Naturetrek Traveller Reviews

A seven day three centred holiday to Iceland, focusing on wildlife and scenery. Good hotels, weather was remarkable and so was the scenery. Good leader as per usual with all Naturtrek holidays. Added bonus of remarkable views of the Northern lights.

This is our third holiday with Naturetrek , pre holiday information excellent, leaders always knowledgeable and really look after the needs of all their clients.

1)Naturetrek provided an excellent trip in July this year, to a wonderful location in the Spanish Pyrenees. The accommodation was conveniently positioned to maximise our visits to the lower, higher regions and the border area with France. 2)Pre-departure information was complete and provided on a timely basis. 3)The group stayed at the well run family guest house Casa Sarasa, in Berdun,situated in the foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees. 4)An excellent continental breakfast, picnic lunch and evening dinner including wines/beers etc., were provided. 5)There was a large, excellent lounge for our daily de-briefs. 6)We were provided with three top class guides: David (Moths), Richard (Botanist) & Gerald (Butterflies. In addition, within the group were many knowledgeable members who added to the experts knowledge. This ensured that we sighted over 100 different butterfly species, varied plants & many moths. A moth trap was set-up each evening to review the following morning before breakfast. 7)With the excellent weather throughout the trip, we managed to see and photograph the Pyrenees at their best. 8)Many Griffin & Egyptian vultures were sighted during the trip. Towards the end of the trip the group went to a vulture feed. Carcases were put out and from a hide we were able to see over a thousand vultures descending over the course of our visit. A WOW factor. 9)The trip exceeded my expectations

1)A first class specialist organisation. 2)The trip was well planned. 3)All information about the trip was very informative, complete and provided on a timely basis 3)The location and accommodation selected was excellent. 4)They provided three first class specialist field guides. 5) All the travel arrangements worked well.

A great opportunity to experience the Spanish Pyrenees in the company of like minded people together with a great photography tutor and naturalist. Based at Casa Sarasa in the village of Berdun we had great food and wine plus excellent rooms. Tutorials followed by field trips into the mountains were a terrific way to enhance our photographic skills. Good value for money and a trip well worth repeating again atin a different season.

Naturetrek has the skill to combine great efficiency with a friendly personal service. We had a lot of preparatory information at our disposal so little was left to chance. Not a cheap trip, but you pay for what you get and we were not disappointed.

The holiday, based in Spain was to observe the autumn migration of birds. Simon and Amy were particularly welcoming and made sure that every one was settled in their accommodation and comfortable.Each day we were taken to a different location, depending on the weather and what would be best to ensure that we saw what we wanted, consequently the itinerary was flexible. One day included a boat trip to see whales and dolphins and another saw us taken into Gibraltar and on up the rock. The picnics were excellent, the accommodation was really good, clean, comfortable, spacious.Add to that, excellent food and friendly staff and you have an excellent holiday.

naturetrek are very thorough, beginning with the extensive pre-holiday information. The holiday details are always flexible to ensure that the aims of the holiday are achieved. The tour leaders are friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. You can always rely on naturetrek to organise a superb holiday.

Birding in Sicily. Normally the weather is 10 degrees C. lower than we experienced but due to the foresight of our leaders we managed to have a most enjoyable time. The accommodation was good and we could get out early mornings to walk around the vineyard prior to looking at the moth trap and breakfast.

Having travelled with Naturetrek before we knew that we were in good hands. Pre flight instructions were clear and had no problems

This was a 'tailor-made' tour and we spent all our time at the Amazon Research and Conservation Centre situated by the Rio Las Piedras in Peru. The journey there was an adventure in itself. We had our own guide and he and the staff at the centre went out of their way to ensure that we had a wonderful experience. We explored the rainforest, had catamaran trips on the ox-bow lake and saw macaws and parrots at a clay lick.

We have been on at least twenty holidays with Naturetrek. The staff are always friendly and the company is very efficient in the organisation of the tours, making sure everything proceeds without a hitch.

