Naturetrek Traveller Reviews

A super birding holiday in the Mara Atlantica temperate rainforest in Rio de Janeiro state.

This is the first time I’ve been on an organised birding holiday like this and the experience was superb from the initial booking enquiry to the end of the trip. The organisation was excellent, communication with the company was great and the experience of the guide was perfect.

The holiday was a week long birding visit to North Spain. We were a party of 7 travellers and the guide. It was well organised, we stayed in 2 different places both very pleasant and convenient for the birds we were looking for (and others). The accommodation and food was excellent and appropriate. The Guide was extremely professional, informative and keen to find places and bird life that interested us. The group size was perfect as we could travel easily and form a companionable team.

The tour operator, Naturetrek, were very helpful and informative. They sent useful information on the trip before we left as well as the travel details. The travel arrangements worked well for all of the participants. Naturetrek replied to my questions regarding the travel very quickly, clearly and with very helpful advice.

Very well organized, expert guide who made it a lot of fun as well as seeing a lot of great birds.

Used Naturetrek many times now and never had a bad experience - or any problems. My "go to" for a guaranteed, low hassle, highly rewarding birding tour.

The Naturetrek Trip to the Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge in Panama offered an exceptional opportunity to be helped by the best wildlife guides I have experienced to see over 300 species of birds interesting mammals and a real insight into tropical rainforest. Brilliant!

Organised by Naturetrek operated by the Canopy family of lodges in Panama, it did what it said on the tin.

Despite last minute rescheduling because of volcanoes on Flores Naturetrek delivered again a fantastic snorkelling holiday. The corals surrounding the Indonesian island we were able to were stunning, teaming with wildlife and we were privileged to swim with Reef Manta Rays, Whale Sharks, Hawksbill and Green Turtles - what's not to like?

Been travelling with with Naturetrek since 1988 and had 25+ excellent wildlife focussed holidays with them. Some holidays have include local culture - Cambodia, Sri Lanka for example, others more committed to the extensive wildlife in the Antarctic, Falkland Islands and South Georgia - birds, cetaceans, penguins and mammals always accompanied by excellent and very knowledgeable wildlife experts.

This was a superbly designed trip with excellent guides. I was to see some very rare birds, such as the Harpy Eagle, Ornate Hawk eagle and King vulture at close range in the rainforest. Channel billed and white throated toucan were also frequently seen as were white faced saki, squirrel, spider, brown and weeping capuchin and howler monkeys. There were great views of the rainforests at Brownsberg and Kabalebo. The night life gave me great opportunities to see four eyed opossum, sloths, frogs, snakes and some amazing beetles.

This was a trip designed by Naturetrek and myself. Naturetrek responded well to meeting my wishes and the collaboration avoided either missing out Kabalebo, or joining their standard programme. Because George of Naturetrek had been there, he knew that the standard programme at Kabalebo was unsuitable for a serious nature photographer. I was very keen to visit as I knew it was an outstanding area of rainforest. With his help, we manged to book a private guide for the bulk of my time in Kabalebo and this led to some truly exceptional wildlife sightings and great photographic opportunities. The ground agents, Unlock Nature, could not have been more helpful and their guides were not also excellent spotters, but had boundless enthusiasm.

This tour captured so much of Northern Peru in wildlife, habitat, people and culture.

This was the first trip with Naturetrek and everything was very well run. The guide had excellent knowledge of Peru in all areas, having lived there for many years.

An excellent 2 centre tour in the forests of Panama. The Canopy Tower, a former US communications structure, was magical especially seeing dawn come up from the top with a 360 degree view and hearing the forest below come alive with birds and howler monkeys. The Canopy Lodge was a very different experience set in an extinct caldera with more bird species and equally as interesting. There were so many highlights, we even visited the famous Canal.

Naturetrek is an excellent company and I really cannot fault them. Their staff are knowledgable, friendly and very prompt at answering any queries you have regarding their many and diverse tours. I feel confident that their tours are all well researched, operate smoothly and the pre tour information is accurate. The local guides they use are second to none in ensuring client satisfaction.

Our week-long trip to Kenya began with a stop at Lake Naivasha, about a 3-hour drive from Nairobi. From hippos to eagles, gazelle to pelicans, the area was brimming with wildlife, which made for a very interesting couple of days! Our 2nd stop in Kenya was Masai Mara National Park, one of Africa’s premier wildlife destinations. We came for the birds (and saw over 200 species), but came up big on critters on four legs as well. We managed to see four of the Big Five (the five most dangerous animals - lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, and rhinos) and so many other fascinating animals. Observing an extended lion family feeding on an Eland they had taken down was absolutely unforgettable. Waking up to the beautiful calls of Fish Eagles at Elsamere was a special memory, and listening to the range of hyena calls at night at Base Camp Masai Mara was truly amazing. All in all, an absolutely unforgettable adventure!

NatureTrek is our go-to provider for wildlife-packed trips. Having traveled widely on every continent save Antarctica, I have yet to find a firm that accommodates the needs of bird watchers so well.

Excellent pre holiday arrangements and communication with Naturetrek. . Lovely group of people to travel with. Excellent guides and all arrangements on the ground were exceptional.Full and busy itinerary. Superb birding.Various ability of birders but all needs catered for. The long days out were excellent with delicious coffee stops and lunch stops in stunning locations with great catering from Canopy Lodge and Tower.

Reliable and professional.