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SwimTrek News

2023: UK Events Calendar

Calling all SwimTrekkers! Join us this summer in attendance and support of the United Kingdom's best-loved open water events. Swim with us as we continue to champion this unique sport we all love, working more closely than ever with our favourite communities and organisations across the...

A-Z: World’s Best Swim Spots

Get ready for another watery meander around the world! This time, we’ve prepared an alphabetised selection of the World’s Best Swim Spots, from the vine-encircled cenotes of Mexico to the wave-slammed ocean pools of Australia... Anbaraa Island, The Maldives Our Maldives trip takes place in some...

20 Initiatives | Our Roadmap

Initiative 1 | B Corp Certification by 2026 Initiative 2 | Audit and Assess our Business Operations and Impact Initiative 3 | 1% For The Planet More to come... Initiative 1 | B Corp Certification by 2026 B Corps have been growing steadily, but what are they? And what does this mean? 'B'...

20 Initiatives | Responsible Travel

February 13th 2003 - Exactly 20 years ago to this day SwimTrek was founded! The past 20 years have been an adventure like no other. We've met masses of wildlife along the way, launched trips to places no one had ever really swum before us, and, finally, here we are 20 years later in a moment...

SwimTrek: Photo of the Year, 2022

Another year, another fresh selection of adventures captured by SwimTrekkers around the world... Coming to the close of 2022, a few weeks ago, we decided to run our annual photo round-up again and crown the definitive Photo of the Year from another year of exciting swim travel. This time, we...

2023: Seasonal Swim Calendar

Here we have a definitive selection of SwimTrek trips on sale for 2023, from the early year return of our iconic Galapagos Islands adventure to the arrival of lesser-swum Pioneer trips in remote waters around the world… After a quiet few years of pandemic hibernation, we've brought our full...

Lewis Pugh Launches World's First Swim Across Red Sea

Lewis Pugh - endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans - has spent his life pioneering unique swims in the most vulnerable ecosystems on Earth. First person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of the world. Also, first to swim across the North Pole, and to swim the 528 km length...

30 Epic Events For Marathon Swimmers

One of the most common questions we’re asked is: ‘How good a swimmer do I need to be to go on a trip?’ The truth is, we have trips for all abilities (check out our Short Swims options) and even non-swimmers can get a kick out of riding boats, taking local walks, sightseeing and maybe even hopping...

Remembering Her Majesty

Like so many others around the world, we have been very moved here at SwimTrek by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The funeral took place on Monday this week and the whole world ground to a halt as we watched one of the most significant historical events of the past few centuries. ...

US: Seasonal Calendar 2022

SwimTrekkers come from all walks of life and parts of the world. In this feature, we've curated a selection of trips tailored for our US market, with swim-packed adventures from the North American wilderness to the more distant islands of Southeast Asia… Just like our 2022: Seasonal Calendar...