Why Pick Wild Recces?
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- Smaller group sizes
- More flexible itinerary
Wild Recces
Whilst continuing to focus on our tried and trusted destinations, we are always on the lookout for exciting new adventure travel locations and itineraries to add to our portfolio; and we want you to be our guinea pigs!
Whether through our guides interests, our own information or your requests, we like to offer the most novel and original adventure tours, which means constantly developing new ideas. Every year we are delighted to offer our intrepid clients the chance to accompany us on our recce trips as they are invaluable in helping design and refine itineraries for future trips.
“Blazing the trail across the High Pamirs, the epicentre of the epic Great Game, was a truly amazing experience. What could be more exciting than investigating the lost routes of some of the world's most daring explorers and spies!” Duncan Grossart
Tours & Dates
Starting in June 2012
Wild Walk In Albania (Recce Tour)
9 days starting on Sat 9 Jun 2012‘Land of Albania! Let me bend mine eyes on thee, thou rugged nurse of savage men’.So wrote Lord Byron in his famous poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, where he chronicled the...
Borneo Adventure (New Tour)
13 days starting on Sun 17 Jun 2012Take a walk on the wild side, on this ‘Wild Culture’ journey into the heart of Borneo's spectacular natural landscapes. From the charming waterfront of Kuching, to the slopes of Mount...
Starting in July 2012
India: Trek to Little Tibet (Recce Tour)
14 days starting on Sun 15 Jul 2012At the top of the world lies a land still steeped in the mystery and adventure of the Silk Road. Here, before the impenetrable slopes of the Indian Himalayas, Buddhist teaching and commercial trade...
Starting in September 2012
Montenegro: Wild & Active (Recce Tour)
9 days starting on Sat 1 Sep 2012Montenegro has recently emerged from the shadow of its turbulent past to become one of Central Europe’s most beguiling destinations. Sandwiched between craggy granite peaks and the blue waters...
Starting in October 2012
Colombia Explorer (New Tour)
22 days starting on Sat 20 Oct 2012Vibrant Colombia is a land of contrasts and legends, an entire continent encompassed by one country. After being off the travel map for some time, Colombia is gradually moving back into the spotlight...
Kenyan Horse Safari (Recce Tour) with Jonny Bealby
8 days starting on Sat 13 Oct 2012This exciting new trip takes place predominantly around the Laikipia Plateau, one of East Africa’s undiscovered natural treasures. Second only...
Heart Of India In Style
17 days starting on Fri 19 Oct 2012Often overlooked by in favour of the more tourist-friendly regions to the north and south, for the committed Indiaphile, the centre of the country offers a magical mix of experiences, well off the...
Starting in November 2012
Myanmar (Burma): Elephant Bill River Expedition
15 days starting on Sun 18 Nov 2012An enigmatic land of golden pagodas and mist-shrouded jungle, Myanmar was once described by Rudyard Kipling as a place ‘quite unlike any...you...
Jordan: Ride Wadi Rum with Richard Dunwoody
10 days starting on Fri 16 Nov 2012Jordan - With a history that stretches back to the pages of the Old Testament and a desert landscape that is amongst the most spectacular anywhere in...
Nagaland Festival Tour (Recce Tour)
18 days starting on Sat 17 Nov 2012Unlike much of India, most of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Nagaland have remained off the busy trail of mainstream tourism. For years, access to the area was restricted for political and security...
Indian Tribal Odyssey (Recce Tour)
15 days starting on Sat 3 Nov 2012Few visitors get to see the real India; to truly experience the daily beauty of the rural landscape away from the crowded urban centres that lie along the main tourist trail. At Wild Frontiers we...
Real Exotic Marigold Hotel (New Tour)
11 days starting on Thu 8 Nov 2012Few things inspire travel like a good movie and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is no exception. Drawing on themes and locations from this famous British movie, we have put together a new trip to...
Starting in December 2012
Argentina Gaucho Christmas with Jonny Bealby
11 days starting on Sun 23 Dec 2012Following a tip off, in November 2010 Wild Frontiers head honcho, Jonny Bealby, headed up to the Corrientes Wetlands region of Northern Argentina to...
Starting in January 2013
South India Odyssey
17 days starting on Fri 25 Jan 2013This incredible journey takes us from the shores of the Bay of Bengal to the beaches of the Arabian Sea, on a fascinating odyssey of discovery across the beautiful landscapes of South India....
South India Action Adventure (New Tour)
15 days starting on Sun 20 Jan 2013A multi-activity adventure that takes us through some of the most captivating landscapes in South India. This exhilarating journey travels from the palaces of Mysore to the azure waters of the...
Starting in February 2013
Hidden Charms of Bangladesh (Recce Tour)
16 days starting on Sat 9 Feb 2013Tucked away in a forgotten corner of the subcontinent, Bangladesh has spent the years since independence far removed from the tourist trail. Perhaps overshadowed by the ornate monumental splendour of...
Cambodia Explorer
15 days starting on Sun 17 Feb 2013While Cambodia may be most famous for the Angkor Temples at Siem Reap, there is heaps more to explore in this endlessly fascinating country. This new and comprehensive tour starts in Phnom Penh,...
Ethiopia: Wild Walk through the Lalibela Highlands (Recce Tour)
8 days starting on Sat 16 Feb 2013This new trip lets us explore a stunning part of the Ethiopian Highlands that is rarely visited, yet amazingly within easy walking distance of one of...
