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Guides Photo of the Month - October 2019

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...

Burn Survivor: How I took on the Bosphorus Swim

Years after having an accident as a child that left her with 3rd degree burns, Sylvia decided enough was enough and began sharing her story of learning to love her body. She campaigns for acceptance and visibility of scars and skins conditions with her Love Disfigure movement. As part of her...

How swimming saved my life

As regular swimmers, the positive of effects on swimming are familiar and routine to us. Nothing beats the glow of tired satisfaction you feel in your core when you’ve been in the sea for a cool swim, or that first dive in after being away from the water and feeling your whole body submerged. But...

Discovering open water swimming in Slovenia

Earlier this summer, photographer and nature lover Katherine joined us on our Lake Bled and the Slovenian Alps trip. Though she loves the open water, she was not used to covering longer swim distances, but combined with reassurance from our guides and a fantastic backdrop to enjoy it all in, she...

SwimTrek HQ's favourite SwimTrek locations

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 –...

Guest Photo of the Month - September 2019

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. ...

Guides Photo of the Month - September 2019

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...

Swimming around the Caribbean: Ben visits BVI and St Kitts

On top of putting together some great trips for our group bookings, Group Sales Manager Ben also gets to head out to location once in a while as he is one of our fully trained guides! In March 2019, he led a group of guests swimming around the St Kitts and Nevis sister islands. After his time in...

Thomas Cook Airline Flights

Following the unfortunate news that Thomas Cook has gone into liquidation and all Thomas Cook Airline flights scheduled to depart after Sunday 22nd September 2019 have been cancelled, we can confirm that all SwimTrek trips will be going ahead as planned.

Prepare for BEST Fest on a SwimTrek Training Camp

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...