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 four very successful tours from 2005 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
Tours to Iraq proper or Mesopotamia as we like to call it have been on hold since 2004 as we have been unable to guarantee travel around Iraq and access to the sites. The current mood in Iraq is upbeat,vibrant and improving daily. Geoff Hann has just returned from Baghdad (November 2008) and parts south . As a result of this trip he is rather excitingly announcing the first tour for 7 March followed by a series of tours. We feel that the security provided and the timing of our first tour mean that 16 days will be sufficient. However changes will take place continually and flexibility will be required by all who travel with us. We will be looking to enlarge the scope of the tours throughout.

Our March tour has been very successfully completed.

We are operating our Kurdistan Iraq tours 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 2009/2010 - AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA and IRAQ.

From 7 March 2009 onward MESOPOTAMIA (Iraq) Various length tours see our Iraq page

April 11th 2009/April 10th 2010
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/May 14th 2010
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/July 24th 2010
Amarnath Cave Trek - Kashmir including Srinagar and Dal Lakes.

August 1st 2009/July 31st 2010
Afghanistan - Central and Northern Tour Including the Minaret of Jam; Chist; Obeh; Heart; Balkh and Bamiyan.

September 5th 2009/September 4th 2010
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 26th 2009/September 19th 2010
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 17th 2009/October 16th 2010
The Retreat (A New Trek) - following the route of the British retreat from Kabul in 1842.

November 14th 2009/November 13th 2010
BURMA *NEW EXPLORATORY TOUR* of 17 days.discover the glory of ancient Bagan, the cultural richness of Mandalay, the beauty of the Shan State and visits to the colonial era places.

Through 2009 we expect our Mesopotamia tours to be operating.

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.