Why Travel with Rayburn Tours?
At Rayburn Tours, our biggest aim is to give you and your group a happy, memorable and smooth-running tour and we know the proof is in the planning!
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...
Top 5 visits to tick off your Iceland bucket list
Located at the juncture of the North Atlantic and Arctic, a school trip to Iceland is bursting with geographical wonders in their wildest forms. From erupting geysers and crashing waterfalls to...
What are the benefits of taking your Geography students outside the classroom?
For over 50 years, Rayburn Tours has been committed to helping students and their teachers discover more of the world by providing unforgettable international travel experiences. We pride ourselves...
Top 5 recommendations for your Business Trip to the ‘Big Apple’
New York, New York, so good they named it twice! As a leading financial centre, with the world’s largest stock exchange, New York houses 45 of the Fortune 500 companies and simply cannot fail to...
“To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture”
With a love of travel, languages and culture, Rayburn Education team member, Claudia, is passionate about what she does. Originating from Guatemala in Central America – a land of volcanoes,...
Top 5 reasons geographers love Iceland
Sculpted by lava and ice, this is a land where geysers erupt, waterfalls thunder, glaciers glisten… and that’s only the beginning of your Icelandic adventures!
20 Essential Phrases for Every Visitor to Iceland
While many Icelanders are (thankfully) fluent in English, learning a few key phrases before your visit will certainly not go unnoticed amongst the natives and you never know when they might come in...
The Education Team talk Christmas traditions around the world
Christmas is a time for traditions. Whether it’s the family decorating the tree, hanging stockings on the fireplace, excitedly anticipating the arrival of Father Christmas and his reindeer or...
Top 6 Fascinating Volcano Facts
Remarkable exhibitions of the fiery power contained deep within the Earth, volcanoes are vents in the Globe’s surface where molten rock, debris, and gases from the planet’s interior are...
Sandwell Academy Bring Learning to Life in Iceland
Golden Ticket Winners Cast your mind back to this time last year and you may recall that we proudly announced Sandwell Academy in West Bromwich as lucky Golden Ticket winners. A quick recap for...
The Somme, 1st July – 19th November 1916
On 19th November 1916, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War came to an end resulting in the tragic loss of an estimated 420,000 British lives and a further 200,000 French casualties...