Somaliland: leader in cashless payments?
Somalia is always full of surprises. None more so than the fact that more people make cashless payments there than anywhere else on earth. Check out this BBC article to see why and how. Somaliland, featured in the article is also the location of the inaugural Somaliland Marathon in early 2018. We will be running […]
Untamed Borders Spring trips to Sudan, Russian Arctic and Horn of Africa
It’s been a busy Spring at Untamed Borders. We ran our annual journey to the Horn of Africa, including the add-on to Mogadishu. The photos can be found here. A French couple travelled with us to the Yamal Peninsula in the Russian Arctic. For an impression of their adventure with the Nenet people in the Russian […]
James Willcox micro-lecture at the Royal Geographical Society
Untamed Borders chief James Willcox gave a micro-lecture at the Royal Geographical Society in London in March on his exploratory journey to the Italian lighthouse on the very tip of the Horn of Africa. If you’re keen to know what travel in Puntland, Somalia is like, the talk is on the RGS Youtube channel.
Photos of the first commercial trip to Puntland since 1991
In 2016 we arranged the first commercial trip since 1991 to the very tip of the Horn of Africa. The aim was to visit the Italian colonial lighthouse that we hoped would still be there. However the joy of the trip was visiting a place very much of the beaten track and seeing what life […]