Awards

Wild Frontiers has been recognised as one of the leading adventure tour companies in awards including Wanderlust, Wendy Perrin, Condé Naste and The Guardian.

Recent awards 

Condé Naste Reader's Choice Award 2024
Condé Naste Reader's Choice Award 2023
Condé Naste Reader's Choice Awards 2022
Wanderlust Best Specialist Tour Operator Bronze 2022
Wanderlust Best Specialist Tour Operator Silver 2023
Wanderlust World Guide Awards - Highly Commended - Nilufar Kuchkarova
Wendy Perrin The WOW List 2023

PREVIOUS YEARS' AWARDS

2019

TOP TOUR OPERATOR - WANDERLUST READERS' AWARDS 2019

We were delighted to be voted 6th best tour operator by readers of Wanderlust. Our satisfaction rating was 90.33%, and this is our 9th successive year in the top ten.

3RD PLACE FINISH IN THE 2019 TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD'S BEST AWARDS.
We were recognised by Travel + Leisure magazine as one of the 'Top 10 Tour Operators in the World.' In 2018 we made it to number 8 and in 2019 we've politely elbowed our way up to third place! A true testament to the dedication of our teams, and to our loyal travellers.

Given that Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards are entirely reader-driven, we know that it was your votes, testimonials, travel stories, and experiences that kept us on this prestigious list. So we can't thank you enough for being such incredible advocates for Wild Frontiers.

A LIST TRAVEL ADVISORS: TRAVEL & LEISURE 2019

Wild Frontiers CEO Jonny Bealby, US Director Andrea Ross and Head of Sales April Cole all feature on Travel & Leisure Magazine’s coveted 2019 A List. Each year Travel & Leisure showcases the very best agents and tour operators in the business, and Jonny, April and Andrea are included for their unsurpassed knowledge on India and South East Asia.

2018

TOP TOUR OPERATOR - WANDERLUST READERS' AWARDS 2018

We were delighted to be voted 5th best tour operator by readers of Wanderlust in these highly contested awards. Our satisfaction rating was 97.67%, and this is our 8th successive year in the top ten.

2017

TOP TOUR OPERATOR - WANDERLUST READERS' AWARDS 2017

We were delighted to be voted the UK's 6th best Tour Operator in the 2017 Wanderlust Awards, with a satisfaction rating of 97.53%. Wild Frontiers is the most consistent UK performer in the awards, having appeared in the top 10 in 8 of the last ten years.

2015

WANDERLUST WORLD GUIDE OF THE YEAR 2015: MARK STEADMAN

In 2015 Wild Frontiers Tour Leader Mark Steadman won the keenly contested Wanderlust World Guide of the Year, in a ceremony at London's Royal Geographical Society. Mark leads tours for us to Laos and Iran, and we are delighted his excellent tour leading skills were recognised with this honour.

"The judges were impressed not only by Mark’s guiding talents (his knowledge, his empathy, his sense of fun) but also his bond with the local communities he leads trips to – not least in Laos, where he has helped set up an education foundation. “He is not only a leader,” summed up one traveller, “he is a leader by example.”

BEST ESCORTED TOURS COMPANY: BRITISH TRAVEL AWARDS 2015

Wild Frontiers were delighted to be awarded the Bronze Prize for Best Escorted Tours in the prestigious 2015 British Travel Awards. The announcement was made on 25 November at a glamorous Gala Awards ceremony, held in London and attended by close to a thousand travel industry people.

2014
'50 Tours of a Lifetime': High Road to Kashmir - National Geographic Traveler

'BEST TRAVEL ADVISORS' - TRAVEL + LEISURE'S 2014 A-LIST

Wild Frontiers' Founder and Managing Director Jonny Bealby was included as an India expert on Travel + Leisure's 2014 A-List – their annual choice of the best travel advisors in the business: "This former travel journalist is a pro at pairing India’s most popular destinations – Agra, Jaipur, Delhi, and Mumbai – with less-frequented rural areas, his point of passion.

His knowledge of Central Asian – influenced Leh, in the Indus Valley, and the Nubra Valley (dotted with ruined palaces) is unparalleled. Insider clout Bealby planned a 50th birthday party in Rajasthan that included fire breathers, snake charmers, and a live band that arrived by elephant."

'50 TOURS OF A LIFETIME' - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER

Our Algerian Colours tour was named by National Geographic Traveler as one of their '50 Tours of a Lifetime' in 2015: "Venture into a country largely untouched by tourism, from the white-washed capital of Algiers – with its ancient Casbah and fanciful Ottoman architecture – to the World Heritage site of Djemila, one of the best preserved Roman sites in North Africa, to the oases and sculpted sandscapes of the Sahara."

'TOP TOUR OPERATOR' - WANDERLUST AWARDS 2014

In 2014 Wild Frontiers was delighted to be voted third best tour operator in the UK in the Wanderlust awards. We are proud to have been consistently voted one of the ‘Top 10 Tour Operators’ by Wanderlust readers.

2013

'BRONZE': DARIO GHIRLANDA - WANDERLUST WORLD GUIDE AWARDS 2013

We were delighted that one of our best tour guides, Dario Ghirlanda, was recognised by Wanderlust in their annual World Guide Awards. Coming third out of thousands of guides is testament to the excellent work Dario does leading our tours to Ethiopia and Georgia.

'TOP TRAVEL SPECIALIST' - CONDE NAST TRAVELER AWARDS 2013

Jonny was included on Conde Nast Traveler's highly prized 'Specialist of the Year' list for his knowledge of Central Asia and the Caucasus, gained from over twenty years of visiting the region.

'50 Tours of a Lifetime': Silk Road Odyssey - National Geographic Traveler

2012

'BEST ETHICAL TOUR OPERATOR' - THE GUARDIAN/OBSERVER TRAVEL AWARDS 2012

"Here is a tour operator offering some of the most fascinating, unusual and carefully executed adventures on the planet, and one which cares deeply about the impact its tours have on the regions and people they encounter.

Founded in 2002, the operator quickly amassed a team of like-minded travel obsessives and employed truly special local guides, with the primary aim of enabling passionate travellers to visit the most spectacular but difficult-to-reach corners of the world, in comfort and safety."

Highly Commended: 'Top Tour Operator' - Wanderlust Travel Awards
Highly Commended: 'Top Travel Website' - Wanderlust Travel Awards
'50 Tours of a Lifetime': Colombia Explorer - National Geographic Traveler

2011

Highly Commended: 'Top Tour Operator' - Wanderlust Travel Awards
Silver Award: 'Top Travel Website' - Wanderlust Travel Awards
'50 Tours of a Lifetime': Pakistan: Hindu Kush Adventure - National Geographic Traveler

2010

Top 10: "Do It All" Adventure Company Worldwide - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Gold Award: 'Top Travel Website' - Wanderlust Travel Awards
Highly Commended: 'Top Tour Operator' - Wanderlust Travel Awards