Find out how to plan your own drive around the world, exploratory travel into the unknown to the many trip styles organised overland journeys has to offer.
Dragoman is the world's most established and highly regarded overland company. They operate trips across Africa, Asia, and South America ranging from 2 weeks to 35 weeks in duration. Their ethos has always been the same since their conception 28 years ago: to get further off the beaten track to experience a destination at a grass routes level. So whether you want a quick fix of adventure or have months to travel across a whole continent Drago should have a trip to inspire you.
Saturday 30 January 2010
Time : 11:00 till 11:45
Where : Theatre 5
Things I wish I knew - before I went travelling! By Duncan Milligan, Tour De Force
How do you stop from getting into situations that are not quite what you were expecting? What sort of mindset allows the best travel experiences? How can you avoid normal pitfalls of travelling through the developing world? Join Duncan and learn from a man who has made them all and survived to tell the tale.
Saturday 30 January 2010
Time : 12:00 till 12:45
Where : Theatre 5
Overland from Beijing to Cape Town. By Charlie Hopkins, Dragoman
For anyone who wants to experience the thrill of getting of the tourist trail, overlanding is the perfect answer. Charlie will cover what life is like on the road and some of the must see highlights on the world's longest and most exciting overland routes. From the history of the Silk Route to the wildlife and tribes of Africa
Saturday 30 January 2010
Time : 13:00 till 13:45
Where : Theatre 5
Afghanistan, Central Asia & Iraq. By Geoff Hann
Afghanistan is slowly returning to the travellers trail despite the security situation. Under Geoff Hann, Hinterland Travel is operating a unique tour through the central mountains of Afghanistan travelling from Kabul to Bamiyan and then via Minaret of Djam to Herat and North to Mazar Shariff.
Saturday 30 January 2010
Time : 14:00 till 14:45
Where : Theatre 5
Sahara Overland. Chris Scott, Trailblazer Guides
Just returned from a camel trek to the Amguid Crater in Algeria, Sahara Overland and Morocco Overland author Chris Scott has travelled in the desert for nearly 30 years and advised many expeditions including Michael Palin, the BBC and SkyCar. Here he offers suggestions and advice on how to explore the world's greatest desert aided by two wheels, four wheels or four legs and a hump.
Saturday 30 January 2010
Time : 15:00 till 15:45
Where : Theatre 5
The Long Haul. By Alex Hibbert
After 7.5 Million ski steps, 195kg sledges and temperatures in the -30's Alex and his team-mate, George Bullard, "wrote a piece of expedition history". Enduring the hostile and dark Arctic Spring, they skied further than any previous polar expedition without support of any kind. Their journey took nearly four months and the team had to overcome tent fires, crevasse fields and ten days on emergency rations.
Saturday 30 January 2010
Time : 16:00 till 16:45
Where : Theatre 5
Cycling in the Himalaya. By Chris Scott, Traliblazer Guides
First time adventure cycle tourer Chris Scott rides from China across the Karakoram to the Hindu Kush in Pakistan, and a year later as winter closes in, takes a late-season ride through Ladakh to Spiti over some of the highest passes in the world and the dreaded Kibber Span.
Sunday 31 January 2010
Time : 11:00 till 11:45
Where : Theatre 5
Where others fear to tread; travelling againts FCO advice. By Jonny Bealby, Wild Frontiers
Jonny Bealby freely admits that when he set up Wild Frontiers, he didn't even know there was such a thing as FCO advice. Join Jonny on a journey that will take you beneath the headlines to show you what life on the streets is really like - for a unique experience in travelling to some of the world's more extreme environments. This talk will be on the evocative regions of Yemen, Pakistan, Kashmir and Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.
Sunday 31 January 2010
Time : 12:00 till 12:45
Where : Theatre 5
Overland from Beijing to Cape Town. By Charlie Hopkins, Dragoman
For anyone who wants to experience the thrill of getting of the tourist trail, overlanding is the perfect answer. Charlie will cover what life is like on the road and some of the must see highlights on the world's longest and most exciting overland routes. From the history of the Silk Route to the wildlife and tribes of Africa
Sunday 31 January 2010
Time : 13:00 till 13:45
Where : Theatre 5
Kilimanjaro - a practical guide to climbing Africa's highest mountain. By Henry Steadman, Trailblazer Guides
Since writing his first edition of his 2001 guide, Henry Steadman has climbed the mountain by all major routes. Set in the heart of the East African plains, Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain and one of the most beautiful. It is also accessible and anybody with enough willpower and a half-decent pair of calf muscles can make it to the top.
Sunday 31 January 2010
Time : 14:00 till 14:45
Where : Theatre 5
Exploratory Travel - venturing into the unknown. Jonny Bealby, Wild Frontiers
With a passion for the unknown and a desire to always see what is over the next hill, Jonny Bealby will talk about the pleasures of charting the unknown and how his company came to set up "Reconnaissance Trips" to some of the least touristed parts of the world.
Sunday 31 January 2010
Time : 15:00 till 15:45
Where : Theatre 5
London to Sydney Overland. By Peter Moore
The overland trail from the UK to Australia is one of the world's greatest journeys. Heading east through Europe, Turkey, Iran and the sub continent and then down through south-east Asia, it offers fabled lands, hidden cultures, and challenges on a daily basis. First blazed by the Hippies in the 60's - the trail has never been easy. Peter Moore did the trip for his book The Wrong Way Home and can offer you hard-won advice on how to make it happen. Whether you want to do the whole trip - or just parts of it - this talk is for anyone who has found themselves fourteen hours into a twenty-four hour flight to Australia, staring at the map on their screen, wishing they could get off.
Sunday 31 January 2010
Time : 16:00 till 16:45
Where : Theatre 5
North Pakistan: Asia's best kept secret. By Ibraheem Mahmood, Karakorum Jeep Treks International
Discover North Pakistan, where continents collide. Here you cross the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindu Kush, the highest concentration of 8000+m peaks in the world. Explore thousands of kilometres of jeep treks and footpaths and discover people who can trace their history back to Alexander and Genghis Khan - also, this is where polo was invented.
