Trip Reports

GAUCHOS, WINERIES AND LAKES OF ARGENTINA .. FIONA REPORTS BACK! Making my fourth visit to Argentina in May proved as enjoyable as the others yet...

Costa Rica – Pura Vida! Even the gushing river and rhythmic chirrup of the cicadas could not mask the haunting sound of the howler monkey’s echoing...

Haciendan Heaven – Fiona heads to Andalucia “I feel as if I have fallen out of the sky and landed in the Garden of Eden” quotes my travel companion...

I’m sitting on the decking outside my enormous canvas safari tent – which nestles among nine others overlooking a winding dry river bed or nullah....

I sensed my trip was going to go well when the smiling immigration officer at Tbilisi Airport welcomed me to Georgia and proffered a miniature...

The raw white fish glared at me so balefully from the plate that I wondered which of us would manage to eat the other. Eventually I accepted a draw,...

“Mum, it’s insane!”  So exclaimed my 18 year old as our small boat chugs up to the jetty – turquoise waters, swaying palms and a beautiful curve of...

I’m still pinching myself. After an unforgettable three days spent crossing the channel aboard the luxurious French ice breaker Le Commandant...

Nothing quite prepared for me the impact this delightful country had on me in a week, with its amazing contrasts and ancient history. From the...

Loyal clients, Andrew and Suzanne finally made  their long awaited visit to Bhutan and the tea gardens of India, after it was postponed five times...

I will begin this in the comfort of my Turkish Airlines seat en route from Bishkek to Istanbul. First things first: a big ‘thank you ‘ to you for...

I’ve been blown away by this amazing trip report from Ian Stubbs who has travelled with Far Frontiers Travel six times over the past 14 years!  ...

Rahul Brijnath – June 2018 “30 years ago I flew out of Leh on a rickety old turboprop after an exhilarating summer leading treks in the Ladakh and...

January 2017   “Location: Yudanaka, Honshu.  I was in an enchanted forest. A magical trail thickly powdered with snow underfoot snaked its way...

JAPAN - new experiences from Fiona's fact-finding mission! Cutting edge Tokyo, 'Hell's Valley' Snow Monkeys, Gassho-Zukuri farm-houses in snow-clad...

February 2016 “My pulse is racing, my mouth is dry, I want to escape – and fast. Hardly a promising encounter, you might think - but then I am 35...

Souks, spices, mosques and minarets December 2015 “My neck was aching – craning upwards to take in the extraordinary dazzling sight above. The...

April 2009 “The patchwork of fields in various shades of yellow, green and brown, rolling hills dotted with tall thin trees and tiny picturesque...

March 2013 Macleod Island is a tiny island paradise some 40 miles off the coast of  Myanmar’s deep south, close to the Thai border and one of some...

March 2013 “If you are an avid reader of the travel press then I’m sure the recent pro-democracy changes in Myanmar won’t have escaped your notice....

Uzbekistan - October 2011 “Everything I have heard about the beauty of Samarkand is true – except it is more beautiful than I could have imagined”....

Summer 2011 26 July - Fly to Marrakech “Delicious hot North African desert wind envelops us as we step off the aircraft in Marrakech. It is 7.00pm...

Charles and Elizabeth Godfrey, who returned from their travels in Rajasthan in February 2011, share with us their light-hearted account of their...

"In December 2010 I made a brief visit to the fabulous Six Senses Zighy Bay Hotel. Nestling in a glorious sparkling bay on Oman’s Musandam...

In Summer 2010 our intrepid clients Rob and Jane Aylott took the journey of a lifetime along the Silk Route, starting in Azerbaijan, crossing the...

November 2009 “We did enjoy Oman. Scenically stunning, with the desert, the incredibly dramatic mountains of massive geological plates, the blue sky...

September 2009 “A dark, rather forbidding doorway opened to reveal the bright and sunny interior of the Hotel Corral de Rey in a street of the same...

September 2009 “In my imagination, the steppes of Outer Mongolia were miles and miles of flat, scrubby land with no relief. Not a bit of it! The...

January 2009 In January Richard Taylor-Young took a ten day cruise down the Brahmaputra River. Below he shares some of the highlights in these...

October 2008 “I have cheap and nasty." “Oh, No!” he said, smacking his forehead and actually blushing. I mean “cheap and nice." “So sorry — my...

September 2008 "The cool turquoise waters of the infinity pool danced and sparkled in the sunlight — a rather incongruous sight considering I had...

September 2008 "The cool turquoise waters of the infinity pool danced and sparkled in the sunlight — a rather incongruous sight considering I had...

April 2008 Julia Loxton and her sister Diana Fisher enjoyed one of our personalised riding itineraries in India, joining a small group. This trip...

Intrepid traveller and loyal client Ian Stubbs returned to Bhutan in the Spring of 2008 on a very personal journey.  Here he gives a moving account...

September 2007 "More than one hundred saffron-robed monks, strolling serenely down the road in the early dawn silently taking alms from the local...

April 2007 " As we drove up into the rolling green hills of the Sierras Chicas, the sandy track, flanked by pampas grass, dipped and rose, crossing...

Here we highlight just one day of Peter's journey in this excerpt from his diary. 25 February 2004. "We left the hotel at 7.30am for Petra. The...