Overlanding

Week 1

South Africa, Botswana - Leaving Johannesburg we head up into Botswana and across to the delta to have a true wilderness experience amongst the wild animals and their habitat. From there we head up to the Chobe River for an afternoon boat cruise. It’s then to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe for activity at every corner.
Week 2

Zambia, - To South Luangwa Valley then the shore of Lake Malawi next, to try your hand at Altitude and Freshwater Scuba Diving, horse riding and sailing. Up to Chitimba and the chance to hike Livingstonia.
Week 3

Tanzania - , then into Tanzania through the Baobab valley, and to the Indian Ocean at the African City of Dar es Salaam. From here you can head to the Spice Island of Zanzibar

“It was fantastic trip.It was also a new experience - I plan my next trip with African trails to West Africa.”

Nice article on the TimesOnline from Charlie Hopkinson - Dragoman on Overlanding. They are also running a competition so take a look.

Acacia Africa are running a variety of discounts for those social gurus out there! keep an eye out on twitter and their website to take advantage.

Oz-Bus is always on the look out for experienced Tour Leaders to run their trips.

“We are an adventure travel company like no other! We operate a regular overland bus service travelling between destinations such as London and Sydney and London and New York.
These are truly awesome experiences and the ultimate in overland adventures; become one of the few people ever to undertake these epic journeys. (more…)

Oasis Overland is launching a program of volunteer projects in Ecuador and South Africa that can be joined in conjunction with their overland adventures. The opportunities include rainforest management, shark research, teaching children and building bicycles. Some projects ask for specific expertise but many are open to all and offer the chance to learn new skills, not to mention the experience of living with local families and learning about the daily lives of the community, an opportunity not always available on an ordinary holiday.
The Volunteer Projects can be found on Oasis Overlands website here.

This is a great opportunity to lead tours in this fascinating part of the world, to gain some fantastic travel experience and have a great adventure.

Applicants MUST:
* Have extensive travel experience in Africa.
* Have some leadership experience, preferably through previous tour leading positions.
* Be self motivated and enthusiastic
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Plenty of new additions but in terms of overlanding one major change to tours in Colombia. These will now travel overland in their own vehicles, rather than flying internally. Tucan are also keeping a lid on prices and are holding their 2010-11 prices to match the current prices on their website.

From November any departure marked with a ‘G’ on Dragomans website will be guaranteed to run from the day the first person books on!

Dragoman have just launched their 2010 / 2011 brochure with trips in Africa, Asia and South America. For the first time they are heading into South East Asia, all the way to Bangkok and have exploratory trips to Bhutan and Bangladesh. However like many other overland companies they have diversified with many non truck trips!

Dragoman will be running South East Asia tours in 2010. It will be the only overland operator to do as far as we are aware. Their new trips will link Xi’an to Bangkok taking in Southern China, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.