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

Erbil Marathon
6 Days
from$1,450

Erbil Marathon

This package offers travel and entrance to the Erbil Marathon 2021. There are three distances (5km, 10km and full marathon) so even if you are not a strong runner you…

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…

Tigray Ethiopia
10 Days
from$3,275

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.…

Omo Valley, Ethiopia
10 Days
from$2,975

Horn of Africa – NEW Itinerary

Explore the wilder parts of Ethiopia plus Somaliland. You will visit some of Africa's oldest and most diverse tribes, feed the wild hyenas of Harar and experience one of the…

Mogadishu
3 days
from$1,250

Mogadishu Add On

Explore the city of Mogadishu with an experienced English speaking Somali guide/translator and a four-man security detail.

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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Horn of Africa – NEW Itinerary

Horn of Africa – NEW Itinerary

Explore the wilder parts of Ethiopia plus Somaliland. You will visit some of Africa's oldest and most diverse tribes, feed the wild hyenas of Harar and experience one of the world's least-visited countries. As well as arranging as organising cultural…

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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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Popular Trips

Our collection of the most popular adventures.

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

          Contact us for the status of trips to Afghanistan. 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…

          Marathon of Afghanistan

            Marathon of Afghanistan

            Cultural, Marathons

            Contact us for the status of trips to 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 site,…

            Man with bird cages Kabul Afghanistan

              Melons & Grapes Grand Afghan Tour

              Cultural

              Contact us for the status of trips to Afghanistan. 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…

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