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Far Frontiers Travel specialises in tailor-making bespoke travel to Central Asia, China and Mongolia, the Far East, Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas, Indochina, Myanmar, Middle East, North Africa and Europe, Russia and South America.
Arcturus news
January 2019 newsletter
Happy New Year! We’ve created some exciting new itineraries for 2019 - including Turkey, Jordan, Russia, Brazil and China. Not only do I want to showcase the best these destinations have to offer, but I’m always looking to give you excellent ‘behind the scenes’ insights too. We’ve new ships, voyages, accommodation and activities aplenty to tempt you away this year and next, so do have a read and I will be only too happy to chat through ideas. Best wishes to...
Dispatches e-news and offers for November 2018
Want to join a BBC film crew on a voyage to study whales in the Antarctic ? Or see the Northern Lights in Iceland this winter? Plus also exciting new ideas for Oman, Chile, China, Cambodia, India and Australia - it's all in our latest Dispatches enews ! Click here to view it now.
September 2018 newsletter
We’ve put together our September newsletter with this coming Christmas and the New Year in mind – lots of ideas for holidays you can book now including India, Ladakh, the Antarctic, Sri Lanka, Japan and New Zealand. We’ve also got some great new suggestions for Myanmar, Vietnam, the Galapagos and the Cape Verde Islands for next year and beyond, as well as late offers, tips for polar voyages, insightful client comments and a trip report by my husband Rahul who revisited...
Dispatches e-news and offers - August 2018 issue
News, ideas and offers for the coming months - including great deals on stunning properties in Sri Lanka, a scientific voyage to look at the feeding habits of baleen whales in the Antarctic in March 2019, a fantastic new cruise on the lower Ganges and Hooghly rivers, a great offer on Ortelius ' voyage this October to the Falklands - and much much more.....Read it all here
New Arcturus brochure 2019-2020
Our new Arcturus brochure is hot off the press and we’ve some thrilling new adventures on land, sea and ice for 2019-20! There’s a wide variety of land-based trips for 2019 in Arctic Norway, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Arctic Russia. For our polar voyages, we’ve simplified the options for summer 2019 Arctic and winter 2019/2020 Antarctic exploration, selecting small ships which, in our opinion, run the best voyages in the different regions....
Dispatches e-news and offers - May 2018 issue
Lots of interestingly different ideas to tempt you to start planning your next trip! How about a totally unique exploration of India by luxury truck? We've an array of new voyages and activities to build into your holiday, some excellent suggestions for Burma, Thailand, Nepal and Argentina and special offers on voyages - so do take a look !
Fiona's latest recce trip - Cape Verdes to the Canaries
April 2018 I'm just back from am amazing ‘ Seminar at Sea ’ sailing from the Cape Verde Islands to the Canaries on board Russian polar expedition ship Sea Spirit. I learned so much with their fantastic on-board lectures about their trips to Antarctica, the Arctic and North Pole for 2018/19 and beyond. Look out for more on my trip in due course and of course do email me if you're planning a trip soon!
April 2018 newsletter
Spring has sprung and we’re celebrating with a bumper issue full of new trips, hotels, ships and voyages. There’s a two page report on my recent trip to Oman – where I was really impressed by some of the astonishing new hotels which have appeared on the landscape since my last visit. You’ll also find details of an amazing river trip from China to Laos as well as voyages around Newfoundland, to Spitsbergen or East Greenland, the Galapagos islands or Patagonia and even...
Beat the winter blues and scope that holiday - March 2018 e-news
See the wild horses of Delft Island in Sri Lanka ; take a trip on the world's longest cable car at La Paz, Bolivia ; voyage right around Newfoundland and hike in its spectacular scenery; be tempted by the lure of the Gobi Desert and the Altai Mountains of Mongolia or combine your river cruise of the Ganges with a tip to Ladakh. All this and some great offers in our March Dispatches e-news , published today!
Shaping up for a historic Antarctic challenge
Arcturus is sponsoring an attempt to make history later this year – with the first ever solo unsupported and unassisted crossing of Antarctica by former Royal Marine Commando Barry (Baz) Gray. In what is the greatest land-based challenge left in the world today, Baz will set off from the UK on 15 October 2018, with the aim of crossing the Antarctic Continent from coast to coast – a distance of 1800 miles - in a target time of 100 days. He will start at McMurdo Sound in the Ross...
