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Naturetrek Wildlife Holidays

Name: Naturetrek Wildlife Holidays
Address: Mingledown Barn, Wolf's Lane, Chawton, GU343HJ, GB
Telephone: +441962733051
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We are a specialist wildlife tour operator founded in 1986, based in Hampshire, UK. Thank you for visiting our page!

Naturetrek is a specialist tour operator based in Hampshire, UK. Established in 1986, we offer the world's largest collection of dedicated wildlife holidays. These range from gentle days out on our doorstep in Hampshire to expedition treks and cruises to the most remote, far-flung corners of the planet, and most things in between! Through the images, tour news, sightings news and conservation news posted on our page we hope to inspire people to get out there to explore this wonderful planet of ours. We warmly invite you to explore our website and, should you like to see a brochure of our tours, we'd be delighted to send you a copy. Images on this account are used in good faith from clients, leaders or under licence from Shutterstock.

10/09/2026

Nestled in the heart of the North Atlantic, Iceland sits at both a tectonic and ecological crossroads. Throngs of breeding waders and waterfowl from both western and eastern palearctic can be found across the countries many lakes, glacial lagoons and sheltered bays, whilst millions of breeding seabirds can be found across the many cliffs. Ocean giants, including Fin, Minke and Humpback Whales, feed in the rich waters, whilst on land, the lucky few may enjoy a glimpse of Arctic Fox – Iceland’s only terrestrial mammal.

These photos were taken across our spring and summer holidays to Iceland this year by our tour leaders, Dave Jackson and Marcus John. We hope you can join us in 2027!

View our holidays to Iceland here: https://tinyurl.com/mu9neszw

09/09/2026

LATE AVAILABILITY: Falmouth Pelagic Day Trip (13th September 2026)

Our ‘Falmouth Pelagic’ Day Trip this Sunday still has a few spaces left! Join Naturetrek tour leader Adrian Langdon, and skipper Captain Keith, for a 6-hour adventure into the English Channel in search of some of Britain’s finest marine life. Wilson's Petrel, European Storm Petrel, Great, Manx and Cory's Shearwater are all possible as well as Bluefin Tuna, pods of Bottlenose and Short-beaked Common Dolphin, and if lucky, Minke Whale.

Head to our website, or call our office on 01962 733051 to check our availability!

Trip info: https://tinyurl.com/2kd9cztf

Photos © Adrian Langdon and George Nicholson

08/09/2026

The Pine Marten is one of Britains most unique and beautiful mammals. They’re the size of a cat and climb trees like a squirrel, but are actually part of the “weasel family!”

In Britain their range is largely restricted to the northern half of Scotland, with the Ardnamurchan peninsula, in the western Highlands, being a real stronghold.

So far this year our “Mammals and Highlights of the Highlands” tours on Ardnamurchan have proved very productive for viewing these elusive nocturnal
mustelids, with a few sightings even occurring during daylight! This is alongside a whole array of other wonderful Scottish specialties, from Golden Eagles to Minke Whales.

📸 Photo courtesy of our tour leader Oli Cottis .

03/09/2026

🏆BRITISH TRAVEL AWARDS: LAST CHANCE TO VOTE!🏆

We’ve once again been nominated for ‘Best Wildlife & Nature Holiday Company’ in the prestigious British Travel Awards 2026 (the Oscars of the Travel Industry)! Thanks to your votes, we've proudly won this title every year since 2019 and we very much hope to secure it again for 2026. The awards are purely based on public vote, so we need YOUR vote to win!

By casting your vote, you are automatically entered into a BTA prize draw to win some fantastic holiday prizes (listed below), regardless of who you vote for. We hope you feel we're worthy of your vote!

Click here to vote: https://tinyurl.com/4ekysc4u

Voting closes at Midnight on Friday 11th September.

Prizes include:
🌿£5,000 Solmar Villa Holiday for two (including flights)
🌿5-night Christmas Markets Cruise for two through Normandy and the Netherlands
🌿£2,000 Turkey or Greek Islands Cruise for two, including a double cabin and full board
🌿£2,000 voucher towards a holiday with Ionian & Aegean Island Holidays

02/09/2026

Wolves have long captured the fascination of biologists and wildlife enthusiasts, from their unique social structures, incredible communication skills and unparallelled technique for hunting. Encountering wolves on a wildlife holiday is always a treat, and this was no exception on our recent ‘Mongolia’s Snow Leopards’ departure, where up until recently, wolves in the country have been heavily persecuted and seldom seen. Three wolves were spotted close to our group’s accommodation in the remote Khomyn Tal National Park and, whilst guests enjoyed superb views from the ground, our local team captured this amazing footage of one individual from the air!

