18 February 2021
Oasis Overland has ceased operations in the wake of the Covid-19 shutdown of travel.
The company specialised in small group expeditions by truck across Africa and other key overland destinations worldwide such as South America and Central Asia, alongside hotel-based trips in Pakistan, Bolivia, Peru and south-east Asia.
The news was reported by AITO.
Martyn Sumners, executive director of AITO, said: “Chris Wrede and his team had been in business since 1998 – more than 22 years - and joined AITO in 2008, just over 12 years ago.
“He was a valued member of the AITO family and will be much missed.”
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Oasis Overland had just launched a new and exciting 93-day long trip by truck through Africa, from Nairobi to Johannesburg, but Covid-19 restrictions as a result of the South African variant of the virus meant that it has now had to admit defeat.
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