Steppes Travel

In the spring of 1989, sitting on a rough bench in the foothills of the Altai mountains in southern Russia, listening to folk songs playing on a guitar, I sat looking at some of the most beautiful mountain scenery I had seen anywhere in the world, hundreds of miles from civilisation. It was at that moment I realised that there were people out there, like me, who would also like to visit these remote areas of the world.

People who had neither the time, nor knowledge, to organise it themselves. People who appreciated their comforts, but who would nevertheless forsake all, to visit some remote hut in the mountains without a decent bathroom because it was worth it, because it was an adventure. People who shunned group travel and who wanted to explore the world and return home enriched and with a feeling of having escaped their norm, if only for a while.

We now have 38 people in the office, many of whom have been with the company over 10 years, giving us what, we believe, is the most knowledgeable team of specialist travel experts in the UK. Furthermore, they travel every year to the region they specialise in, which ensures they are fully up to date with new hotels, lodges and ideas. Within the travel industry several of our staff are recognised as the defining experts in their field.

But we want to deliver more than just a holiday. We want to enable you to meet and interact with the local population, understand their culture and return home enlightened. This requires us to be more than just a sales team. We need to have read the history books, travelled extensively through the area and empathised with the culture so that the itinerary we prepare for you fulfils those objectives.