01/09/2026

Since last Wednesday's devastating flash flood in Nepal, which swept away whole communities along the Bhote Koshi and Trisuli River valleys, we have been receiving calls and emails from Naturetrek customers concerned about our partners, naturalists and staff in Nepal, with whom so many of you have travelled over the past 40 years.

Whilst we are relieved to confirm that all of them, and their families, are safe, we continue to hear harrowing stories from others less fortunate, as well as accounts of the fear and uncertainty that still grip many communities in the affected areas. It is clear to us, from speaking with our friends in Nepal, that the scale of this disaster and the loss of life it has caused are far greater than current news coverage and official statistics suggest.

If you, like us, would like to do something to help those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods, please consider donating to the British Red Cross Disaster Fund. The British Red Cross is already working with the Nepal Red Cross Society on the ground, making this one of the best and quickest ways to get help to those most in need. We have set up a JustGiving page and pledge to match all donations made to our "Naturetrek Nepal Flash Flood Appeal" up to a total of £15,000, effectively doubling your donation.

We hope that, together, we can raise £30,000 or more to help the communities of the Bhote Koshi and Trisuli valleys that have been devastated by this disaster.

You can find our JustGiving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/naturetrek-wildlife-holidays-2

30/08/2026

Once again, guests on our ‘Seabirds & Cetaceans of Lyme Bay’ Day Trip had tremendous success! Departing from Brixham Harbour on Wednesday, the group enjoyed phenomenal numbers of Gannet’s and Manx Shearwaters, before encountering a Sabine’s Gull – a scarce visitor from the Arctic! Other highlights included both Arctic and Great Skua, Balearic and Sooty Shearwaters, as well as a variety of cetaceans including Risso’s Dolphin, Common Dolphin and several Harbour Porpoise.

Images courtesy of Tom Brereton.

Tour info: https://tinyurl.com/mv67nfhw

28/08/2026

From snow-capped mountains, to dancing aurora displays and an incredible abundance of cetaceans, the Arctic Fjords of northern Norway offer an unparalleled experience of wildlife and natural history. Based for six nights on the 12-berth MS Virgo, our ‘Orcas, Humpbacks and Northern Lights’ cruise spends each day in search of Orca and Humpback Whales as they follow dense schools of Herring around the sheltered fjords and inlets.

This footage was taken on our 2025 departure by tour leader George Nicholson. We hope you can join us this October! We still have spaces:

Dates: Wed 28th Oct – Wed 4th Nov '26

Tour info: https://tinyurl.com/2esbazjt

22/08/2026

Naturetrek Wildlife Festival at Napo Wildlife Centre: 40th Anniversary Special!

This year, Naturetrek has been celebrating its 40th birthday! Our celebrations commenced in January with a homage to British birdwatching through our first annual 'Bird Race', and in May we celebrated the wonders of British wildlife with a dedicated cruise around the British Isles. To round off our anniversary celebrations, we are hosting a Naturetrek Wildlife Festival at Ecuador's Napo Wildlife Centre!

Our connection with Ecuador stretches back many years, and it was here that the very first Naturetrek Reserve was established. There could be no more fitting venue for our celebrations than the Napo Wildlife Centre – a locally run, not-for-profit eco-lodge located within Yasuní National Park.

Over the course of five nights, under the expert guidance of long-standing Naturetrek tour leader and Ecuadorian naturalist Byron Palacios, we'll explore the Napo Wildlife Centre's varied habitats, from spectacular parrot clay licks to canoe safaris, night walks and canopy towers, in search of its remarkable wildlife, including more than 600 species of birds and mammal.

We still have a few spaces left and we hope you can join us!

Tour info:https://tinyurl.com/57cmsnh2

18/08/2026

Our 2026 ‘Mongolia’s Snow Leopards’ summer season has been one of our most successful yet! All three groups have achieved excellent views of Snow Leopards during their two weeks in Mongolia, alongside a whole host of other unique birds and mammals.

Naturetrek Staff Member, Rui Machin, led our recently returned second departure alongside local guide Bina Dashnyam. Highlights of their tour included watching a female Snow Leopard sunbathe, sleep and wrestle with a carcass for 5 hours, witnessing a pack of wolves run through a river, plus a day with three Pallas’s Cat kittens as they played around their den whilst awaiting the return of their mother!

Additionally, Bina and Rui arranged with Naturetrek to purchase several camera traps in support of ‘The Valley of the Wild Cats Camera Trapping Project’ – a ongoing campaign, designed to collect behavioural data on Snow Leopard, Eurasian Lynx, and Pallas’s Cat, as well as raising awareness on the importance of these mountain ranges on the survival of these species.

Our departures in 2027 still have a few spaces left, and we hope you can join us!

Tour details: https://tinyurl.com/2dnaa6zw

Address

Mingledown Barn, Wolf's Lane
Chawton
GU343HJ

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+441962733051

Website

http://www.naturetrek.co.uk/

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