic experience, of travelling from Victoria Falls to Cape Town. For this first blog I will just cover Zimbabwe and Botswana, with Namibia and South Africa to follow.
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Katie's Kyrgyzstan trip (part 2)
…continued on from Katie’s Kyrgyzstan Trip (part 1) The day after our fun in Jeti Orguz, a few of us opted to watch an eagle display, where the trainer introduced us to his 4 times eagle champion – Tamara.
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Thank you for an epically awesome trip
Having just completed the 2014-2015 Trans Africa trip with Oasis Overland I’d like to say a big THANK YOU for an epically awesome trip! I’d like to give special individual thanks to the following people.
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Trans Africa expedition on its way
At around 5.30 pm on a typically dark, cold and wet evening in early winter, a yellow truck pulled out of an unassuming workshop in Somerset, south-west England, turned right, and rolled off along an abandoned minor country road into the night. A few days later, but this time against a backdrop of a solemn grey cloudy sky, another repeated the trick. This was hardly a grand depart, by any stretch: there was no fanfare, in fact there weren’t even any travellers on board yet, and it the trucks weren’t so incongruous in rural Britain, no-one would probably have even noticed them.
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How has technology changed overland travel?
When Oasis Overland began operating nearly twenty years ago, the world was a very different place. E-mail was in its infancy, websites were text-heavy and not laden with flash graphics and video clips, and the concept of a ‘smartphone’ was still little more than an idea being bandied about the offices of Apple in California.
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Books to read before your Africa Overland Trip
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Trans Africa part 1 Gibraltar & Morocco
Here is the latest blog from our Tour Leader Joe, currently leading the 39-week Trans-Africa Expedition. It’s not too late to join him on his way back up from Cape Town, departing 9 April 2015, there are a few spots still available.
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Visiting Machu Picchu - How to get there!?
If you have ever thought about visiting the incredible site of Machu Picchu in your future travels and want to go there via the well-known ‘Classic’ Inca Trail, here is our advice based on what is happening so far in 2014.
