Naturetrek Traveller Reviews

I love France anyway and had spend the year 1996 in Nantes, so it's always a delight to be back there. I enjoyed seeing all the Common Cranes flying in over the Lac du Der Chantecoq and hearing the trumpeting/bugling calls of the adults and the whiffles of the younger birds. An incredible feeding frenzy of Cormorants when a fishing boat appeared, while waves of Common Cranes continued to fly overhead. Wonderfully close views of the numerous Great White Egrets, especially from the hides where they could be observed just feet away. White Storks were quite numerous, and then there were all the ducks (pochard, redhead pochard, widgeon, teal .....), waders and often good views of Kingfisher. Black Woodpecker eluded us, even though our guide tried his best and could only come up with a larger than life poster of one in a forest. We had a super & prolonged view of a Middle Spotted Woodpecker while we were having our picnic lunch in the village of Lentilles; although they were heard often throughout the trip. A Green Woodpecker was a first for me as I don't think we get them in Scotlland.

Our guide was such good fun, very relaxed, yet so knowledgeable and organised. Suspect he underestimates himself sometimes. Excellent trip leader, and he coped well when I left my binocular case at Mesnil St-Pere; contacting both the auberge and Naturetrek while keeping me updated. He went out of his way to show us things and to share the vast amount of information he has gained about the Champagne region. Nice guy; good French and a wealth of knowledge. Over the years I have always found Naturetrek to be a very professional and extremely diligent and helpful tour operator. Their pre-departure information is excellent, as well as their curiosity as to how their tours could be improved; I've found the Naturetrek people to be very open minded. Obviously, each guide has their own personality, but without exception all have been incredibly knowledgeable in their field of expertise and eagerly imparted their knowledge and enthusiasm to their clients.

A naturalist lead 6-day holiday to the the Coto Doñana and the Sierra Morena, in search of the Iberian Lynx, and well as other mammals, birds, insects, reptiles and plants

Naturetrek run wildlife holidays around the world

A wonderful week of birdwatching in Extremadura (Spain) with Naturetrek. Excellent leadership and extremely well-organised.

Naturetrek provides all information you need to have an exceptional (wildlife) holiday!

Our guide Brian Small was excellent with great knowledge of the reserve and where to find birds. Brian made sure that everyone saw the birds that were spotted and made sure that everyone was included.

A superb nature focussed travel company.

Holiday was in Extremadura Spain looking at wildlife, particularly birds.

Naturetrek organise wildlife and birding holidays all over the world. We stayed in a traditional villa in Extremadura. Guides used are excellent.

A week birdwatching in beautiful weather with wonderful scenery and lots of bird life. The rural hotels were very good with great food.

Naturetrek runs trips for small groups with very experienced guides .Everything was well organised and very enjoyable.

We signed up 6 months ago, and alas in the meantime my dodgy arthritic knee deteriorated, but nevertheless it was a great morning out. We saw plenty of birds, migrating and local, seabirds and others. I had to withdraw before the end due to my knee, but it was a great morning. Excellent world-class guide.

We organised our trip through Naturetrek - an excellent company, nothing too much trouble; they also have been doing wonderful online birdwatching throughout Lockdown. We will be doing another longer overseas trip end Jan 22 as we think they deliver experiences very professionally, yet friendly.

This was a terrific day of birdwatching in a variety of habitats with a delightful and very knowledgeable guide

Naturetrek have always been a pleasure to deal with - efficient, speedy with their responses to queries, friendly and personable. The descriptions of the tours I have done have been 100% accurate.

This was a Wildlife watching trip to northern Spain hoping to see wolves, we did, hoping to see Wildcats, we did and hoping to see Bears, we didn't! But we saw so much, in great company and with great guides

As for all tour operators the last 2 years have been difficult, but Naturetrek have worked so hard to reorganise trips, refund as needed and more than anything to keep going. To offer people the opportunity to spend time with nature, to value it and to cherish it, something that is more important than ever

A BOTANICAL TOUR OF THE PELOPONNESE INVOLVING DIFFERENT HABITATS FINDING CROCUS, COLCHICUM, CYCLAMEN AND MANY OTHER DELIGHTFUL FLORA.

NATURETREK ARE AN EXCELLENT TOUR COMPANY WITH MANY KNOWLEDGEABLE GUIDES.