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The A Level geography students from University College School embarked on a 5 day, 4 night trip to the spectacular island of Sicily. A popular choice for the school as this would be their third trip there with Rayburn Tours and for a group that consisted of human geography students and physical geography students it’s [...]
April 2013 saw the Geographical Association Annual Conference come to our home city of Derby and, for a fourth consecutive year, Rayburn Tours were proud to receive an award from the Association for their on tour Study Handbooks; this year it was for our brand new Sicily Study Handbook. The Sicily Study Handbook comprises a [...]
Iceland and New Zealand were considered the most welcoming countries towards foreign tourists in a ranking of 140 countries as published in the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013. In the report the country’s travel industry was ranked in a number of different categories, including the attitude of the population towards foreign [...]
Iceland shouldn’t really “work” as a country! It is sub-arctic, remote, rocky, prone to earthquakes & volcanic eruptions, has 7 month long, hard winters, has brief, cool summers, has limited farmland and is home to mischievous trolls and ubiquitous elves. But, against all the odds, Iceland really does work! Iceland has enviable and sustainable fish [...]
As part of your Geography Trip to Morocco you could sleep amongst Saharan sand dunes, beneath a myriad of stars and constellations, in a Bedouin style tent encampment! New for 2013: Bivouac Tents in Morocco We are delighted to be able to offer an even fuller desert experience in the Zagora area. In addition to [...]
There is a growing and great demand for Earth Scientists around the world; this programme can only help to inspire (and perhaps “set on fire”!) young, motivated minds who may be wondering where their love of geography could professionally take them. “Volcano Live” is doing a great job of increasing the fascination for geography and, [...]
What was very much an active, live geographical event is now almost, dare I say it, dormant… history! It is remarkable and somewhat disconcerting to think that it is now over 2 years since the magnificent glories of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption in South Iceland. Memories of the sights, sounds, smells, emotions (mixed and very [...]
An article in the magazine ‘Iceland Review’ tells us that the National Geographic magazine puts the Blue Lagoon and the Northern Lights in Iceland in its ‘25 Wonders of the World’. It comes as no surprise to us that the Sahara Desert also made the list. Our Geography Tour destinations have been deliberately selected and [...]
It was splendid to be able to attend the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers (SAGT) Anniversary Dinner on Friday the 28th October as well as the SAGT Conference the following day, both in Glasgow. This is the 40th year of the Association and there was/is much to celebrate. As well as Dr Iain Stewart (of [...]
Well, first there was Fimmvorðuháls (red, hot and glowing) closely followed by Eyjafjallajökull (the dirty, dusty one) in 2010; we all remember these events, everyone has a story to tell. Our groups in 2010 and 2011 have since been thrilled to have had sight of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, to learn of the events and stories [...]
Switzerland can provide real life case studies for a number of geographical topics that your students will be studying at school. The value of your students visiting the snout of a glacier or standing on the riverbank looking at river management, combined with the Switzerland Study Handbook can have nothing but a positive effect on [...]
