As Naturetrek’s representative, I was pleased to accept the invitation from Butterfly Conservation to attend a guided visit to a reintroduction site in north-east Hampshire for this scarce and beautiful UK butterfly.

Our new Galápagos yacht, Cachalote Explorer, has just completed her first winter season in the ‘Enchanted Islands’ and we have finally got our hands on a collection of quality images which showcase the appeal of the boat.

Few people know much about this far-flung archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic – yet few places in Europe offer better cetacean watching!

Three Naturetrek groups will soon be departing for Chile to witness a total solar eclipse. If you’ve missed this chance to see the greatest of celestial wonders, we will shortly be announcing our plans for next year’s eclipse.

There are few tour leaders who could match Dr Timothy Melling for the sheer number of different destinations he has led wildlife tours to. From Canada to China, Antarctica to the Arctic and Brazil to Baja (to name but a few), Tim has led our groups around six of the world’s seven continents and his enthusiasm for each is still as infectious as it was when he first started guiding for us back in the late 1990s!