Join this Overland Expedition and venture off the tourist trail throughout Kyrgyzstan and follow the ancient trading routes along the Silk Road to Beijing. Discover stunning scenery and some of the oldest cities in the world steeped in history and legend from Lake IssyKul to Xi'an and its Terracotta Warriors.
  • Swim in Lake Issyk-Kul, the world's second largest Alpine lake
  • Overnight stay in a Traditional yurt at Lake Song Kol
  • Enjoy the stunning mountain scenery, cliff formations and alpine lakes throughout Kyrgyzstan
  • Our first taste of the Great Wall of China near Jiayuguan
  • Venture around Crescent Moon Lake and Ming Sha Hill a desert oasis
  • Discover Lhasa with a guide - one of the highest cities in the world
  • Visit the highest Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in the world Rongbuk
  • Experience Mount Everest Base Camp
  • Travel the scenic Friendship Highway that leads from China to Nepal
  • Support the Giant Panda Research Centre in Chengdu
Accommodation is split throughout this trip between simple hotels and hostels and camping. The variety of accommodation provided is great and often a totally unique experience, including bush camps with no facilities, yurts and simple village pensions. Some are well managed and some very basic. Oasis uses roomy three-person tents but only for two people. They are specially made for us to meet the tougher conditions of an expedition trip and have mosquito netting sewn into the door and windows. It would also be a good idea to bring your own freestanding mosquito net so as to give you the freedom of sleeping under the stars at night. At bush camps you will be living off the truck, so there will be no showers or en-suite facilities, so digging your own toilet pit with the shovels supplied is essential!