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The Natural Adventure Company

Co-founded by Peter Duncan, former UK Chief Scout and BBC Blue Peter man, we have become the leading UK experts for self guided walking holidays and walking tours in the heart of the spectacular nature of the Balkans, Central, Eastern and Southern Europe.

Starting in 2011 by developing several walking itineraries in the Balkans, now we offer 80+ self guided walking holidays in 20 countries in our core region and beyond.

Explore unspoilt natural beauty, experience traditional regional cuisine and relax in comfortable hand-picked hotels – all this at an unbeatable value.

Testimonials

We had a lovely trip to Montenegro, definitely one of the best holidays I’ve done for a long time- perfect mixture of walking, amazing scenery and chances to relax! We were all very impressed and will definitely recommend your holidays to active friends!

Katrin Harding

We were very impressed with the Natural Adventure Company. They organised a wonderful holiday for us in Bulgaria. The walking routes were interesting and varied and the hotels we stayed in were all very good quality providing excellent food and wine.

Fiona Lobley

The Rhodopes tour allowed us not only to admire the beauty and escape of the Bulgarian countryside but to enjoy a completely different culture with the locals. We were presented with steaming piles of doughnuts for breakfast and indulged in the hotels’ spas at the end of our treks. The tour was organised with military […]

Gabrielle Phillips

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Peter Duncan

TV adventurer, former UK Chief Scout and one time Blue Peter man.

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Why us

The Natural Adventure Company is dedicated to offering unforgettable self guided walking holidays that place our hikers in the very heart of a diverse selection of outstanding natural environments and provide the opportunity to soak up the culture and history of the regions they visit. Because we’ve got our feet firmly on the ground… Our destination and route specialists are […]

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Where we go

We have carefully hand-picked for our self guided walking holidays in Europe such locations that provide a range of exceptional natural diversity within a relatively compact geographical region. When Peter Duncan took up a friend’s invitation to make his first visit to the Balkans, he was faced with an abundance of surprises. He happily admits: […]

In the Press

Adventure Travel Magazine

Unexplored Europe: Trekking in the Albanian Alps If you’re looking for a European trekking adventure in one of the continent’s last unexplored destinations, Nick Robinson from the Natural Adventure Company... read more

The Independent

Kosovo: Harmony prevails in this corner of the Balkans. I had come primarily to trek in the mountains, and discovered that borders count for nothing when you are high up... read more

The Guardian

Remember the Duncan Dares television show back in the 1980s? Energetic former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan has launched his own travel company, specialising in self-guided walking tours of natural... read more

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