How we make a difference in Afghanistan

We work with independent Afghan nationals who provide our vehicles and guides.  Many of our guides and drivers were forced to live in Pakistan and Iran during the Taliban era but now they have returned and we work closely alongside them having become close friends. We visit them in their village on the Shomali plain and (for our smaller groups) we stay in their family run guesthouse in Kabul.    

In Ajar we stay with the Shikari – the former King’s hunting guide who remained in the Valley throughout the troubles, and when in the Panjshir we visit Astana and stay in Ahmed Shah Masoud’s guesthouse.  The Jamshadi family are ethnically Tajik, from the Shomali plain.

By incorporating home-stays, locally owned hotels, restaurants and the services of guides into our itineraries, we ensure that money goes directly into the local economy and local communities benefit from tourism.   

With more than 830 square kilometres of land left to clear in Afghanistan, landmines and UXO cause between 40 and 100 casualties every week.  All landmine casualties place additional strain on the already overburdened health care system that has been damaged or destroyed by decades of conflict.  WILD FRONTIERS supports the Adopt-A-Minefield project, an NGO that saves and improves lives by raising funds to clear landmines and help landmine survivors in Afghanistan, and around the world. For further details please visit www.landmines.org.uk

When you take one of our trips, we make a contribution to “Climate Care”  – an organisation devoted to ‘offsetting’ or ‘neutralising’ harmful greenhouse gas emissions caused by your flight. This is done by funding projects across the world that will reduce greenhouse gases on your behalf through sustainable energy or rainforest restoration.   

We also support emergency relief efforts in the areas we travel to, such as the Pakistan Earthquake Fund set up in 2005 and a variety of other community benefiting NGOs around the world.