We thought this a very well organised trip. My special diet had been taken into consideration and I ate very well while on the tour. The guides were very enthusiastic and we learned an awful lot about the areas we were in and the wildlife sightings were never to be forgotten.

We appreciated the information we were given before the trip, queries were answered very quickly. Very well organised. We thought the holiday was going to be good as we had seen the web site but it surpassed that.

It was sometimes hard to know where to look - one minute it would be eagles and vultures in the sky, the next it would be praying mantis, poisonous plants, fossils or wolf tracks on the ground. Always, assuming we weren't looking across at different beautiful birds, animals or scenery. The expertise of our guides was astonishing, as was their love of the land and sense of humour. We laughed a lot.

Arrangements were efficient. Our guide was very concerned to ensure that there were no issues with our return flights.

Our holiday was well organised from the moment we met our tour guides, the guides were dedicated to providing the guests with a truly unforgettable experience, they were keen to pass on their knowledge, with a passion that was plain to see. Naturetrek's website/brochure was informative and easy to use, and the company's representatives were quick to answer any queries that we had

Nature treks website/brochure was informative and easy to use, they have a excellent range of holidays to suit a wide range of interests, their representatives were quick to answer any queries we had. I have recommended this tour operator to our family and friends

I still don't know where to start and we've been back for 2 weeks! I'm constantly daydreaming! We've been to Africa before, we've been on safaris before - actually, this was our 4th safari but our first with Naturetrek. Naturetrek made all the arrangements in a very professional way and the trip went extremely smoothly, from our departure, which, by the way, was from Rome, to our return back to Italy. The local safari company that Naturetrek uses for this Holiday, is Letaka Safaris and we would recommend them to anybody. From start to finish, this trip was truly spectacular. It is difficult to find the exact words to describe the way our group was: greeted at Maun airport, accompanied to our camp in Kwai, which included a game drive on route, taken care of daily by competent, friendly, happy and smiling people, served delicious and always different meals, taken on game drives twice a day by a guide that was so passionate about his country and the Wildlife, not to mention his knowledge of the same, efficiently transferred to another camp location and helped to feel as comfortable as possible. We can honestly say that all our game drives were amazing and our guide would always go out of his way to satisfy our often exaggerated requests in terms of wanting to see particularly big cats and wild dogs on a regular basis. We did manage to see quite a few leopards, including a cub of 5 months old waiting for its mother to come home from hunting, and, on 2 separate occasions, a leopard lying on a branch (as they do) up a tree. As for wild dogs, we immediately began sighting them on our very first game drive from Maun airport to our camp in Kwai. The 2 days following our first sighting, we saw a couple of small packs out hunting and then in Moremi we were very lucky to be able to calmly admire a pack of 18 wild dogs lying in the shade under some trees. There were countless other encounters with many other beautiful animals including, lions, cheetahs, lots of elephants, impala, greater kudu, red lechwe, hippo, tssessebe, wildebeast, giraffe, lots of different bucks, buffalo, and much much more..... not to mention the enormous list of birds including the fish eagle, goliath heron, purple heron, pelican, hawk eagle, kori bustard, and many more.....it's difficult to list all the different birds we saw. A truly Amazing Holiday where my husband and I also had the opportunity of meeting other lovely fellow travellers who have become friends and perhaps we will even have the opportunity to travel with them again in the not too distant future. We would not hesitate to travel again with Naturetrek! We were a little concerned about this being a camping holiday, as we had always stayed in lodges, however, this exceptional experience with Letaka was really comfortable and so well organised that now we would definitely camp again!

It was our first experience with Naturetrek and I would and will recommend them to anybody! Very competent and professional. Received all the information we needed when we needed it and any queries that we made were Always answered immediately. Naturetrek work with Letaka in Botswana, as mentioned previously, and we were more than satisfied with everything, from the guide to the lovely team of people that did their utmost to make us feel comfortable and satisfied.