Starting in March 2013
Jordan: Lost City Of Arabia (New Tour)
9 days starting on Sat 16 Mar 2013The fabled lost city of Petra needs no introduction… hidden away in the the heart of the Jordanian desert for centuries, Petra obtained a mythical status with much speculation as to whether it...
Cuba Horse Trek with Jonny Bealby (Recce Tour)
12 days starting on Wed 20 Mar 2013A beautiful tableau of limestone mogotes, underground caverns and fertile farmland, Cuba’s Pinar del Río Province enjoys a well earned...
Starting in April 2013
Wild Walk In Palestine (Recce Tour)
9 days starting on Sat 13 Apr 2013The rich landscapes of this much disputed land are riddled with long distance footpaths that provide a fascinating insight into a region that has lain at the crossroads of world history for over...
Starting in May 2013
Gorillas in Africa's Midst (Recce Tour)
16 days starting on Sat 25 May 2013Central Africa has long held a fascination for the intrepid and the curious. Here, amongst the impenetrable landscapes of Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’, history and mountains lie...
Private Journeys
Tour Leaders
Jonny Bealby
Growing up in England, Scotland and Canada, Jonny developed a passion for travel and upon finishing college journeyed extensively in Australasia and the Far... Read More
Bhopal Singh
Bhopal graduated in 1995. He did his diploma in hotel management at the Indian Tourism College, Udaipur and completed his travel industry training at the... Read More
Simon Watson
Simon was born and raised the hard way in the remote wilderness of the Oxfordshire Chilterns where the seeds of a passion for adventure travel were first... Read More
Johnny Paterson
Employed for eleven years by Encounter Overland in Asia, Africa and South America, Johnny's experience of leading and managing treks, safaris and expedition... Read More
Jai Prakash (JP) Sharma
'JP is a born tour leader, perfectly poised between efficiency and mischief.' The Observer.
Born in a tiny village in southern Rajasthan, JP Sharma... Read More
Unni Krishnan
Unni started his career in tourism in 1998 at Lucknow with Travel Bureau where he acted first as a tourguide and then from 2002 as a tour escort and... Read More
Louise Worsley
Louise has always had a passion for travelling and has been lucky enough to indulge this throughout her career.
Highlights include trekking to... Read More
Holly Hunt
At three years old on the West Coast of Ireland Holly decided she wanted to live with lions in Africa.
By 27 she had held addresses on the foothills... Read More
Prodhi Sing
Pradhuman, or Prodi as he is known, hales from Bhawrani, a small village in western Rajasthan. Being born into a noble family he was crowned at the age of... Read More
Dhala Campbell
Named after a Yemeni fort and pass, Dhala was brought up in Scotland and spent her childhood mucking about on horses.
The travel bug started when... Read More
Marc Leaderman
Narrowly escaping the "lawyer, doctor or accountant" stereotype career that is the fate of many London sons, Marc taught English in Romania & Japan... Read More
Sara Harris
Sara’s family were involved in Scouting so in her youth she was regularly dragged off hiking and camping, which instilled a love of the outdoors from... Read More
Kat Hart
Travel is the only thing Kat ever wanted to do. As soon as she was physically able she ran away to India, where she continued her martial arts studies, fell... Read More
Carol Turner
Carol worked with the explorer John Blashford-Snell as his PA and expedition coordinator, concentrating her work on the wild elephants of North India and... Read More
Peter O'Sullivan
Peter first visited Cambodia in 1993 and spent 2 months travelling from Phnom Penh to Angkor Wat with a film crew recording the lives of the water-dwellers.... Read More
Maria Abud
Maria Abud was born and educated in Buenos Aires spending holidays and weekends at the family estancia.
Starting to ride as early as she could walk,... Read More
Russ Coleman
After studying law at university Russell made the decision to do a little traveling... 11 years later and his passion for travel and new adventures is as... Read More
Juan Diego
Juan is Colombian born and bred and has a passion for his country pursing through his veins, and like all Colombians is bursting with enthusiasm to show the... Read More
Dominico Mocchi
Dom has been running horse treks in Asia for more than ten years. A great friend of Jonny's, with the same enthusiasm and love for the countries in which he... Read More
Max Wood
Max was born in Yorkshire and brought up in Lancashire. After studying at university in Coventry he realised that there was much more in this world to... Read More
Richard Dunwoody
Richard Dunwoody was 12 when he started riding racehorses and rode in his first race as an amateur in 1982. He turned professional two years later and won... Read More
Mette Steen
Our most experienced Ethiopia, Yemen and Wakhan guide, Mette has spent the past 18 years traversing the African continent with side trips to Middle East and... Read More
Dave Watts
After graduating from Edinburgh with a masters degree in geography, Dave was keen to visit the places that he had been studying and took a job in his native... Read More
Tom Skipwith
As a baby being taken around India on the back of a motorbike by his travel-crazed parents, the adventure bug was firmly embedded and a nomadic soul was... Read More
Mark Steadman
Mark's adventurous parents had swapped the crowded streets of South London for the sandy beaches of South Australia, before his fifth birthday.
By... Read More
Cathy Berard
Catherine Bèrard was born in Buenos Aires in 1960 from a French family. Her relationship with horses started at the age of eight, when she... Read More
Cathy Berard
Catherine Bèrard was born in Buenos Aires in 1960 from a French family. Her relationship with horses started at the age of eight, when she... Read More
