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UNIQUE SUV EXPEDITIONS FROM THE SAHARA TO THE HIMALAYAS

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TURKEY - INDIA OVERLAND!

BALKANS TURKEY IRAN PAKISTAN INDIA

One of the most fascinating overland journeys of the third millennium. Exclusive journey for exclusive people!


You can also fly to Istanbul or Eastern Turkey or Tehran or Kerman/Yazd and join our SUV-convoy. Departure from Delhi, India also possible. Up to 4 SUV’s in our convoy to India!

Arrival in Istanbul. Then Central Turkey, Kapadokya, volcanoes, dirt roads in the central Turkish countryside, incl. Nemrut Dagi with its staues. After sunrise/sunset meditation we hit Turkish Kurdistan in style, have tea on the biblical Tigris, see some of the many Armenian churches in the region, and enter Iran at Sero. In Turkey we stay in cool little traditional hotels, in Iran in cool modern ones, there are no traditional hotels there - the only exception is Yazd!


Nobody else will take you villages we are going to show you.... A little bragging doesnt hurt, does it? And of course we cannot afford to overlook Esfahan - half the world as they say here. Kalyans, carpets, squares, bridges, and the myth of ancient Persia. Then offroad  via Dasht-e-Kavir to Yazda, and Yazd-Shahdad-Kerman - off-road desert fairy tale to qaluts - biblical rock formations in Dasht-e-Lut. Then Kerman-Bam. We feast on the world’s best dates and trek through its plantations. Baluchistan in the end: Iranian and Pakistani.


In the capital we have our SUV’s serviced, have tea in a 5-star institution in Quetta, see some sufi mausoleums in the lowland, incl. Uch Sharif of course. Along the Indus we sail to Pakistan’s cultural capital Lahore, have dinner 200m above the city and enjoy mystical qawwali in a sufi shrine not far from the city.


Border closing ceremony on the India-Paki border. Funny! Then it’s half an hour to Amritsar with its Hari Mandir - the Golden Temple: magic! After weeks of the Ocean of Islam you can finally have your beer if you wish. We’ll be staying in a very pleasant guesthouse in Amritsar - with a swimming pool, perfect English lawn and much more... Then the Indian Subhimalaya in Himachal Pradesh: stunning vistas, forgotten villages, peaceful temples where pujas continue to happen like it were 1456 and not 2010.





5 weeks (3 days Balkans, 6 days Turkey, 9 days Iran, 6 days Pakistan, 11 days India: from 2900€


Price includes:

  1. -local food/drinks

  2. -accommodation in cozy little family-owned hotels, guesthouses - sometimes these can be exclusive establishments! Sometimes not!

  3. -ground transport in sturdy, comfortable, air-conditioned Japan made SUV’s

  4. -organization & logistics


Price is based on 4 passengers per vehicle + guide/driver. There are however numerous options in terms of accommodation, single/double occupancy, food, etc. - we need to hear from you to finalize the price.