January 2018 newsletter
Our January 2018 newsletter is a feast for the eyes! We’re featuring Sri Lanka, where I took an extensive tour last September – I can really recommend it as a place that both inspires and relaxes, and there are some gorgeous places to stay. You’ll also find information on Georgia, the former Soviet republic – still very unvisited, so now’s the time to get ahead of the game! On the polar front we’re introducing you to some stunning new ships and...
Circumnavigate Canada by ship, air and rail - Summer 2018
Starting and ending in Nova Scotia, this adventure on Akademik Ioffe will be truly a once in a lifetime voyage – an entire circumnavigation of Canada in a single expedition! Setting off from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, the voyage element joins together the ship’s other summer itineraries including Labrador & Torngat Mountains, Baffin Island and Lancaster Sound, exploration of the High Arctic , Pathways to Franklin , and the iconic Northwest Passage. Disembarking from the...
New, different and not to be missed! Dispatches e-news November 2017
Our latest Dispatches e-news gives you a sneak preview of some of the amazing accommodation I uncovered in Sri Lanka on my recent recce trip. More in the New Year in our printed newsletter. We've also got some new treats in Peru, India, Bhutan, Myanmar and Argentina that I've been bursting to tell you about. Plus some interesting things going on in June 2018 to mark Captain Scott's 150th birthday. And client Peter Wright's recent Northern Sea Route trip report is an absolute must read if...
Must-see exhibition of new Arctic paintings this September
Self-taught artist David Bellamy lives in Wales, but travels widely in search of subjects. He has always been inspired by mountains, and this exhibition celebrates his love of the Arctic in ‘all its moods.’ He has written 18 books on the subject of watercolour painting, the latest: ‘Arctic Light: An Artist’s Journey in a Frozen Wilderness’ is published by Search Press. Mountaineers Sir Chris Bonington and Doug Scott, Sir David Attenborough and travel writer...
See our latest e-news for great new treats in South America!
Our latest Dispatches e-news is packed full of exciting new activities in South America to create a dramatic opener or a thrilling finale to your voyage of a lifetime! How about watching jaguars in the wild in Brazil, glacier hiking in Peru or a decidedly different beach holiday in Uruguay ?
We’ve just published our 2018-2019 brochure for Arcturus
We’ve just published the 2018-19 Arcturus brochure which gives a foretaste of the excitement we have in store over the months to come. Inside there are exciting new land-based trips for Spitsbergen and Iceland in 2018 as well as new Arctic and Antarctic voyages for 2018-19. You’ll also still find winter 2017-18 Antarctic voyages as there are some excellent late booking opportunities. Everything in the brochure and more is on the Arcturus website, with fuller itinerary...
April 2017 newsletter
Our April 2017 newsletter is all about itineraries, when to go and what to see and experience – such as colourful traditional festivals that will really enrich your holiday memories! Fiona reports on her January visit to Japan where she was wowed by Mount Fuji National Park and entranced by the snow monkeys in Yudanaka, enjoyed sake with a Geisha in Kyoto, was moved by Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, experienced the world of Japanese Buddhist monks in Koyasan, and much more...
January 2017 newsletter
Go beyond the obvious sights in Australia, take one of our cruises through the fjords of Southern Patagonia, encounter Berbers from your exotic Sahara Desert sand camp or explore one of India’s many national wildlife parks – there are over 100 to choose from! Meet the extraordinary sea gypsies in Burma’s Mergui Archipelago, stay in an out-of-this-world hotel in Sri Lanka or experience the Silk Road mysteries of Central Asia. We’ve also some amazing last minute...
Fiona reports on a fascinating Shackleton event in Ireland
I’m recently back from the 16 th Shackleton Autumn School held in Athy, County Kildare, Ireland, birthplace of the great Sir Ernest Shackleton. The Shackleton Museum, where the event is held, is the only permanent museum dedicated to Shackleton in the world, and it’s well worth a visit. We had some very interesting lectures on numerous polar-related topics as well as news of forthcoming books. One which intrigued me particularly is When Your Life Depends on It, co-authored by...
Ross Sea to become the world's largest protected marine park
In an agreement signed by 24 countries and the EU on Friday 28 October 2016, the Ross Sea in Antarctica will become the world’s largest protected marine park. Fishing (including krill and whales) will be banned in a protected zone of the size of France and Spain combined. Scientists have estimated that the Southern Ocean produces approximately three quarters of the nutrients that sustain life in the rest of the world’s oceans. Although this agreement does not apply to the...
