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Holiday Highlights of 2022
A round up from the Wildlife Holidays Speyside Wildlife have run in 2022
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Speyside Wildlife
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Antarctica 2021 with Jean Brown
Along with 8 other guests, Jean was able to travel on her much-anticipated trip to Antarctica at the end of 2021 with our guide, Roy...
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Roy Atkins
Jan 28, 20223 min read
Trip Report - Antarctica 2021
"We felt very lucky that this trip even happened! If Omicron had reared its head earlier who knows, but there we were in November….. on a...
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Speyside Wildlife
Apr 29, 20203 min read
Bhutan – Part Two
Bhutan is split into 19 districts, each of which is administered from a Dzong, or fortified monastery. These are hugely important...
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Speyside Wildlife
Apr 29, 20204 min read
Bhutan- Land of the Thunder Dragon – Part One
When I was a small boy, growing up in the Borders, my father and I shared a passion for geography, maps in particular. We had in the...
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Speyside Wildlife
Feb 25, 20203 min read
Yellowstone in Spring
“It was still dark as we arrived at our watch point in the upper Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park and climbed the short distance...
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Speyside Wildlife
Feb 21, 20203 min read
Southern Portugal 2020
“There we were, at the summit of Picotta – a mountain to the north of Silves in The Algarve, Southern Portugal – the sun was beaming down...
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Speyside Wildlife
Dec 11, 20194 min read
Tanzania April 2020 – Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater the Maasai Mara and more!
Northern Tanzania is exceptional – filled with Nature Reserves and National Parks it is simply one of the best wildlife viewing areas in...
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Speyside Wildlife
Oct 9, 20192 min read
British Columbia 2019 with Roy Atkins and Julian Sykes
Pod of Orcas (Julian Sykes) We set out into Johnstone Straight with high hopes that we might see Orca. The captain seemed pretty...
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Speyside Wildlife
Aug 29, 20195 min read
Botswana 2019 Memories with Jane Nickerson (Guest)
My long-awaited trip to Botswana provided me with a myriad of experiences which I had only dreamt of. This is not a diary or day by day...
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Speyside Wildlife
May 8, 20192 min read
Extremadura with Darren Rees
Surprises! Ferruginous Duck (Michael Pearcey) My tour-leading year often starts, first of all, with Extremadura in spring and you might...
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Speyside Wildlife
Apr 24, 20192 min read
Costa Rica 2019 with Roy Atkins
Day One’s Magic Moment! “It was day one and we were rushing for a boat, with some way still to go, when Roger said, “that was a sloth!”...
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Speyside Wildlife
Mar 6, 20193 min read
Is it Catalunya, Cataluñia or Catalonia?
Catalunya, Cataluñia or Catalonia? That’s the question! Can you place it on a map? It’s the north-east corner of Spain, or the Iberian...
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Speyside Wildlife
Nov 1, 20182 min read
October in the Cairngorms
October has seen the Cairngorms filled with sunshine and showers, Autumn colours and a change in our wildlife. The Summer visitors have...
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Speyside Wildlife
May 26, 20182 min read
Trinidad and Tobago 2018 Trip Report
Asa Wright Centre (Roy Atkins) “Standing on the Asa Wright veranda with coffee in hand as you watch hummingbirds, honeycreepers,...
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Speyside Wildlife
May 23, 20181 min read
Extremadura 2018 Trip Report
“It’s always a pleasure to be in Extremadura in the springtime and this year’s holiday was another delight – despite a couple of damp...
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