About Untamed Borders
Untamed Borders offers bespoke trips and small group tours to some of the world’s most interesting and inaccessible places.
Untamed Borders Description
Founded by a group of fixers that worked for journalists in the Afghan /Pakistan border area Untamed Borders uses specialist local guides to allow access to some of Asia's harder to reach places. In the past few years we have taken our guests skiing in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan, arranged meetings with retired headhunters in Nagaland on the Indian /Mynamar border and stayed with descendants of both Alexander the Great and Genghis Khans armies in Central Asia.
www. untamedborders.com for details on trips and locations.
Reviews
"Located in southeastern Ethiopia, 400km from Addis Ababa, the Bale Mountains are a landscape created by volcanic fires and shaped by glacial ice." https://africageographic.com/…/trekking -beautiful-bale-mou…/
We recently heard about a children's book of fairy tales from Central Asia, written by Marina Abrams and illustrated by Farrukh Negmatzade, a contemporary artist from Tajikistan. They have a Kickstarter campaign to launch the second English edition of the book, so if you're keen to support, please check them out!
We are looking for a new team member! If you live within commutable distance to South West London and have sales & marketing experience (or know someone that does) along with a passion for travel then please get in touch for more information: info@untamedborders.com
This year we are running packages to the Erbil Marathon for the first time. Our travel package will run from 22nd - 27th October 2018 with the marathon itself taking place on 26th October. We will meet you at Erbil airport and show you the places of interest in the Iraqi Kurdistan capital. We will also head out of Erbil to visit Lalish, the spiritual home of the Yazidi people and go training with female runners breaking taboos in Iraq, giving you a taste of life in Northern Iraq. There are three distances (5km, 10km and full marathon) so even if you are not a strong runner you can take part and enjoy the event and the famous Kurdish hospitality. The full itinerary is on our website: https://www.untamedborders.com/erbil-mara thon/ If you wish to join or have any questions drop us an email: info@untamedborders.com
"Our journey to the Kola Peninsula in order to make a documentary about the Russian North started from the Pushkin Square where Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin at the monument told us his poem dedicated to the north." https://kondratiev.exposure.co/plar-circl e
"She eloquently pointed out that we don’t pay enough attention to the good things about Afghanistan – including all those who are striving for peace and progression. She asks all of us to look deeper for the real story." https://ultrarunnergirl.com/…/interview -with-afghan-skyrun…/
Earlier this year we were involved with organizing the Somaliland Marathon. Check out this video report on the event produced by the local TV station VOA Somali https://www.voasomali.com/a/4257919.html? epik=0u7sKE_IWX6Jy
Ever wondered how to avoid having a stereotypical po-faced passport photo? Well, here's the true (?) story of one man with a colander on his head.
The first female skiers of Afghanistan - women being taught to ski on the slopes of Bamian by Norwegian, Henriette Bjorge in assocation with Bamyan Ski Club: https://tinyurl.com/yc835e9g
In this short video nomadic deer herders in Wild Siberia talk about their life and where they live, what the future holds and their fears for the deer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10j_JySIL PQ
The story behind Pakistan's first ever animation studio: https://fellowsblog.ted.com/the-first-eve r-4-minutes-of-mag…
One of our guests who travelled with us back in February made this video which gives a taste of Somaliland and aswell at the inaugural Somaliland Marathon event itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Beautiful black & white photographs of Dagestan: http://valerymelnikov.com/index.php…
"The high latitudes, harsh climate, the very simply way of life, and the almost complete absence of cell phone or internet connection at times can bring even complete opposites together. This is a place where trust is expected." https://arctic.ru/analitic/20180320/72736 6.html
"Esfahan was the first stop on my journey through Iran. The city is, according to a Persian proverb, “half of the world”, and it is also the former capital of Iran (under the Safavid Dynasty)." https://www.thomasflensted.com/iran
"We had no idea how bad the road would be [in Georgia]. Some of the roads we had driven in the previous month involved axle-deep stream crossings and equally deep potholes, mud, and first gear climbs on a single car width road." https://journal.peakdesign.com/road-to-sh atili
Check out these photos from Dave Katz which cover the Easter celebrations in Ethiopia. Wonderful! https://www.tenacityinpursuit.com/ethiopi a/
"The Beta Israel lived in northern and northwestern Ethiopia, in more than 500 small villages spread over a wide territory, alongside populations that were Muslim and predominantly Christian." http://www.jpost.com/…/IN-PICTURES-Larg e-scale-Passover-pre…