Tuition - Tours
This is where you will find the latest photographic and wildlife watching tours that Oliver leads for Naturetrek.
Naturetrek Day Trips - 2024
Oliver will be leading day trips with a maximum of seven participants to the following locations through 2025 with corresponding dates.
Somerset Levels
• 12th June 2025 (1 space available)
• 8th December 2025 (4 spaces available)
To book please visit Naturetrek.
Steart Marshes
• 1st May 2025 (fully booked)
To book please visit Naturetrek.
Forest of Dean
• More dates coming soon.
To book please visit Naturetrek.
Exmoor National Park
• 22nd May 2025 (fully booked)
To book please visit Naturetrek.
The Cotswolds
• 21st May 2025 (fully booked)
• 22nd July 2025 (fully booked)
To book please visit Naturetrek.
Naturetrek 3-Night Trips - May 2025
Oliver will be leading overnight trips to the following locations with corresponding dates.
Exmoor National Park - 23rd to 26th May 2025
This short spring tour will explore areas in the north of Exmoor as we look for breeding birds, butterflies and other wildlife that inhabit the ancient woodlands, combes and moorland. Spring is an excellent time to visit when migrant birds, including warblers and flycatchers, return to swell the song of our resident species, nesting is in full swing and young mammals emerge into the world.
The tour will also focus on some overnight wildlife too, including moth trapping and bat walks along with an evening looking for Nightjar and Tawny Owl.
Images all taken on Oliver's 2023 tour.
Key Information
• Location - Exmoor National Park, Somerset
• Dates - 23rd to 26th May 2025 (confirmed)
• Places - maximum of 7 (fully booked)
• Cost - from £795
• Single Supplement - from £120
• Booking - call Lucy Cameron at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - breakfast & dinner but lunches & snacks to be paid separately
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Naturetrek 3-Night Trips - June 2025
I will be leading overnight trips to the following locations with corresponding dates.
Somerset's Summer Wildlife - 3rd to 6th June 2025 (fully booked)
To book please visit Naturetrek.
Northumberland Photo Tour - July 2025
Northumberland & the Farne Islands Photography Tour
Dates - 1st to 6th July 2025
The Northumberland coast is highly photogenic with mile upon mile of long sandy beaches and big skies, its broad vistas and moody, changeable cloud formations are pleasing to the eye and the photographer's lens! We'll make daily excursions from our comfortable hotel base in search of the region's wildlife, landscapes and castles. Our visits to the Farne Islands will provide excellent opportunities to photograph a tantalising array of seabirds at close range, from exquisite Arctic Terns to the ever-photogenic Puffins. Back on the mainland, our time will be spent photographing some of the county's iconic castles, including Bamburgh, Lindesfarne and Dunstanburgh, making the best use of light and tides to capture atmospheric images. We'll also make a final visit to Newcastle to see and photograph the wonderful Black-legged Kittiwake colony, the most inland in Britain.
Oliver will be your guide throughout the trip, collecting and returning you to Newcastle and leading your tour to the famous Farne Islands for seabirds and Lindesfarne and Holy Island for landscapes. We will also be exploring other opportunities throughout the trip as time will be on our side with long daylight hours.
We will be saying in the beautiful picturesque village of Bamburgh and Oliver will also help with additional post-processing if time permits and be on hand to assist in your image taking throughout the five day tour.
Images all taken on Oliver's summer 2022 tour.
