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Guest speakers will accompany many of our tours and add to your enjoyment of the areas you are visiting through a series of talks and informal discussions on board. Either as a specialist on the area or in a specific field, their onboard talks will bring an added dimension to the tour, complementing the guides who will share their local knowledge with you during your excursions. With backgrounds in areas such as music, art history, maritime history and archaeology, they will truly bring to life the sites and experiences of your journey. Whether during an informed evening lecture on the life of Mozart, whilst accompanying you ashore to the ruins of Ephesus, or standing on deck watching a calving glacier, their knowledge will help you to make the most of your journey.

Our expedition cruises are led by a highly experienced expedition team, including guest speakers. To fully appreciate many of the diverse and remote regions that are visited on our expedition cruises, the staff onboard are one of the most important aspects of the trip and help you understand all that you see. For each voyage, we carefully select the best experts in their field who will lead you every step of the way with their knowledge and enthusiasm. These may include ornithologists, naturalists, marine biologists as well as Zodiac drivers and expedition leaders. Through onboard briefings, informal presentations, whilst accompanying you ashore and on Zodiac excursions, they will share their in-depth knowledge of the wildlife, landscape and natural and cultural history of the region.

On the majority of our small ship and river cruises you will be joined by a Cruise Director and you will be accompanied by one of our experienced Tour Managers when undertaking one of our escorted land tours. Our Cruise Directors and Tour Managers have many years of experience and are in daily contact with our London office to ensure the smooth operation of your holiday. The daily programme is in their capable hands and whenever possible they will host daily briefings to provide you with information on the next day’s activities. 

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    Alan spent his career in education, spending his last 12 years prior to retirement in 2021 as the Head Teacher ...

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    Andy started his Travel & Tourism career when he was 20, working as a waiter at Pontins. He enjoyed this po...

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  • Angela Carpenter

    Born in the beautiful county of Somerset, Angie moved to London when she joined the world of banking in the Cit...

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  • Ann Perry

    Ann was born and brought up in Cardiff. At school she loved geography and learning about the world and its peop...

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  • Bettina Caspary

    Grown up in North Germany, her first contact to tourism dates back to the end 1980’s, when she was guidin...

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  • Beverley Davey

    Having worked in tourism as a Tour Manager and Cruise Director for over 30 years, Beverley has a wealth of know...

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  • Billy Tait

    Billy grew up in Durban, on the eastern edge of South Africa’s Indian Ocean coast. From his school window...

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  • Brenda McLoughlin

    Brenda is from Lancashire and has worked in the travel and tourism industry for over thirty years in operations...

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  • Caroline Biggs

    Caroline Biggs

    Caroline, who is based in Bournemouth, has been working in travel most of her life...

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  • Caroline Day

    Caroline is from Yorkshire , she has over 28 years experience in the tourism industry as a Tour manager and Cru...

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  • Caroline Mckenna

    Having spent her formative years living in London, Caroline embarked on a short-lived career in banking before ...

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  • Carolyn Owen

    Carolyn was born in Kingston, Surrey and as a teenager moved with her family to the West Country. Moving b...

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  • Cesar Perez

    A Noble Caledonia veteran, Cesar started in the head office at Noble Caledonia in 1998. After several years lea...

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  • Colin Thompson

    Colin has been in the travel industry for over 40 years. With a yearn to travel, Colin was successful in s...

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  • Debra Purdy

    Based on the West Sussex Hampshire borders, Debra started working in the travel industry (many years ago!) as a...

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  • Elaine Weddick

    Elaine Weddick

    Elaine was born and brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne and still maintains a strong connection with the area, al...

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  • Finlay Bremner

    Finlay is 23 years old and lives in Grantown On Spey in the Highlands of Scotland. He has always enjoyed being ...

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  • Fiona Veal

    Fiona has always had a love for travelling and has been doing so for the past 15 years. Having the travelling b...

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  • Frances Baskerville

    Frances Baskerville holds a long and varied career within the service and hospitality industry.  Across ma...

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  • Isabel Neves

    Isabel Neves

    Isabel was born on a farm in rural Portugal. She lived here with her grandparents until the age of 6 as dictato...

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    Jacky Harrison grew up in rural Northern Ireland, spending summers on local beaches, but the young Jacky dreame...

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    Judith was born and brought up in rural Buckinghamshire, and after initially toying with the idea of a career i...

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  • Nat Smith

    Nat has always lived in Derbyshire, close to the beautiful Peak District. Her love of travel started when she w...

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  • Natalie Houlding

    Having graduated from Brighton University with a 2:1 in philosophy and history in 2003 Natalie first took to th...

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  • Neil Horrocks

    Neil has been at sea full-time since 2001, a year after he graduated in Pure Maths from the University of Manch...

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  • Nicola Cameron-Clarke

    Born in Dorchester England, Nicola moved to Bournemouth at the age of four where she currently resides. Ni...

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  • Paul Anthony

    Sydney-born Paul moved to London when he was 23 and lived there for the next 28 years, now he resides in Athens...

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    Whilst at school in SE London, as a 15 year old and inspired by his maternal Grandmother’s travels, Paul ...

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    Phil Airey started his career in the travel industry in the early 80’s when, after working in vineyards n...

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  • Reba Minett

    Reba has lived and worked abroad since leaving university in 2003 and speaks French, Italian and Spanish fluent...

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    Rosalind Phipps

    Ros lived in Cairo and Luxor for 15 years. She worked for the Egypt Exploration Society in Cairo and arranged t...

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    Sheila Salmon

    Hailing originally from Yorkshire, Sheila developed a passion for travel early in her career and, after spendin...

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    Sue McManus

    Susan grew up in Harrogate, Yorkshire and then left the UK aged 18 to pursue a life of travel and adventure. Fo...

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    Thomas Pannkoke

    Grown up in North Germany, his first contact to tourism dates back to the mid 1980’s, when he was guiding...

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  • Tina Harrison

    Tina was born and raised in Gosport which is a small town between Portsmouth and Southampton. After leaving sch...

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