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Trip Blog20 November, 2019SwimTrek’s best combined trips -
Trip Blog20 November, 2019SwimTrek celebrates 10 years of running Lycian Way Turkey trips
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Trip Blog19 November, 2019The benefits of open water swimming
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Trip Blog18 November, 2019A unique swimming holiday in Oman - our guests and staff's experiences
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Customer Blog28 October, 2019Burn Survivor: How I took on the Bosphorus Swim
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Customer Blog17 October, 2019How swimming saved my life
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Customer Blog22 November, 2019From Joanne the Fearful to Joanne the Conqueror: My Introduction to Open Water Swimming
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Photo of the Month31 October, 2019Guest Photo of the Month - October 2019
How I balance guiding for SwimTrek alongside a full-time job
Our SwimTrek guides often have plenty of incredible experiences of their own and many of them balance their adventures guiding for SwimTrek with regular jobs in their home countries. From musicians and lecturers to psychologists and midwives, there’s no end to our guides talents. Read on to find...
A Year in the Life of a SwimTrek Guide - Simon Emm's 2019
In 2019, I was very lucky to have a busy summer season (in the northern hemisphere) working in Greece on the Ionian Explorer, the Tremiti Islands, Croatia on the Dalmatian Coast and Oman. Here’s a snapshot of my experience in each location to give you a flavour of a day in the life of a guide! ...
Guides Photo of the Month - November 2019
As the shoulder season ends and our most exotic trips start in all corners of the world, we have two impressive pictures from our guides enjoying the benefits of being near to the equator! Winner! Local guide Thanh took this sunny snap on our Lan Ha Bay - Vietnam trip, where you can see the...
Guest Photo of the Month - November 2019
As winter grips the Northern Hemisphere it's difficult not to feel overcome with jealousy at our SwimTrekkers enjoying warmer waters in other parts of the world! Here are two atmospheric pictures to help you get through the darker evenings and looking forward to your next swim adventure! ...
From Joanne the Fearful to Joanne the Conqueror: My Introduction to Open Water Swimming
The sea, and water in general, have been something I have feared for most of my life. One of my earliest memories is of being frightened of the sea and what it holds beneath the surface. To me, the ocean was something to avoid, to fear and to mistrust. It was too deep, too vast, too unknown - too...
SwimTrek’s best combined trips
Our guests love the experience on our SwimTrek trips and we’re often asked about which trips can be combined. Whether you’re looking to spend more time in Greece, Turkey or even the UK, lots of our trips can be booked for back to back weeks so that you can extend your time with SwimTrek. We’ve...
SwimTrek celebrates 10 years of running Lycian Way Turkey trips
We love finding swimming destinations that stand the test of time, so we were thrilled to reach our 10-year milestone of running our Lycian Way trips in Turkey with our boat pilot Mustafa and his family! This beautiful trip set in southern Turkey has been running in it’s current format since 2010...
The benefits of open water swimming
It’s no secret we love swimming in the open water. Salty or freshwater, loch, lake or sea, the experience of swimming outside and without restrictions is a world away from a chlorinated pool. With the rising popularity of open water swimming, there’s never been a better time to get stuck in. Open...
A unique swimming holiday in Oman - our guests and staff's experiences
Oman is one of our more unusual swimming holidays, offering up the chance to swim in the fjord like khors of the Musandam Peninsula and enjoying the company of a variety of sea life along the way. With an incredible swim backdrop, this trip will see you exploring in depth the Khor Ash Sham and...
Guest Photo of the Month - October 2019
Our guests have been loving their autumn swimming this last month! Here's our best picks of their swimming snaps for October. Winner! Nathalie and her friend Kendall enjoyed swimming around the caves on our Crete Discovery it. Runner Up Karen and her tripmates posed for this great group...
