Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Update

Governmental policies to contain and reduce the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the ability for people to travel and move around the world. However, for some regions and for some people travel is possible.

Please contact us for details.

The health and well being of our guests, staff and the communities we visit are of utmost importance to us. Any trip Untamed Borders organises will follow all local Public Health protocols and guidance.

ADVENTURE TRAVEL SPECIALISTS

Untamed Borders offers bespoke trips and small group tours to some of the world’s most interesting and inaccessible places.

Untamed Borders was formed in 2008 by professional fixers, supporting journalists wanting to reach hard to access areas in order to provide cutting-edge stories. Today, we still serve media professionals as well as helping adventurous travellers to experience unusual and largely unvisited areas of the world.

Fixed Date Trips

FIXED DATE TRIPS

We offer an array of fixed date group trips across a number of activities and destinations.  Whether it’s cultural, skiing, trekking or marathons, we’re sure you’ll find the right adventure for you.

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Extreme Travellers International Conference Iraq

CUSTOM TRIPS

From the first ever kayaking trip to Afghanistan to a long weekend in Mogadishu, no request is too large or small. Check out some of the customised trips we have crafted for our guests.

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Untamed Borders Media Services

MEDIA SERVICES

We work with a range of media professionals from photographers to journalists to documentary filmmakers.  We have taken ex-US military skiing in Iraq through to filming the Siberian wildlife.

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Untamed Borders Development Projects

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

We are proud to be involved in numerous projects within the communities we visit, from organising the Marathon of Afghanistan to sponsoring the training of female mountain guides in Tajikistan.

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Upcoming Trips

Marathon of Afghanistan
10 Days
from$2,150

Marathon of Afghanistan

The Marathon of Afghanistan will take place in the Bamian province, amidst the mighty mountains of the Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan. The astonishingly beautiful valley, a UNESCO world heritage…

Afghanistan in Spring
7 Days
from$1,975

Afghanistan in 7 Days

A 7-day trip through the best bits of Afghanistan. We start by exploring the capital, Kabul, before flying to Mazar e Sharif to see the blue-tiled shrine of Hazrat Ali…

Band e Amir - Credit Elke Allenstein
7 Days
from$2,450

Afghanistan In 8 Days

An 8-day trip following on from our first Afghanistan in 7 Days trip. We start in the capital, Kabul, before flying to Bamian, one of the most peaceful places in…

Erbil Marathon
6 Days
from$1,450

Erbil Marathon

This package offers travel and entrance to the Erbil Marathon. Please contact us for 2021 dates. There are three distances (5km, 10km and full marathon) so even if you are…

Iraq - Arch of Ctesaphon
9 Days
from$3,600

Iraq – Cradle of Civilisation

The trip begins in Baghdad and visits ancient Sumerian and Babylonian sites, as well as medieval souks, UNESCO-recognised minarets, Shia Islam’s two holiest sites, and a boat trip on the…

Lalish, Iraqi Kurdistan
7 Days
from$2,100

Iraqi-Kurdistan add-on

This 7-day trip explores the Northern area of Iraq, Kurdistan, taking in the cultural, geographical and historical highlights as well as getting a greater understanding of life in this semi-autonomous…

Responsible Travel

As part of our ongoing commitment to responsible travel, we have introduced two new sustainability initiatives.

Untamed Borders have committed to donating a portion of all their fixed-date trip sales to charity partner Afghanaid, to support their tree-planting and disaster risk reduction work in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan.

To help reduce plastic waste, Untamed Borders have launched a new water bottle initiative, offering guests the option of a free Lifestraw filter bottle when booking on any fixed date group trip.

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Afghan Aid Planting Trees
Horn of Africa

Horn of Africa

Explore the wilder parts of Ethiopia plus Somaliland. You will visit the hottest inhabited place on earth, climb up to remote rock churches, and feed the wild hyenas of Harar. As well as arranging as organising cultural trips, we have…

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Pakistan In 12 Days

Pakistan In 12 Days

A road trip almost the entire length of Pakistan from Karachi in the Arabian Sea to the city of Peshawar. Stopping at Sufi shrines, Buddhist remains, Mughal mosques and energetic bazaars. This is the 9-day trip and 7-day trip combined…

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The Balochistan Explorer

The Balochistan Explorer

A ten-day trip into the heartland of Pakistan’s largest and least-visited province, Balochistan. A region previously very difficult to access but that's now possible.

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Ski Iraq

Ski Iraq

A country more associated with deserts has some vast mountainous terrain in the northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region which we will explore with a qualified international ski guide. Using the experience the Untamed Borders team has of guiding and climbing in…

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Popular Trips

Our collection of the most popular adventures.

Marathon of Afghanistan

    Marathon of Afghanistan

    Cultural, Marathons

    The Marathon of Afghanistan will take place in the Bamian province, amidst the mighty mountains of the Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan. The astonishingly beautiful valley, a UNESCO world heritage site, is recognised as one of the safest provinces in…

    from $2,150
    Iraq - Arch of Ctesaphon

      Iraq – Cradle of Civilisation

      Cultural

      The trip begins in Baghdad and visits ancient Sumerian and Babylonian sites, as well as medieval souks, UNESCO-recognised minarets, Shia Islam’s two holiest sites, and a boat trip on the Shatt al-Arab. There is an add-on to Kurdistan available directly…

      from $3,600
      Tigray Ethiopia

        Horn of Africa

        Cultural

        Explore the wilder parts of Ethiopia plus Somaliland. You will visit the hottest inhabited place on earth, climb up to remote rock churches, and feed the wild hyenas of Harar. As well as arranging as organising cultural trips, we have…

        from $3,275
        Trekking Tajikistan: Pamir Mountain Lakes

          Trekking Tajikistan: Pamir Mountain Lakes

          Trekking

          We will be traversing through the heart of the mountain range. Along the way, we will stay in the homes of the Pamiri natives, camp near centuries old caravanserais and explore the shores of shimmering blue Alpine lakes.

          from $2,550

            Trek The Wakhan

            Trekking

            A 22-day journey to visit the land of one of the world’s last and least visited nomadic cultures: the Kyrgyz of the Afghan Pamir. We will begin and end in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe before travelling along the dramatic Pamir Highway…

            from $4,300
            Man with bird cages Kabul Afghanistan

              Melons & Grapes Grand Afghan Tour

              Cultural

              Each autumn we run a trip to Afghanistan and we think it's the perfect time to visit, and all because of the fruit. How can land that appears to be made entirely of bare rock produce melons as large as…

              from $4,450

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