Tour leader Mark Galliot describes a memorable holiday enjoying and photographing a wide variety of special butterflies in the French Pyrenees this summer. This tour is run in conjunction with, and raises money for, the British charity Butterfly Conservation.

With our houseparty-style holidays in the Palentian mountains of Spain proving ever more popular (and with Iberian Wolves once again putting in an appearance during our June 2011 tour), we talk to Tino Garcia, our host in Palencia, about his love of nature and the mountains.

Lynx watching is a hot topic at the moment. Tour leader Byron Palacios had a double whammy with a small group on our March 2011 tour, with outstanding views both in Donana and in the Sierra Morena, and with operations manager Paul Stanbury also out of the office earlier this spring on a private Lynx quest during a few days off, Andy Tucker thinks back to September 2006, with memories of Naturetrek's first stab at 'Europe's big cat'.

In this series, tour leader and native South African Leon Marais has chosen his Top Ten South Africa wildlife experiences. Here are his final two choices.

Tour leader and native South African Leon Marais continues his Top Ten South Africa wildlife experiences. Here are his 7th & 8th choices.