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...

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...

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...

Our guides are still out enjoying the last of the summer sun on our Autumn trips, even in October! This month's winners feature our trips in Mallorca and Greece. Winner! Hands (and legs!) up if you love swmming in Greece? Sarah snapped some of her guests on one of our last Ionian Explorer...

As well as helping make all our guests swimming dreams a reality, our head office staff also love to get out and explore our swimming destinations around the world. Here some of our team have compiled their favourite locations that they’ve enjoyed through swimming with SwimTrek! Lycian Way –...

September is one of our most popular months for swimming trips and we've loved taking swimmers all over the world! We've had a great range of trips on offer this month, from the sunny Mediterranean to exploring around the British Isles. Here's our favourite pictures from this month. ...

Our guides have been around the world leading our trips but they also love to get in the water themselves! Here's some great shots of our guides enjoying swims from Italy to Greece. Winner! Simon sent in this beautiful snap of his assistant guide Giulia catching the sunset in Tremiti. Runner...

As we reach the end of the summer, you may be thinking about what swim challenges you’d like to take on next year. Now that we’ve launched our range of coaching trips for 2020, there’s plenty of options to help you prepare for your next swimming event. We can help you train whatever swimming...

Smartwatches can be a huge asset when training both in the pool and the open water. But with so many on the market to choose from, and with a huge variation in pricing, the decision as to which is the best for you can be a little daunting. We’ve put together reviews from SwimTrek HQ staff who own...

2019 has been an incredible year for SwimTrek and the Hellespont. We took our largest ever contingent of swimmers of over 150 racers to cross the Dardanelles Strait and what a race it was! Congratulations to all our competitors, especially our 24 guests who placed in the top three of their age...