Trip Reports
TRIP REPORT: HACIENDAN HEAVEN
Haciendan Heaven – Fiona heads to Andalucia “I feel as if I have fallen out of the sky and landed in the Garden of Eden”...
Jamtara – INDIAN WILDERNESS AT ITS BEST – Fiona visits
I’m sitting on the decking outside my enormous canvas safari tent – which nestles among nine others overlooking a winding...
The Warm Heart of Georgia – Fiona’s visit October 2023
I sensed my trip was going to go well when the smiling immigration officer at Tbilisi Airport welcomed me to Georgia and...
Client Report – ROBERT CURRIE IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN September 2023
The raw white fish glared at me so balefully from the plate that I wondered which of us would manage to eat the other....
My Maldives – Fiona’s Trip Report
“Mum, it’s insane!” So exclaimed my 18 year old as our small boat chugs up to the jetty – turquoise waters, swaying palms...
ICEBREAKER WHICH BREAKS THE MOULD – FIONA GOES ABOARD
I’m still pinching myself. After an unforgettable three days spent crossing the channel aboard the luxurious French ice...
Rahul discovers Jordan
Nothing quite prepared for me the impact this delightful country had on me in a week, with its amazing contrasts and...
Bhutan and India – the long awaited trip!
Loyal clients, Andrew and Suzanne finally made their long awaited visit to Bhutan and the tea gardens of India, after it...
Client Report: David Carter enjoys Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan – June 2022
I will begin this in the comfort of my Turkish Airlines seat en route from Bishkek to Istanbul. First things first: a big...
Client Report: NEPAL – Return to Mustang
I’ve been blown away by this amazing trip report from Ian Stubbs who has travelled with Far Frontiers Travel six times over...
Trip Report: LADAKH, INDIA 2018 – the globetrotter returns
Rahul Brijnath – June 2018 “30 years ago I flew out of Leh on a rickety old turboprop after an exhilarating summer leading...
Trip Report: JAPAN – Buddhist Monks, Snow Monkeys and Sake with a Geisha
January 2017 “Location: Yudanaka, Honshu. I was in an enchanted forest. A magical trail thickly powdered with snow...
Trip Report: JAPAN – new ideas for 2017
JAPAN - new experiences from Fiona's fact-finding mission! Cutting edge Tokyo, 'Hell's Valley' Snow Monkeys, Gassho-Zukuri...
Trip Report: ECUADOR AND THE GALAPAGOS – Fiona is totally smitten by her latest adventure
February 2016 “My pulse is racing, my mouth is dry, I want to escape – and fast. Hardly a promising encounter, you might...
Trip Report: TURKEY – Fiona and family in Istanbul
Souks, spices, mosques and minarets December 2015 “My neck was aching – craning upwards to take in the extraordinary...
Trip Report: SOUTH AMERICA – Fiona’s travels in Bolivia
April 2009 “The patchwork of fields in various shades of yellow, green and brown, rolling hills dotted with tall thin trees...
Trip Report: Macleod Island – a tiny island paradise
March 2013 Macleod Island is a tiny island paradise some 40 miles off the coast of Myanmar’s deep south, close to the Thai...
Trip Report: MYANMAR – Fiona’s exploration of Burma
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...
Trip Report: UZBEKISTAN – Fiona steps back in time
Uzbekistan - October 2011 “Everything I have heard about the beauty of Samarkand is true – except it is more beautiful than...
Trip Report: MOROCCO – Fiona’s family adventures
Summer 2011 26 July - Fly to Marrakech “Delicious hot North African desert wind envelops us as we step off the aircraft in...
Client Report: INDIA – Impressions of India
Charles and Elizabeth Godfrey, who returned from their travels in Rajasthan in February 2011, share with us their...
Trip Report: OMAN – Fiona visits the Musandam Peninsula
"In December 2010 I made a brief visit to the fabulous Six Senses Zighy Bay Hotel. Nestling in a glorious sparkling bay on...
Client Report: CENTRAL ASIA – Mr and Mrs Aylott’s Silk Route journey
In Summer 2010 our intrepid clients Rob and Jane Aylott took the journey of a lifetime along the Silk Route, starting in...
Client Report: OMAN – Mr and Mrs George Goulding and family
November 2009 “We did enjoy Oman. Scenically stunning, with the desert, the incredibly dramatic mountains of massive...
Trip Report: SPAIN – Richard Taylor-Young’s two days in Seville
September 2009 “A dark, rather forbidding doorway opened to reveal the bright and sunny interior of the Hotel Corral de Rey...
Client Report: MONGOLIA – Gretta Robertson’s travels with Bernice Jopling
September 2009 “In my imagination, the steppes of Outer Mongolia were miles and miles of flat, scrubby land with no relief....
Trip Report: INDIA – Richard Taylor-Young’s Assam diary
January 2009 In January Richard Taylor-Young took a ten day cruise down the Brahmaputra River. Below he shares some of the...
Trip Report: SYRIA – Fiona travels to Syria
October 2008 “I have cheap and nasty." “Oh, No!” he said, smacking his forehead and actually blushing. I mean “cheap and...
Trip Report: CHILE – Fiona’s Journey through Chile
September 2008 "The cool turquoise waters of the infinity pool danced and sparkled in the sunlight — a rather incongruous...
Trip Report: SOUTH AMERICA – Fiona’s journey through Chile
September 2008 "The cool turquoise waters of the infinity pool danced and sparkled in the sunlight — a rather incongruous...
Client Report: INDIA – Julia Loxton and Diana Fisher ride in Rajasthan
April 2008 Julia Loxton and her sister Diana Fisher enjoyed one of our personalised riding itineraries in India, joining a...
Client Report: BHUTAN – Ian Stubbs makes a memorable return
Intrepid traveller and loyal client Ian Stubbs returned to Bhutan in the Spring of 2008 on a very personal journey. Here...
Trip Report: INDOCHINA – Fiona in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia
September 2007 "More than one hundred saffron-robed monks, strolling serenely down the road in the early dawn silently...
Trip Report: SOUTH AMERICA – Fiona explores Argentina
April 2007 " As we drove up into the rolling green hills of the Sierras Chicas, the sandy track, flanked by pampas grass,...
Client Report: JORDAN – Peter Wrangham’s ten days in the Ancient Kingdom
Here we highlight just one day of Peter's journey in this excerpt from his diary. 25 February 2004. "We left the hotel at...