Key Information
• Location - Lindisfarne, Holy Island & Farne Islands
• Dates - 1st to 6th July 2023 (dates confirmed)
• Places - maximum of 6 (fully booked)
• Cost - from £1695
• Single Supplement - from £295
• Booking - call Lucy Cameron at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - breakfast & dinner but lunches to be paid separately
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Cornwall: Beavers, Choughs and Cetaceans - July 2025
Cornwall: Beavers, Choughs and Cetaceans Wildlife Tour
Dates - 14th to 18th July 2025
The beautiful county of Cornwall, with its majestic coastal cliffs, quaint seaside towns and rolling countryside delivers some of the finest wildlife sightings in the UK. During this holiday we will have a wonderful opportunity to not only learn about but hopefully to witness, European Beavers on a private reserve. Beavers were released on this site in June 2017, and after just two nights, had already started to build a dam. When on site, the owner will show us the fine structures that the Beavers have created, and with some luck, we hope to view these mammals at dusk. In addition, we will take a privately chartered vessel off the Cornish coastline to search for a variety of seabirds and cetaceans, with sightings perhaps comprising both Minke Whales and Ocean Sunfish (if weather permits a longer trip). We will also walk the spectacular coastline of The Lizard in search of Cornwall's most famed bird - the Chough. Gentle walks elsewhere will enable us to view a number of birds, butterflies and wildflowers, making this the perfect wildlife getaway.
Images all taken on Oliver's summer 2021 tour.
Key Information
• Location - The Lizard, Cornwall
• Dates - 14th to 18th July 2025
• Places - maximum of 7 (2 spaces available)
• Cost - from £1295
• Single supplement - from £295
• Booking - call Lucy Cameron at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - breakfast & dinner but lunches & snacks to be paid separately
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Cornwall: Beavers, Choughs and Cetaceans - September 2025
Cornwall: Beavers, Choughs and Cetaceans Wildlife Tour
Dates - 1st to 5th September 2025
The beautiful county of Cornwall, with its majestic coastal cliffs, quaint seaside towns and rolling countryside delivers some of the finest wildlife sightings in the UK. During this holiday we will have a wonderful opportunity to not only learn about but hopefully to witness, European Beavers on a private reserve. Beavers were released on this site in June 2017, and after just two nights, had already started to build a dam. When on site, the owner will show us the fine structures that the Beavers have created, and with some luck, we hope to view these mammals at dusk. In addition, we will take a privately chartered vessel off the Cornish coastline to search for a variety of seabirds and cetaceans, with sightings perhaps comprising both Minke Whales and Ocean Sunfish (if weather permits a longer trip). We will also walk the spectacular coastline of The Lizard in search of Cornwall's most famed bird - the Chough. Gentle walks elsewhere will enable us to view a number of birds, butterflies and wildflowers, making this the perfect wildlife getaway.
Images all taken on Oliver's summer 2021 tour.
Key Information
• Location - The Lizard, Cornwall
• Dates - 1st to 5th September 2025
• Places - maximum of 7 (4 spaces available)
• Cost - from £1295
• Single supplement - from £295
• Booking - call Lucy Cameron at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - breakfast & dinner but lunches & snacks to be paid separately
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Madagascar - September 2025
Madagascar: A Wildlife Photography Tour
Dates - 8th to 27th September 2025
By any measure, Madagascar ranks amongst the most extraordinary countries on Earth. The fourth largest island in the world, it has been isolated from all other landmasses for some 80 million years. During that time, a dazzling array of endemic birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and plants have evolved, almost all of which are found nowhere else in the world. Madagascar has all of the world's species of lemurs (of which there are over 100, and still more being discovered!), half of the world's chameleon species and six out of eight baobab species. The entire native terrestrial mammal fauna has evolved from just four colonists (one primate, one rodent, one insectivore and one carnivore) that are thought to have completed the perilous journey to Madagascar, by chance, on rafts of vegetation. Then, over tens of millions of years, these early pioneers evolved into over 100 living species, filling all manner of ecological niches across the island, and all are found nowhere else on Earth.
This tour has been specifically designed to maximise photographic opportunities, and we will explore and photograph several of the most spectacular locations and endemic species by both day and night. It will be led by an expert wildlife photographer, and our carefully constructed programme will be complemented by detailed guidance on locations and photographic settings to use for each subject.
The images here were all taken during my 2023 visit for Naturetrek.
