Overlanding, an excellent way to travel across, literally – land, can be an ideal way to see a lot of countries without the travel hassles of doing it yourself, whilst having an incredible time with your new-found friends. Riding a famous route – Cairo to Cape – Andes and Amazon – is an adventure in itself and there is a real sense of camaraderie as everyone gets stuck in cooking together or digging the truck out of sand.
Classic routes run across Africa and South America, ranging from anything from 5 days, to a 36-week circumnavigation of each continent! However, the range of routes is constantly expanding, with newer routes travelling through the Middle East, or Central Asia, along the Silk Route. Specialist companies, such as UK to Oz Overlanding and Odyssey Overland, even offer London to Australia overland trips, crossing Europe, Central and South-East Asia.
A few of the big players are offering some incredible deals on trips at the moment . Now might be the time to take that trip of a lifetime – if you can pick between these great offers, that is!
Absolute Africa is offering 20% off safaris booked by 31 Aug 09 for select trips departing October to December. (Including, ‘The Absolute Safari’, ‘Wildlife Journey’, ‘Rivers of Africa’, ‘Gorillas and Gameparks’ and ‘African Drums’.) Quote ASP20 when booking.
They also have a 2 for 1 offer on ‘The Big Six’, ‘Tusker Trails’ and the ‘Gorilla Trek’ trips for departures October to November. Book now quoting A241.
Dragoman has a range of late deals and specials for trips to South America and Asia departing soon, including:
25% off Andes and Argentinian gauchos – ZZS79
10% off Machu Picchu, Inca Trails and Lake Titicaca – SCZ139
20% off India Adventure – FIN19
Oasis has some great deals on some of their shorter trips to Egypt and the Middle East:
Egypt Encompassed (10 Days) Cairo to Cairo, taking in Luxor and Aswan, has been slashed from £345 to just £295.
You could save yourself £100 on the 18 day Ottoman Odyssey from Damascus to Istanbul - was £375 now £275.
Whilst Tucan similarly has late deals going, they also run a number of year-round special discounts.
Any of the following conditions will get you 5% off a trip: early booking, booking 2+ trips, repeat clients, booking with 2 mates, students/under 26s, over 55s.
And you can combine up to 3 of these discounts together to get 15% off your trip!