My visit to South West USA with Bedford Modern School
As a geographer, visiting the Grand Canyon has always been on my bucket list. This was finally fulfilled in October as I was lucky enough to accompany Bedford Modern School on their trip to South...
Geography of the Civil Rights Movement
A prestigious prize to the land of extremes
Last month, we welcomed Graham from Icelandair to Rayburn House to reveal the much anticipated winner of a competition they had been running with us here at Rayburn Tours. Each time a member of the...
A Sunny Adventure in Sicily
Our Icelandic Adventure! (Part One)
Day 2 – Thursday 17th August 2017 Today began with a hearty breakfast at the Selfoss Hostel. Our host, Agnieszka, baked fresh Icelandic bread and mouth-watering waffles. And who’d have...
The tradition of the St Ivo Iceland trip
Experiencing the best of Iceland Earlier this month, over 70 adventurers from the geography department at St Ivo School in Cambridgeshire headed to the remote Arctic edge to explore Iceland’s...
“If bliss could be a colour, today would be Amalfi Blue” said Lisa Fantino
The author, Lisa Fantino, definitely had that right! Today the students from Danetre and Southbrook Learning Village and I paid a visit to the spectacular Amalfi Coast. The drive to Amalfi is as...
Herculaneum vs Pompeii
My adventure continues with the Danetre and Southbrook Learning Village group on their geography trip in Sorrento. Today we visited Herculaneum and Pompeii and I am sure many people are wondering why...
Iceland highlights through the eyes of a Geography Teacher
As a team of Iceland lovers, at Rayburn Tours we all have our own personal highlights from the Land of Fire and Ice…but who better to hear from about their favourite moments and memories from...
Top 5 Forms of Volcano – Download your FREE classroom poster
Volcanoes are amazing exhibitions of the fiery power contained deep within the Earth. These explosive formations are vents in the Globe’s surface where molten rock, debris, and gases from the...
Inspiring your students with ‘living, breathing geography’
At Rayburn Tours, we are in the privileged position to work closely with inspirational teachers; each and every one of them committed to providing their students with unforgettable learning...
Iceland’s Golden Circle
Located on the remote Arctic edge and sitting upon one of the world’s most volcanically active zones, school trips to Iceland involving the Land of Fire and Ice is a magical combination of...