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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.
You will need to have a good level of Overland/Tour leading experience and to be generally well travelled, the sort of person who can handle difficult situations, get on with everyone as well as ensuring customers have the best possible time on their epic adventures.
The tour leader is responsible for the smooth running of the tour and for ensuring that travellers have the best possible time on their trip. You will be primarily concerned with our clients’ health and safety and their enjoyment of the trip.”

The skills we look for in our leaders are:
Excellent communication and leadership skills
Great organisational skills to ensure the flawless running of our trips
Enthusiasm for the job and the countries we travel through
Ability to handle pressure and turn a negative into a positive
Effective decision making and problem solving skills
To act professionally at all times
To show an understanding and ability to promote Responsible Travel
A desire to provide high levels of customer service
Good negotiation skills.
If you fit the bill and have the experience, please reply by email only and add a covering note detailing why you want to work for Oz-Bus and attach a relevant CV detailing your leading experience to: recruitment@oz-bus.com

We will only reply to candidates who we wish to speak to further or interview.

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

* Be able to take initiative to make decisions and work with a broad range of people.
* Have an understanding or participated in group travel
* Be able to commit for 18 months.
* Be able to provide at least two recent relevant references from previous places of employment and by doing so, give their consent for reference verification.
* Be self motivated and enthusiastic.

Applicants will be responsible for the welfare and general enjoyment of our clients, this entails being very friendly, helpful and outgoing. You will have to display excellent communication and leadership skills. Please see our job description for more details of this position:

You must be able to document tour costs, be responsible for own accounting whilst on the tour, have the confidence to handle situations that can occur along the way, and have the ability to adapt to people from all walks of life. This role would require a keen ability to learn very detailed information about each country you will visit in regards to political state, current affairs, geography and history and cultural importance of each of these countries.

Please note that continuous employment cannot be guaranteed.
**PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM** AND CV WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT AND RECENT PICTURE to sara@tucantravel.com

Application form: click here

Also please see our website: www.tucantravel.com
Only CVs accompanied with an application form will be considered and only successful candidates will be contacted