Our People
  • Our Team

    Steppes Travel is made by the people who work here. Incredible holidays are made possible because of their vast travel experience and the great enthusiasm they bring to their work.

  • Our Tour Experts

    We carefully select our experts based on their knowledge, companionship and influence, ensuring that you can travel with the most knowledgeable leaders in the field.

  • Heroes and Heroines

    The people who lead the way when it comes to those things which matter to us: exploration, the environment, women’s empowerment and education.

Dunes, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Jonathan Stacey

My Expertise

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Jonathan Stacey is an ecologist who has been working in the fields of biodiversity conservation and ecotourism for over 30 years, with wide-ranging experience in Asia, Africa, Latin and North America, Australasia and Europe.

In recent years he has worked extensively across Mongolia, with local communities, in environmental conservation, ecological restoration and wildlife management.

In ecotourism, he has both guided itineraries in many different countries but also helped local communities develop their ecotourism livelihoods.

He is a passionate raptor biologist, studying eagles worldwide, and in particular golden eagles, for which Mongolia is renowned.

He is currently a member of the Altai Research and Conservation Institute which is developing community-based sustainable livelihoods based on the outstanding biodiversity of the Altai mountains and deserts of western and southern Mongolia.

His current home-base is in North Wales, but he is a true nomad, and calls many places in southern Africa, North America and Asia home!

Explore similar expert-led group tours

With an average group size of just eight to ten people, our group tour itineraries enable you to travel to some of the most intriguing regions of the world in the company of experts guides in the field and, of course, with likeminded people.

Why Choose Steppes?

Our knowledge and expertise set us apart. So too our curiosity. It is this that drives us to create a journey that is really bespoke to you, all the while ensuring we travel and operate sustainably.

Are you ready to discover extraordinary once again?


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