Key Information
• Location - Madagascar
• Dates - 8th to 27th September 2025
• Places - maximum of 5 (fully booked)
• Cost - from £9595 (land cost only £8695)
• Single Supplement - from £950
• Booking - call Barney Jones at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - all food, accommodation, transportation (see pricing) and guiding
• Extensions - can also be arranged by Naturetrek so please ask for details
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Madagascar - November 2025
Madagascar: A Wildlife Photography Tour
Dates - 10th to 29th November 2025
By any measure, Madagascar ranks amongst the most extraordinary countries on Earth. The fourth largest island in the world, it has been isolated from all other landmasses for some 80 million years. During that time, a dazzling array of endemic birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and plants have evolved, almost all of which are found nowhere else in the world. Madagascar has all of the world's species of lemurs (of which there are over 100, and still more being discovered!), half of the world's chameleon species and six out of eight baobab species. The entire native terrestrial mammal fauna has evolved from just four colonists (one primate, one rodent, one insectivore and one carnivore) that are thought to have completed the perilous journey to Madagascar, by chance, on rafts of vegetation. Then, over tens of millions of years, these early pioneers evolved into over 100 living species, filling all manner of ecological niches across the island, and all are found nowhere else on Earth.
This tour has been specifically designed to maximise photographic opportunities, and we will explore and photograph several of the most spectacular locations and endemic species by both day and night. It will be led by an expert wildlife photographer, and our carefully constructed programme will be complemented by detailed guidance on locations and photographic settings to use for each subject.
The images here were all taken during my 2023 visit for Naturetrek.
Key Information
• Location - Madagascar
• Dates - 10th to 29th November 2025
• Places - maximum of 5 (1 space available)
• Cost - from £9995 (land cost only £9095)
• Single Supplement - from £1095
• Booking - call Barney Jones at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - all food, accommodation, transportation (see pricing) and guiding
• Extensions - can also be arranged by Naturetrek so please ask for details
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Naturetrek 3-Night Trips - December 2025
I will be leading overnight trips to the following locations with corresponding dates.
Somerset's Winter Wildlife - 1st to 4th 2025 (7 spaces available)
To book please visit Naturetrek.
Naturetrek 2-Night Trips - December 2025
I will be leading overnight trips to the following locations with corresponding dates.
The Somerset Levels - 10th to 12th 2025 (7 spaces available)
To book please visit Naturetrek.
The Gambia in Style - January 2026
The Gambia in Style - Photography Special
Dates - 23rd to 30th January 2026
For this leisurely wildlife photography holiday we will be based for seven nights at the superb Mandina Lodges, set within 1,000 acres of the Makasutu Cultural Forest and bordering the secluded mangrove-lined tributary of the River Gambia. From here we will have plenty of time to explore the surrounding habitats on foot and by boat, taking advantage of the fabulous photographic opportunities on offer. During our stay we are likely to encounter a wide variety of herons, egrets, waders, kingfishers, bush-shrikes, raptors and glossy starlings, plus a stunning kaleidoscope of sunbirds, rollers, bee-eaters and turacos. On two days we will travel out of Makasutu to nearby reserves, including the coastal habitats of Tanji.
Images all taken on Oliver's winter 2022 tour. For further images visit my Diary page.
