Oasis Overland

General information

We believe our overland trips give travellers the opportunity to widen their horizons, travelling in a unique way to out of the way places and famous sites, to see incredible landscapes, try out adventurous activities, experience different cultures and to create long lasting friendships. Overlanding is a unique and cheap way to travel and can get you to places you might otherwise never see or experience. Plus there’s the added bonus of security and peace of mind that travelling as part of a group brings and not having the worries and hassles that can occur when trying to organise a trip alone.

Who joins an Oasis Overland trip?

Adventurous people mainly in their 20s and 30s, from all walks of life and nationalities. This is a great way to travel if you’re on your own but friends and couples join us too. All you need to have is reasonable fitness, a willingness to muck in with the day to day running of the trip and a desire to travel in areas where there is often little infrastructure and where things do not always go to plan! We do not hold your hand every step of the way (but that said our crew are there for you when needed!)

Trip Styles:

Regional Explorers - adventure sightseeing trips of between 8 to 30 days. Groups are no larger than 20 people per Tour Leader in order to maximise your enjoyment at local sites. We stay in mainly small, 3 Star, locally owned hotels and travel by means of various local transport. The hotels we use have en-suite facilities, air-conditioning and in Egypt many even have swimming pools! Transport includes overnight public train, air-conditioned coach, Felucca sail boats on the Nile and reed canoes in Peru! On some tours we also take one or two internal flights between cities.

Overland Adventures – We use our own purpose built overland vehicles with a crew of two, which carry up to 24 travellers on trips between 19 days and 15 weeks! As part of the adventure you have an active involvement in the day to day running of the trip, getting stuck in and helping with various tasks - cooking camp meals, pitching your tent or keeping the truck clean & tidy. In Africa we camp, mainly at campsites but also in the open desert and bush. Facilities and standards vary - at bush camps there are no facilities! On the Middle East and South America trips, around half the time we are in hostels or simple hotels with the rest being camping. Expect to sometimes get dusty & dishevelled and to not have hot showers every night.

Ultimate Expeditions - Trans-continental expeditions from 9 to 39 weeks using purpose built vehicles with a crew of two, which carry up to 24 travellers. A tougher and more extreme style of our Overland Adventure trips, you must expect a higher degree of hardship and to be completely off the beaten track, reliant on the truck, equipment and stocks carried on board. Again, you will be expected to have a very active involvement in the day to day running of the trip from cooking meals to digging the truck out of bog holes! An open mind, helping and participating in the unexpected as well as partying is definitely a prerequisite on these trips!