This month, we introduce a whole new category type to our global selection of SwimTrek trips. For the first time, you'll be able to explore a premium group of packages, specially chosen by SwimTrek HQ for their unique additional activities, absolutely world-class venues and wonderful local...

Looking for a new challenge in 2022? Swim races offer the ultimate combination of communal adrenaline and unforgettable settings… If you're ready to sign up to a SwimTrek Swim Race, you might want to settle those early nerves and learn a little more about exactly what's ahead of you....

We’ve covered most things a swimmer can shop for with our Wetsuit, Watch and Goggle Buyer's Guides. This time, we're training our sights below the ankles and looking at the best swim shoes for adults, which are currently on market… It might not seem the most essential piece of kit for...

SwimTrek trips are on sale for 2022 and a year of less restricted travel lies ahead of us! To say we’re excited to bring you back to swimming outdoors – with a whole lot more options and variations on worldwide swim travel – would be an understatement… To celebrate the promise of more time abroad...

After a one week hiatus, we're back with Part Two of our global feature series, following international entries and aquatic tales from our favourite open water swimmers. We'll share updates every Thursday! Whisking you off to the world's most unique swim locations around the world,...

This past month, we were passing around ideas about how to sum up 2021 for you. Then, as we often do, we began to scroll through our trove of SwimTrekker photos, from Sardinia's Emerald Coast to the Cascade Lakes of Oregon. Suddenly we found ourselves picking out a selection of some of our...

Who knows food better than the hungry swimmer? That dripping banquet hunter, exhausted after wrestling chop and fatigue – deprived of all but a few morsels scoffed while laid-out floating on the water, otter style. In this blog, we’re forgoing old methods of wolfing down carbs and sugar loading....

Below information is correct as of 21.09.21 Good travel news at last! This past week (on September 17), we learned that the old ‘traffic light’ system we’ve all been getting used to will finally be transformed from October 4. All these changes have come in perfect time for October travel. The...

Rocky shores, ancient coastal towns and warm Mediterranean waters… Croatia is everything an open water swimmer could ever dream of. Relaxed and balmy, washed by the bluest coastal waters, scattered with small islands and roamed by dolphins that play over sun-dappled reefs. Between the forested...

First, a little heads up for anyone eyeing up our tall ship experiences - if you join the upcoming September 5 Isle of Skye trip, you'll have a chance to swim with our Founder Simon Murie! The ancient briny is calling - it's time for high winds to buffet your swim sails as you hit the...