News from the Untamed Borders Team

A new virtual tour of Afghanistan, led by the nation’s first ever female tour guide, is helping to support education programmes for women in the country. Fatima Haidari used to offer in person guiding around the city of Herat, with Untamed Borders, but had to flee when the Taliban retook

There has been a boom in people taking up backcountry skiing, which is now rippling through to the adventure travel industry. Adventurous tourists are increasingly seeking wilder, more obscure and more remote locations to ski, including the likes of Afghanistan and Iraq. Untamed Borders have run ski trips to Afghanistan

South Sudan is the world’s youngest, internationally recognised, country. It gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and, post-independence, life has not always been easy. However, many parts of this beautiful country can be visited. South Sudan boasts a wealth of natural beauty, including fertile savannas and vast wetlands, being home

Somalia, situated on the Horn of Africa, has the longest coastline on the African mainland. Culturally it feels like a bridge between the Arab and African worlds. The nation, with its currently borders, was only created in 1960 after a period of British and Italian rule. It sits just across

The island of Socotra is one of the ecological jewels of the world. The Yemeni island, in the north-west Indian Ocean, has been coined the Galapagos of the Middle East, due to its rich biodiversity and vast array of rare and endemic species of plant and wildlife. Socotra’s remote location