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oasis overland
Has anyone been on an overland trip with this company i am thinking about
doing the uk - capetown trip from november 04 - june 05 cheers sav0 |
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hiya i am also about to book to go on the trans africa trip with oasis overland - did you decide to go yet or have any response from here? never heard of them before but trip sounds awesome!! vic x -- vix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ vix's Profile: 425 View this thread: 98763 |
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oasis overland
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:01:20 -0400, vix wrote:
hiya i am also about to book to go on the trans africa trip with oasis overland - did you decide to go yet or have any response from here? never heard of them before but trip sounds awesome!! I haven't done the Trans but I did a overland tour from Victoria Falls to Cape Town with Oasis in 2002. As overland tours go, I think Oasis is pretty good. I also did a short overlander with Economic Expeditions to Uganda and Rwands in the same year. Oasis was much better. That said, there are some drawbacks that are pretty common among overland tours. These include: 1) Too much time on the truck and not enough time enjoying Africa. I was appalled to find that the group that had come to Victoria Falls from Nairobi had spent only one day on safari. 2) Limiting interaction with the world. Trucks generally avoid the towns. Camp grounds are generally remote and meals are almost always from the truck. You are not going to be interacting with the locals on a day to day basis. Some overland tours seem more about long hours on the road punctuated by trips to the camp ground bar than a tour of Africa. Oasis wasn't really that bad but you will see far more the truck than of Africa. 3) It's a long time to spend with same group of people. In some ways, the bigger groups are actually better. I would check to see how many people are going. I am told that it is common place on the Trans for people to leave truck and then meet back up later. I'm not sure how easy that is but it does suggest that even die hard overlanders have trouble putting up with it for 30 weeks. I strongly suggest looking into independent travel. It is not has as hard as you might think. -- Photos and travelogues from Africa and Southeast Asia: http://www.exile.org |
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