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Tour Leader Kim's Trans South America highlights
This time last year I was preparing for my biggest trip with Oasis Overland to date, the epic Trans South America. The trip finished successfully in June this year, with some fantastic memories and new friends made.
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Finding love on a Big Yellow Truck
“So how did you guys meet?” It’s a question I’ve always wanted to answer with a fun, exciting story: how we abseiled down a gorge in Zambia and bonded over the shared terror; how we paddled the rivers in the Amazon Rainforest and he looked hot in his life jacket (hmmm…); or even, how we trekked through the Zimbabwean bush in search of the magnificent white rhino and he promised to push me up the tree first!
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From poshy La La Princess to Overlanding Pro: Life-changing travels on a Big Yellow Truck
“Euuuuwwww”, she exclaimed, as Amazonian Jungle mud oozed through her toes, marring the pretty purple design. Suddenly she started madly flapping her hands about her head, desperately trying to persuade the oversized fly that she wasn’t a suitable enough perch to land on. After a pause to make sure the bug had definitely moved on to the next person in line, Lauren finally stumbled out of the boat and started trudging up the hill into our Jungle Camp.
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5 Ways Oasis Overland is Different to Other Overland Tours
To us, Oasis Overland is the obvious choice for all your overland adventures, but we sometimes forget that not everyone knows that. With so many companies all telling you the same thing, it’s hard to know who really is the best and what actually makes all of these overland tours different! So, we thought it was about time we said why we stand out from other companies. Here are 5 of our overland tour attributes that put us at the top of the game.
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Rumble through the jungle reaches Cameroon
This year we ran a one off exploratory 'Rumble Through the Jungle' expedition through the heart of Africa to celebrate our 20th year of running overland tours and expeditions.
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5 Incredible things Oasis Overland can show you whilst Overlanding in Africa
Home to a great kingdom of wildlife, deserts that seem to whisper in the dry winds and forests filled with more species of animal and plant than we can even imagine; this is Africa. A continent like no other on the planet.
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Overland across Iran
Oasis Director Chris, recently took one of our Central Asia overland trips across Iran. Back at the Oasis office, we asked him what it was like....
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What to Read
If you’re anything like me (a wannabe geek who is easily distracted from “clever people” books, but still loves to learn about the world), then you also search for a “reading list” about the places you’re travelling to. Whether nonfiction or fiction, sometimes it’s nice to delve into stories and facts that can help you understand more about the history or culture in a new continent.
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Top Destinations to see in Brazil
Ten awesome Brazil destinations you won’t believe you haven’t visited yet!
The 2016 Olympics and Paralympics brought a lot of attention and tourism to Rio de Janeiro. This, combined with less international media attention surrounding the Zika virus, travellers are again viewing Brazil as a fantastic country to visit. However, most tourists visit only Rio, Sao Paulo and Iguaçu Falls; a tiny fraction of the world’s 8th biggest country. Earlier this year, whilst on the Oasis Overland Trans South America Expedition, I discovered some unexpected and beautiful Brazilian gems.
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Three Southern Africa Trips
Southern Africa has always been one of Oasis’ favourite travel destinations and one that we have been involved in throughout our 20 year history. As such, we have put together three trips in Southern Africa encompassing South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. These overland adventures are slightly different from our other African adventures in that the trip is 50% accommodated in simple lodges and hostels and 50% camping – on camp sites
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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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Kazuri Bread factory in Nairobi
Finding myself with some spare time in Nairobi recently, I consulted with Smiley as to what to do.
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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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Three Days in Yeravan
Up until very recently my knowledge of Armenia, the smallest nation in the Caucasus region, was embarrassingly thin. So upon booking flights to Yerevan to go and join our first Oasis Overland trip through the region, I didn’t know what to expect. I briefly looked into it and built up in my mind a number of preconceptions: this was a former Soviet city, nestled between Iran and the Caucasus, so I expected bland concrete tower blocks, grey skies and nondescript restaurants selling earthy meals of meat and potatoes.
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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.
