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Our tips for long haul travel
There’s no arguing that long-haul flights can be frustrating and often leave people feeling ruffled – even if you’re a pro-flyer! All that time sat in plane isn’t the most fun you’ll ever have in your life (but it’s worth it once you land!). If you’re preparing for a long-haul flight for your Oasis Overland tour, then we’ve got some handy tricks that’ll make it a whole lot nicer up in the sky.
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Quito to La Paz overland through Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia
Wroxy, who writes for the Irish Sun, recently did our QUITO to LA PAZ (37 days) Andes & Amazon overland tour in South America. Here are her favourite moments and photos!:
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Crew focus: Steve
Our Driver Steve has been overlanding for over 40 years, here what he has to say.
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Top destinations to visit in Central Asia
Central Asia is one of the most culturally diverse and beautiful areas of the world – well, in our opinion anyway! We’re huge fans of Central Asia here at Oasis Overland and love sharing all of its wonders with you. To give you a little teaser of the kind of things that you could see if you come on a Central Asia overland tour, we’ve put together a few of our favorite destinations and sights. Enjoy!
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Take a once in a lifetime Tour in Morocco
Located in the North Africa, Morocco is a hugely popular destination for holiday-makers and rugged travellers alike. Being a place of colourful culture, vibrant communities and beautiful sunny weather, it’s not hard to see why people love it so much! We’d encourage anyone who wants to see the world to take a trip here, and to show you why we’ve put together some more information on this wonderful country.
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Tour Leader Mark on Central Asia
Some of you will know or have travelled with our Tour Leader Mark Dawson, either on our Cairo to Cape Town expeditions or last year in Central Asia. Here he tells us about some of his Central Asia experiences and highlights.
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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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A personal challenge for 2018
Climbing Kilimanjaro is a real once in a lifetime experience and for many people it’s somewhere on their ‘bucket list’. Well why not go for it in 2018!
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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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Follow the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
he world is home to many wonders, both natural and man-made, that remind us of what an incredible planet we live on. One of these that we would love to show you, is the famous Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, regarded as one of those few treasures that everyone should experience. Here’s the low down.
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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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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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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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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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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.
