An epic overland adventure across 16 countries, starting in Istanbul on the edge of Europe, along the ancient Silk Road to China and then through the tropics of South East Asia, ending in in the ultra-modern metropolis of Singapore. Experience diverse cultures, discover unknown and often-turbulent history, explore varied landscapes and surroundings from wide verdant grasslands and barren deserts to towering snow-capped mountains and dense rainforest, and get lost in some of the world's most vibrant and chaotic cities.
  • Discover dwellings carved from the eerily eroded landscape in Cappadoccia
  • Visit the bubbling and sometimes explosive mud volcanoes found in Azerbaijan
  • Experience the desert proper on a 4X4 safari in Turkmenistan
  • Feel the intense heat coming from the Darwaza Gas Crater
  • Explore the ancient medressas, mausoleums and mosques of Bukhara and Samarkand
  • Take in the incredible landscapes with forever changing colours as the sun moves through Tajikistan
  • Enjoy the stunning mountain scenery and alpine lakes throughout Kyrgyzstan
  • Our first taste of the Great Wall of China near Jiayuguan
  • Explore Lhasa with a guide - one of the highest cities in the world
  • Visit the highest Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in the world Rongbuk
  • A guided tour around the spectacular archaeological site of Angkor Wat
  • Hike through Gunung Leuser National Park in search of the majestic orangutan
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!