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 and Afghanistan has put the Company into the forefront of Iraq and Afghanistan tour operators and experts. The two very successful tours in 2006 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'.

Tours to Iraq proper or Mesopotamia as we like to call it have been on hold since 2004 as we are unable to guarantee travel around Iraq and access to the sites. The current mood in Iraq is upbeat and vibrant and we are optimistic that we can return in 2009 albeit with some short, cautious tours in certain areas.

We are operating our Kurdistan Iraq tours in September 2008 and for May and September 2009 which combine with some of Turkey and the Kurdish areas of Iran.

Please keep in touch with us for our latest Mesopotamia tours situation.

TOURS IN 2008/2009 - AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA and IRAQ.

From March 2009 onward MESOPOTAMIA (Iraq) Various length tours

April 11th 2009
Afghanistan Road Tour via Pakistan, the Khyber Pass and Iran. Note. We are avoiding Kandahar and the Helmand Province at the moment.

May 14th 2009
Kurdistan - South Eastern Turkey, Kurdistan Iraq and North West Iran Including Diyabakir; Ain Safni; Lalesh; Erbil; Sulemanyia; Rawanduz; Takht-i-Soleman; Bistun; Jolfa and Lake Van

June 20st 2009
Russia - Daghestan and Azerbaijan *NEW EXPLORATORY TOUR* Including Baku; Caspian Sea; Caucasus villages and mountains.

July 25st 2009
Amarnath Cave Trek - Kashmir including Srinagar and Dal Lakes.

August 1st 2008
Afghanistan - Central and Northern Tour Including the Minaret of Jam; Chist; Obeh; Heart; Balkh and Bamiyan.

September 6th 2008 and September 5th 2009
Kurdistan - South Eastern Turkey, Kurdistan Iraq and North West Iran Including Diyabakir; Ain Safni; Lalesh; Erbil; Sulemanyia; Rawanduz; Takht-i-Soleman; Bistun; Jolfa and Lake Van

September 6th 2009
Afghanistan Road Tour via Pakistan, The Khyber Pass and Iran. Note. We are avoiding Kandahar and the Helmand Province at the moment.

September 27th 2008 and September 26th 2009
Uzbekistan and the Lapis Mines of Afghanistan Including Tashkent; Khiva; Bokhara; Samarkand; Termez; River Oxus; Balkh; Ai Khanoum; Panjshir Valley; Kabul and the Khyber Pass.

October 18th 2008 and October 17th 2009
The Retreat (A New Trek) - following the route of the British retreat from Kabul in 1842.

November 14th 2008 and November 13th 2009
Bangladesh & Burma *NEW EXPLORATORY TOUR* Including steamboat to Dhaka; Khulna; train to Chittagong; Cox’s Bazaar; Rangoon; Mandalay; Irrawaddy River and Patna.

November onwards through 2008/2009 we expect our Mesopotamia tours to be operating.

Special note - In order to attract early bookings which help us to plan and confirm our tours we offer a 10% discount on all tour bookings (deposit & booking form) received in 2008 for 2009 tours.

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 http: //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 2009.