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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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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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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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Books to read before your Africa Overland Trip
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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.
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Katie's Kyrgyzstan trip (part 1)
It has been nearly 3 months since returning from my trip to Kyrgyzstan, and I still get excited any time that I get the opportunity to talk to anyone about it, and I now have an opportunity to share this experience with anyone that is interested! One of the first things I get asked when telling my friends or anyone about this trip is, so where is Kyrgyzstan?
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Karen & Shaun's adventures in Rwanda
Karen and Shaun recently completed our Trans Africa Overland Expedition and they kindly shared their adventures in Rwanda with us - one of their favourite countries in Africa.
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The "Trans Africa" from Ishi (our Tour Leader)
Thinking of joining us on an epic journey from the UK to Gibraltar and then down into Morocco and the less explored regions of West Africa? 39 weeks later ending the tour in Cairo, via CapeTown. Check out our Trans Africa expedition.
Below is what our wonderful tour leader Ishi (currently in Nigeria) has to say about it so far. You can also view her blog ZebraPartyPants online and keep up to date with her journey.
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10 Year Oasis Overland Trans Africa reunion weekend
Last weekend a few of us from Oasis HQ went to an Oasis Overland Trans Africa reunion in Herefordshire. My name is Linda and 10 years ago this 10th November myself and 47 others set off on 2 Oasis trucks, (Gunga & Fanny) on a 29 week overland adventure around Africa. We left the UK destined for Cape Town exploring 27 countries on the way. Little did we know that it would be a life changing experience in more ways than one.
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Trek Morocco - Nomad migration Tour
Jackie, from our UK office, has just returned from our 11 day Berber Migration Tour in Morocco. Travelling by foot across the Atlas mountains for 6 days with a Berber family, as they moved their goats, sheep, mules, donkeys and camels from winter to summer pastures and camping out under the stars this is certainly a trip to treasure.
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Linda from Oasis HQ visited Zimbabwe
I have just returned from the most amazing visit to Zimbabwe. I had not been back to Zimbabwe for almost 10 years, where I originally first travelled as a passenger on an Oasis Overland 23 week Trans Africa trip from UK to Cape Town and although this visit was only for 10 days I was so excited to return as I absolutely loved it the first time around.
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Family adventure tours to Morocco & Egypt
Family Adventure Tours to Morocco
The sights, sounds and smells of Morocco make it a fantastic family destination. Explore the ancient medina of Marrakech filled with snake charmers, magic carpets and spices brought by camel trains, drive through the astonishing landscape of the Atlas Mountains and ride camels in the Sahara Desert before spending the night at a traditional Berber camp. These trips have been planned to be suitable for younger members of the family and include shorter drive times.
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Trans Africa update - Gabon & Congo
Here is the next update from Nev & Kristy our crew running the Oasis Trans Africa expedition and a few members of the group of their tales and stories of their adventure.
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Sudan - one of Dominic's highlights of the Trans Africa Expedition
Sitting here in the shade of Truck into the third day of sweating out Wadi Halfa’s +40oC desert heat waiting for the ferry to Aswan, lets us reflect on Sudan. We’ll focus on the fact that despite having been on the road for 9 months and one day, we can still be victims of newbie surprise. One, Sudan is a “Dry” country and two, it can rain in the desert. To explain lets go back to the 29th of July and the leaving of Ethiopia.
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Trans Africa update - Nigeria & Cameroon
Here is the next update from Nev & Kristy our crew running the Oasis Trans Africa expedition and a few members of the group of their tales and stories of their adventure.
