Naturetrek Traveller Reviews

This was a day trip based around exploring plants of Thetford Forest, lead by a friendly and knowledgeable guide. Although only one day this was my first trip away from home for a few months and it was very welcome.

Naturetrek have been innovative in trying to provide wildlife experiences during the pandemic, I have also been on a full length holiday with Naturetrek. I have found everybody I have dealt with friendly and helpful and all the guides extremely approacheable with a huge amount of knowledge and interest in their subjects. Naturetrek are not the cheapest but they are a quality operation.

After four months of isolation a guided nature walk at Pitsford Water was a delight, beautiful nature reserve location and excellent leader and numerous moths, butterflies, dragonflies and waterbirds/woodland birds to see and learn about. Highly recommended

Long standing wildlife tour operator with excellent reputation

This was simply a day trip into Upper Teesdale run by Naturetrek. A fantastic idea during these times when so many trips and holidays are being postponed or cancelled. Thoroughly enjoyable day with a brilliant guide and lovely, like-minded people

Naturetrek are always brilliant. Fantastic customer service. The original dates I wanted to book was full and they quickly offered alternative date and contacted me. The joining instructions were very clear and the day was very well planned and managed by the guide. I loved the small group; it was a great size and enabled everyone to gain and learn from the day. It was brilliant.this is my local area but I enjoyed going with a guide and learned and saw a lot more than when I am on my own. We even saw a Marsh Harrier and the elusive ring ouzel. It is a beautiful area ... and was an amazing day.

This was simply a day trip on the Northumberland Coast... fantastic idea of Naturetrek in these times when so many holidays and trips have been cancelled or postponed. It was in my region but I learned and saw so much that was new to me and actually discovered new p,aces to go that I didn’t know about. It was brilliant!

Naturetrek were absolutely brilliant. Really helpful at the time of booking as the original dates were fully booked when I contacted them but they were very quick to arrange new dates and contacted me immediately. The joining instructions were very detailed and easy to follow. The tour guide was wonderful. Very knowledgeable and amenable; really taking into consideration the needs and experience of the group and shared a good sense of humour too. We saw loads of wonderful wildlife in all forms; birds, mammals, insects, flowers. It was absolutely amazing. I couldn’t sleep when I got home because I was still so stimulated after such a great day!

A day of Dragonfly hunting with Martin Pitt resulted in some stunning discoveries. We met the Emperor and his lesser subject but they were too active to pose for a photo. Not to worry, because many of his relatives were pleased to pose! Martin found the incredibly rare....and minute Bog Orchid For us. It took me a while to see it even when pointed out! There was so much else to see during the day including a Dartford Warbler, Common Lizard and several species of butterfly. The areas covered were outstandingly beautiful and I went home tired, but very happy!

Without Martin, I would probably have missed a lot of the tiny wildlife jewels that he pointed out and identified for us. He was very knowledgable and happy to answer our many questions about the wildlife and the area.

A brilliant day out with expert guide Russ Hedley. He was expert in many fields: birds; wildflowers ; butterflies; fungi and arthropods. He enquired about members interests and made sure everyone saw what he found. The day was unhurried with a good location for packed lunch. He obviously knew the reserves very well.

Naturetrek day trips

Introduced to birdwatching and made aware of several species of dragonflies and damselflies as well as methods of identifying butterflies

Well planned tours with excellent, knowledgeable leaders. Administration is first rate.

Matt Eade, our tour guide, was excellent in locating a variety of birds during our day trip to Ashdown Forest. His listening and spotting skills invaluable to discovering the wildlife. Not only did he succeed in my challenge to spot certain species (a dartford warbler at last), his knowledge of bird identification skills, and dragonfly behaviour really enhanced our experience. A very enjoyable day.

Excellent communication throughout the booking process.

An extremely enjoyable day spent with Dominic Couzens an expert in his field. our group of 6 saw hobbies, redstarts, hawfinches and many more species. The real highlight for me was a firecrest, which I hadn't seen before. Dominic was a mine of information, pointing out wild flowers and dragonflies as well as giving us lots of tips like how to distinguish a honey buzzard from a common buzzard.

Naturetrek are excellent. Their knowledgeable guides make the trips so rewarding.

Guided birding trip in The Peak District. Saw excellent selection of birds with the added bonus of the visiting Bearded Vulture! Matthew our guide found us the birds we wanted to see but also talked enthusiastically about many aspects of nature and conservation and the history of the area.

Great Trip organised by Naturetrek