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If you’re due to travel to Iceland in autumn 2013 and thought you had missed what experts were predicting to be the best time to see the Northern Lights in the last decade, then we have some exciting news for you! NASA’s original predication was that the peak of the Solar Maximum, and the best [...]
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 [...]
If you’re due to travel to Iceland in autumn 2013 and thought you had missed what experts were predicting to be the best time to see the Northern Lights in the last decade, then we have some exciting news for you! NASA’s original predication was that the peak of the Solar Maximum, and the best [...]
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 [...]
HOT OFF THE PRESS… The 2013/14 Geography Tours brochure! What can you expect to find in our new brochure? 9 awe-inspiring destinations: Choose from France, Iceland, Morocco, the Netherlands, Sicily, Sorrento, Spain, Switzerland or even South West USA. 2 unique two-centre tours: Combine Sicily and Sorrento or Sorrento and Rome. Multi Award-Winning Geography Study Handbooks: [...]
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 [...]
We wouldn’t want you to have to rely solely on our word so for the first time we publish the stats taken from our 2012 post-tour questionnaires. Tour Experience: 4.7/5 Customer Service: 4.7/5 Accommodation: 4.3/5 Transport: 4.3/5 Rayburn Tours Courier: 4.8/5 Field Study Tutor: 5/5 Study Handbooks: 4.6/5 99% said they would recommend us to a colleague. [...]
Mr Latchford, Geography teacher at Court Fields Community School in Somerset, tells you why a trip to Sicily has become a “must go” priority for many of his GCSE Geography students. “A Sicily tour with Rayburn Tours offers the ideal combination of experiences for our GCSE Geographers. The educational opportunities relating to our GCSE syllabus [...]
Following the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers (SAGT) Annual Conference and Awards, which took place on Saturday 27th October 2012, the Educational Tours team at Rayburn Tours are thrilled to announce that yet another of their Geography Tour Study Handbooks has been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the 2012 SAGT Awards non-book category. This accomplishment is [...]
For a first time Party Leader or even an experienced traveler, taking your students on an educational tour can be a daunting prospect. Don’t let this put you off when there are numerous opportunities for you to join forces with another department on a cross curricular tour. Not only does this open up the potential [...]
