Our 10 Best Wildlife Encounters
One of the greatest things about swimming outdoors is the chance to share your strokes with wildlife! From cruising with whale sharks in Indonesia to watching marine iguanas in the Galapagos, we're sharing a selection of our 10 favourite encounters with wildlife from the past 20 years of...
Find Your Perfect: Greek Island
From rare wildlife to ancient ruins, each idyllic Greek Island offers something different... For every swimmer there's a Greek Island seemingly made for your needs. In this blog, we explore each one with a view to delivering you to your own personal paradise. From lunar-like Milos to the...
2026: Seasonal Swim Calendar
The waters of 2026 are calling us... Every year, we’re looking to blow the previous year out the water and 2026 is no different! We’re running a record-breaking 87 trips with numerous departures to 27 countries, from the coral-bedded waters of the Bahamas to the wildlife-rich reserves of ...
Bacalar, Mexico: Location Spotlight
For the first time in SwimTrek's 20-year history, we dive into Mexico's 'Lagoon of Seven Colours'… In 2026, our Bacalar trip takes us to the 'Maldives of Mexico' - we stay in a town not far from the Belize border in southeastern Mexico. You will stay on the sunlit shore...
2025 Mallorca Guide Training (Photo Diary)
This month, our SwimTrek guides returned to the sunlit sands of Colonia St. Jordi for another camp of training, bonding and refresher sessions... Before our Peak Season gets underway, we've been back to uphold our new favourite tradition of getting all our guides and staff together in ...
Our 7 Best Trips For Non-swimmers
Believe it or not, we don’t just cater for swimmers on our semi-aquatic trips around the world… This selection of our best trips for non-swimmers are ideal for those of you who aren't looking to get watered. Culture seekers, trail hikers, stargazers and bird watchers - we've got something...
Swimming For Health And Wellbeing (2024 Report)
We just finished our Health and Wellbeing Impact Assessment for 2024... So, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to answer a few questions about physical and mental health in relation to swimming trips. We’ve all heard stories and seen evidence that swimming improves our mental...
Photo And Video Of The Year, 2024
There's no better way to remember 2024 than by looking back on memories you captured for this annual competition... We always debate how we will top the previous year. Well, 2024 has been eventful and special to say the least. We've hit so many milestones and had countless moments to...
What’s New For 2025?
More trips will be on offer in 2025 than ever before! Spaces are already selling fast for our selection of new trips for 2025. The only problem you've raised is there may be too many to choose from. So, to make life a little easier, we've laid out all our 2025 additions below in order of...
'It's Important We Find Our Tribe': Ian Darling (Interview)
For the fourth interview in our 'SwimTrekkers' series, we spoke to award-winning documentary filmmaker, Ian Darling, who just directed ‘The Pool’ about the iconic Icebergs pool in Sydney, Australia… Bondi Icebergs is known as the 'most photographed pool in the world' - any of you...
