News from the Untamed Borders Team

Recently, our Founder James Willcox, was invited on to Talk Radio Europe, for a half-an-hour dicussion about tourism in Libya. Untamed Borders has been organising trips to the country since 2017, initially focused around the north and west of the country. However, last year Untamed Borders organised a group trip

On 12th March Untamed Borders will be holding an intimate book-launch at Stanfords book shop in London, for our Founder’s new Bradt Guide for Afghanistan. It’s the first mainstream guidebook for the country in more than 20 years and it’s released later this week. James began organising trips to Afghanistan

Recently, our Founder James Willcox, was invited on to Talk Radio Europe, for a half-an-hour dicussion about tourism in Afghanistan. It comes ahead of the release of the new Bradt Guide for Afghanistan, which James is the author of. It’s the first new mainstream guidebook for the country in 20

Libya is enjoying a resurgence in tourism, with the country making a concerted push to attract more international visitors. In the first half of 2025, there was a 60% increase in the number of visitors to the country, compared to the year before. Now, renovation works are being completed to

A new travel guidebook for Afghanistan is due to be released soon, the first by a mainstream publisher for more than 20 years. It comes as tourism to the nation continues to grow. Close to 9,000 international tourists visited Afghanistan in 2024 according to the government, with an extra 3,000

This week Somalia introduced a new e-visa system, as it tries to encourage more tourism and business in one of the world’s most challenging nations. Interest from international visitors is on the rise, with Untamed Borders seeing a sharp spike in the number of people wanting to visit Mogadishu. Historically,