Key Information
• Location - Mandina Lodges, Banjul, The Gambia
• Dates - 23rd to 30th January 2026 (confirmed)
• Places - maximum of 8 (4 spaces available)
• Flights - included in the cost of the tour
• Cost - from £3195
• Single Supplement - from £1050
• Booking - call Barney Jones at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - all breakfast & dinner, accommodation, transportation and guiding; lunches are not included
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Thailand's Birds & Mammals - A Photographer's Paradise
Thailand's Birds & Mammals - A Photographer's Paradise
Dates - 10th to 24th March 2026
East Asia is a superb destination for the wildlife photographer, as countries in this region are catering for the rising demand of wildlife photography from their locals. The use of blinds, in often well-lit areas, are ideal to capture the perfect shot for a whole host of brightly-coloured birds and seldom-seen mammals. Thailand, with its myriad national parks and plethora of bird blinds is a stunning destination to patiently seek out species such as Blue Pitta, Kalij Pheasant, White-throated Rock Thrush and a variety of laughingthrushes and babblers coming to feed. These areas also attract the likes of Lesser Mouse Deer, while Asian Elephants are often encountered roaming the open fields. However, time will also be spent along tracks where many birds show particularly well. This tour will incorporate the finest national parks in the country, as well as giving a possibility of viewing one of the rarest birds in the world - the Spoon-billed Sandpiper.
This will be a slow-paced holiday with no level of fitness required. An expert UK-based wildlife photographer will also be joining you on this tour, along with a local Thai expert photographer, ensuring this tour is perfect for beginners or experienced photographers alike.
Oliver has spent over eight weeks photographing the wildlife of Thailand over the past few years and loves the variety of locations and species.
Key Information
• Location - Thailand
• Dates - 10th to 24th March 2026
• Places - maximum of 5 (3 spaces available)
• Cost - from £5995 (or from £5295 land based only)
• Single Supplement - from £595
• Booking - call Tom at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - all food, accommodation, transportation and guiding
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Cornwall: Beavers, Choughs and Cetaceans - July 2026
Cornwall: Beavers, Choughs and Cetaceans Wildlife Tour
Dates - 13th to 17th July 2026
The beautiful county of Cornwall, with its majestic coastal cliffs, quaint seaside towns and rolling countryside delivers some of the finest wildlife sightings in the UK. During this holiday we will have a wonderful opportunity to not only learn about but hopefully to witness, European Beavers on a private reserve. Beavers were released on this site in June 2017, and after just two nights, had already started to build a dam. When on site, the owner will show us the fine structures that the Beavers have created, and with some luck, we hope to view these mammals at dusk. In addition, we will take a privately chartered vessel off the Cornish coastline to search for a variety of seabirds and cetaceans, with sightings perhaps comprising both Minke Whales and Ocean Sunfish (if weather permits a longer trip). We will also walk the spectacular coastline of The Lizard in search of Cornwall's most famed bird - the Chough. Gentle walks elsewhere will enable us to view a number of birds, butterflies and wildflowers, making this the perfect wildlife getaway.
Images all taken on Oliver's summer 2021 tour.
Key Information
• Location - The Lizard, Cornwall
• Dates - 13th to 17th July 2026
• Places - maximum of 7 (7 spaces available)
• Cost - from £1395
• Single supplement - from £295
• Booking - call Lucy Cameron at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - breakfast & dinner but lunches & snacks to be paid separately
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Cornwall: Beavers, Choughs and Cetaceans - September 2026
Cornwall: Beavers, Choughs and Cetaceans Wildlife Tour
Dates - 7th to 11th September 2026
The beautiful county of Cornwall, with its majestic coastal cliffs, quaint seaside towns and rolling countryside delivers some of the finest wildlife sightings in the UK. During this holiday we will have a wonderful opportunity to not only learn about but hopefully to witness, European Beavers on a private reserve. Beavers were released on this site in June 2017, and after just two nights, had already started to build a dam. When on site, the owner will show us the fine structures that the Beavers have created, and with some luck, we hope to view these mammals at dusk. In addition, we will take a privately chartered vessel off the Cornish coastline to search for a variety of seabirds and cetaceans, with sightings perhaps comprising both Minke Whales and Ocean Sunfish (if weather permits a longer trip). We will also walk the spectacular coastline of The Lizard in search of Cornwall's most famed bird - the Chough. Gentle walks elsewhere will enable us to view a number of birds, butterflies and wildflowers, making this the perfect wildlife getaway.
Images all taken on Oliver's summer 2021 tour.
