Welcome to the Hinterland World of Adventure and Overland Travel
Hinterland Travel is a specialist adventure travel company, founded on over 35 years of overland adventure travel experience by
Geoff Hann, its owner and Managing Director. The knowledge and expertise of Geoff in the Middle East, Mesopotamia Iraq and
Afghanistan has put the Company to the forefront of Iraq and Afghanistan tour operators and experts.
The very successful tours across the wilds of Northern and Central Afghanistan , led to the National Geographic Traveller Magazine
accreditation as one of its 50 Tours of a lifetime.
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Exhibitions |
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We always like to begin our new travelling year with the opportunity to meet old friends and new prospective clients at an Exhibition or two.
So for 2012 we are participating:
(1). The Adventure Travel Live Show at Olympia Exhibition Centre, London 28th to 29th January 2012. Meet Geoff on Stand D11.
Early boooking 2 for 1 Ticket offer visit www.adventureshow.com or call 0871 230 7159 and quote 2for1.
(2) Destinations Holiday and Travel Show at Earls Court Exhibition Centre,London 2nd to 5th February 2012,
Meet Geoff and Staff on Stand 18 - Adventure section. Come along and admire some lovely carpets and jewelry that we are also displaying.
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Short Tours |
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From time to time many of our clients want us to operate short tours. If you wish to explore a destination that has lots to offer
that's not so easy. However here is our short list for 2012.
ARMENIA
Highlights of Armenia
June 22 -27 and August 24-29
Ground tour costs - £520
Based in Yerevan we are sampling the life of this almost unknown country-its ancient and religious past and present, its delightful food, brandy, wine and culture.
IRAQ
Ancient and modern history combined.
See listed below our 9 day tours.
INDIA
KASHMIR
Turn to our India page but note that you can stay from 1 day or as long as you wish on the luxurious houseboats in Srinagar and
from here you can explore Pahalgam and Gulmarg or just float on Dal or Nagin lakes every day watching the world and the beautiful
bird life go by. The daily rate on the de lux houseboats for full board is £65 for a double room.
AMARNATH CAVE TREK
Although we make it into a 11 day holiday it can be squeezed into 7 days.
For much of July and August it is possible to do this esoteric trek. We have our set date 21 July for logistic and cost reasons.
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Tours to Iraq |
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Tours to Iraq proper, or Mesopotamia as we like to call it, were on hold from 2004 until 2008,
as we were unable to guarantee travel around Iraq and access to the sites despite our astonishing Post war tour in October 2003.
We began tours again in March 2009 when Geoff had felt that the return was right.
Since then we have operated throughout the years from 2009 until today with some very successful tours.
The mood in Iraq is upbeat, vibrant with the security aspects improving all the time.
For 2012 we have an improved and increased number of tours
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A hard road near the Afghanistan Lapis Mines
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OUR TOURS FOR 2011/2012 |
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2012 - note bookings made with booking form and deposit in 2011 attract a 7% discount on the ground arrangements.
March 4th 2012
Mesopotamia Iraq - 16 and 9 day tour. Baghdad, Erbil, Nimrud, Assur, Tikrit, Hatra, Samarra, Babylon, Ukheider, Kerbala, Najaf, Uruk, Ur, The Marshes, Basra.
April 1st 2012
Mesopotamia Iraq - 16 and 9 day tour.
April 7th 2012
The Cockpit of Asia - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran. - Through the Khyber Pass to Kabul - Afghanistan, Bamiyan, Mazar Kunduz, Maimanea, Herat, Mashad and Tehran. (our new revised trip avoiding the south of Afghanistan but covering as much as we can of this wonderful country and touching on little frequented parts of Iran.)
May 4 th<2012> 2012
Kalash Festival - 15 days in the north of Pakistan, visiting Chitral and the Kalash Festival and Karimabad.
May 5th 2012
South Eastern Turkey, Kurdistan Iraq and North West Iran - including Diyarbakir, Ain Sifni, Erbil, Sulemanyia, Takht-I-Soleman, Bistun, Hamadan, Tabriz, Jolfa and Lake Van.
May 13th 2012
Mesopotamia Iraq - 16 and 9 day tour.
June 9th 2012
Syria, Lebanon and Mesopotamia Iraq - our new 21/22 day tour. Details to be announced, see Iraq page.
June 20th-23rd 2012 (dates not really settled yet)
Russia and Daghestan - our new tour - details to be posted in due course
July 21st 2012
Armanath Holy Cave Trek - Kashmir including Srinagar lakes and houseboats.
July 28th 2012
Afghanistan - Central and Northern Tour - including the Minaret of Jam, Chist, Obeh, Herat Balkh, Mazar and Bamiyan
September 4th 2012
Kurdistan Iraq and Mesopotamia - 21 day combination tour including Diyarbakir, Dohuk, Lalesh, Sulemaniye, Erbil, Nimrud, Hatra, Samarra, Baghdad, Babylon, Najaf, Uruk, Ur, Basra.
September 9th 2012
Mesopotamia Iraq - 16 and 9 day tour.
September 16/24th 2012
Uzbekistan and the Lapis Mines of Afghanistan - Including Tashkent, Khiva, Bokhara, Termez, Balkh, Mazar, Ai Khanoum, Faiasabad, Panjshir Valley, Kabul. (Note this trip can be joined separately Uzbekistan or Afghanistan or combined.)
October 7th 2012
Mesopotamia Iraq - 16 and 9 day tour.
October 13th 2012
The Retreat - following the route of the 1842 British retreat from Kabul.
November 4th 2012
Mesopotamia Iraq - 17 and 9 day tour.
November 14th 2011 - November 12th 2012
Burma (Myanmar) 17 days discovering the glory of ancient Bagan, the cultural richness of Mandalay, and the beauty of the Shan State.
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My new book on "Iraq - Then and Now" is published by Bradt Travel Guides. at £15.99 and can be purchased at a discount from www.bradt-travelguides.com/details.asp?prodid=188.
KASHMIR
Our principal destination into India has become Kashmir.
Note our Houseboats reservations from one day to whatever suits.
The Amarnath Cave Pilgrimage trek combined with House boats is projected for July/August 2012 but other dates can be arranged. See our page on India or contact us for a personally tailored trip..
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