Dates: 3rd September - 18th September 2016 Cost: £1900 Places available In September 2016 Untamed Borders will be running the first commercial trekking expedition since the 1990’s to traverse from Ladakh into the Kashmiri Himalayas. On this pioneering trek we will scale high Himalayan mountain passes, visit the holy Hindu shrine Amarnath, a high altitude ice cave, and enjoy downtime in the culturally rich regional capitals of Leh and Srinigar.
In October we arranged for a private trip to one of the most inhospitable places on earth. The Danakil Depression. Home to the hottest inhabited place on the planet, temperatures reached 47C. Our guest visited one of the few permanently active lava lakes in the world at Erta Ale and spent time with the Afar […]
In October Untamed Borders was one of the organisers of the Marathon of Afghanistan. The first ever International Marathon in Afghanistan. We were so excited to see over 120 participants take part in the Marathon and the 10km race. Runners participated from many parts of Afghanistan including Kabul, Mazar e Sharif and Bamian. International runners […]
In 2012 we took UK based photographer James Robertson on our annual ski trip to Afghanistan. His stunning photographs of the emerging ski culture in the Bamyan were published online on National Geographic’s Proof – Picture Stories. Feeling inspired? Join our Ski Afghanistan trip in February 2016!
For all our Australian followers! This Wednesday the 14th of October at 7.30pm Untamed Borders will be featured in the TV program The Feed on SBS. See what it’s like to travel with us in Afghanistan. Watch the promo here.
We are thrilled to announce the dates of what might be the most spectacular road trip in the world. From the 22nd of May until the 4th of June 2016 we’ll be cruising along some of the highest mountains in the world and sipping chai with the locals in the fertile valleys of Northern Pakistan. […]
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In July we took a Japanese guest to Bamian and Kabul. Until recently it was almost impossible for Japanese visitors to get an Afghan visa so we were very happy to guide our first Japanese guest to the country. To get an impression, have a look at our Facebook gallery of this trip.
In June we welcomed a private guest to Chechnya in southern Russia. He visited the new built city of Grozny as well as travelling into the mountains of the Caucasus. For more images, have a look at our Facebook page.