Key Information
• Location - The Lizard, Cornwall
• Dates - 7th to 11th September 2026
• Places - maximum of 7 (7 spaces available)
• Cost - from £1395
• Single supplement - from £295
• Booking - call Lucy Cameron at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - breakfast & dinner but lunches & snacks to be paid separately
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
Uganda Photo Tour - September 2026
Uganda - A Photography Tour
Dates - 14th to 27th September 2026
Uganda is a beautiful country and boasts over 340 mammal species and 1090 bird species have been recorded. Beginning our holiday at Lake Victoria, we'll then head west to Lake Mburo National Park where we'll look for avian rarities such as African Finfoot, as well as mammals that we are unlikely to encounter elsewhere. From here we'll travel south on a bumpy, scenic road to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home to over 300 Mountain Gorillas, many other primates such as the attractive L'Hoest's Monkey, and an assortment of unusual birds. Queen Elizabeth National Park is our next stop; 'QE', as it is affectionately known, offers Uganda's best game viewing and a host of waterbirds. Our final stop is Kibale Forest, where we'll look for up to 11 species of primate, including Chimpanzees.
This will be Oliver's second visit to the country, following the inaugural tour in 2022. Oliver will be on hand with all you need for your photographic tour along with expert local wildlife guiding. Oliver has travelled many times to Africa so knows wildlife groups well and is excellent at finding and spotting species. With a keen eye for a photographic opportunity and no shortcuts on this epic adventure, we will aim to capture some of Africa's finest wildlife.
Please note this is not a hide-based wildlife photography holiday. We approach wildlife on foot and via boat, canoe and a nine-seater safari land cruiser, giving an intimate and flexible approach to our wildlife observation and photography.
The images here were all taken during the 2022 inaugural photographic tour.
Key Information
• Location - Uganda
• Dates - 14th to 27th September 2026 (confirmed)
• Places - maximum of 5 (fully booked)
• Cost - from £7395 (or from £6695 land cost only)
• Single Supplement - from £995
• Booking - call Alison Steel at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - all food, accommodation, transportation (see pricing) and guiding
• Extensions - can also be arranged by Naturetrek so please ask for details
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
November 2026 - Madagascar
Madagascar: A Wildlife Photography Tour
Dates - 9th to 28th November 2026
By any measure, Madagascar ranks amongst the most extraordinary countries on Earth. The fourth largest island in the world, it has been isolated from all other landmasses for some 80 million years. During that time, a dazzling array of endemic birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and plants have evolved, almost all of which are found nowhere else in the world. Madagascar has all of the world's species of lemurs (of which there are over 100, and still more being discovered!), half of the world's chameleon species and six out of eight baobab species. The entire native terrestrial mammal fauna has evolved from just four colonists (one primate, one rodent, one insectivore and one carnivore) that are thought to have completed the perilous journey to Madagascar, by chance, on rafts of vegetation. Then, over tens of millions of years, these early pioneers evolved into over 100 living species, filling all manner of ecological niches across the island, and all are found nowhere else on Earth.
This tour has been specifically designed to maximise photographic opportunities, and we will explore and photograph several of the most spectacular locations and endemic species by both day and night. It will be led by an expert wildlife photographer, and our carefully constructed programme will be complemented by detailed guidance on locations and photographic settings to use for each subject.
The images here were all taken during my 2023 visit for Naturetrek.
Key Information
• Location - Madagascar
• Dates - 9th to 28th November 2026
• Places - maximum of 5 (4 spaces available)
• Cost - from £9995 (land cost only £9095)
• Single Supplement - from £1095
• Booking - call Barney Jones at Naturetrek on +44 1962 733051 to book your place
• Included - all food, accommodation, transportation (see pricing) and guiding
• Extensions - can also be arranged by Naturetrek so please ask for details
For the full itinerary, prices and further details on the running of the trip please visit Naturetrek.
