Who can fail to be delighted by butterflies – the intensity and variety of their colours, their delicate beauty and fascinating life cycles? Our tours allow butterfly-watching enthusiasts to observe marvellous species all around the world. Sadly, butterflies are in decline in many regions. To help prevent the loss of these beautiful creatures, our butterfly holidays make a direct contribution to their conservation.

Naturetrek Butterfly Tours

• We offer an excellent range of dedicated butterfly holidays
• All tours are led by a Naturetrek butterfly-watching expert
• Although butterflies are the main focus of our butterfly tours, we also take time to observe other wildlife

Here’s a selection of our dedicated butterfly tours:

Although we include butterfly-watching in many of our holidays, we offer a wide selection of dedicated butterfly tours, including:

• The Cevennes – we look for butterflies in the Massif Central
• Butterflies in Normandy – we go in search of some of Normandy’s 160 species of butterfly
• Sweden's Butterflies & Dragonflies – Sweden is home to Large Blue, Apollo, Scarce Copper and many more species
• Butterflies of the Dolomites – we explore sheltered valleys and butterfly hot-spots in the Italian Dolomites
• Sri Lanka - A Butterfly Tour – seeking Sri Lanka’s dazzling tropical species

Naturetrek & Butterfly Conservation 

Our longstanding support of Butterfly Conservation between 2002 and 2024, as a Gold Corporate Sponsor and through our donation of 10% of the income generated from each of our butterfly-focused holidays annually, saw us raise over £266,700 to help protect the habitats of these endearing insects. Our donations have funded a wide variety of initiatives, including an 18-month project maintain and improve a discrete area of suitable habitat for the Duke of Burgundy in the southern Chilterns.