Geography School Trips & Tours
With a wide range of fascinating destinations to choose from, our programme of school geography trips will enable your pupils to discover the exciting world of geography outside the classroom.
Each destination has been chosen with your school curriculum in mind. Therefore, whatever your learning objectives, we have a range of geography trips to suit your needs and your budget. So, where shall we go?
Learn more about our geography trip destinations
Barcelona & Catalonia
Barcelona & Catalonia
A geography school trip to the popular and cosmopolitan city of Barcelona provides pupils with numerous exciting study opportunities. Our most popular geography tours to the Catalonia region are designed to cover a host of study themes and complement the latest AS and A2 specifications.
Learn more about our geography trips to Barcelona & Catalonia here
Iceland
Iceland
Take your pupils on thrilling Icelandic geography tour visit and bear witness to rare phenomena, from dramatic volcanic lunar landscapes and spouting geysers, to diverging plates, glaciers, and outwash plains.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
On a geography field trip to Northern Ireland’s North Coast, your pupils will get the chance to study coastal processes, volcanism, geology, glaciation, the impact of tourism and conservation in a fascinating area of outstanding natural beauty.
Learn more about our geography trips to Northern Ireland here
Paris
Paris
Paris is a city that everyone should experience, and a student geography tour to the city offers the perfect opportunity to undertake studies into human geography, especially at GCSE level.
Sicily
Sicily
A geography school trip to Sicily provides a great opportunity for groups wanting to study key themes at GCSE and A-level, including volcanic activity and coastal processes and the resulting formations. This island offers superb geography tours including Mount Etna which provides an excellent case study to expand upon back in the classroom.
The Bay of Naples
Bay of Naples
A geography field trip to the Bay of Naples provides a great opportunity to study key themes at GCSE and A-level, including tectonic processes, tourism, hazard management, coasts and industry.
Learn more about our geography trips to the Bay of Naples here
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Geography school trips to the Netherlands are excellent for the study of physical, human and environmental geography at KS3 and GCSE. With geography tours that include the region’s cities, waterways and its coast, key topics include sustainability, fluvial systems, hazards, industry, cultural diversity and environmental change.
Learn more about our geography trips to the Netherlands here
West Coast USA
West Coast USA
A geography school trip to West Coast USA offers unparalleled opportunities for pupils of all ages, with many geography and geology field trips visits directly relating to KS3, GCSE and A-level study. Rich in biodiversity, the spectacular waterfalls and giant sequoias of Yosemite contrast dramatically with the harsh, arid environment of Death Valley. Meanwhile, West Coast cities (including LA, Las Vegas and San Francisco) offer countless opportunities to study key human geography themes.
North Wales
North Wales
Snowdonia, in North Wales, presents the perfect location for a case study of a deglaciated environment, and highlights the sheer impact within a small geographical area.
Our most popular geography school trip destinations...
Our most popular geography school trip destinations...
The Bay of Naples
A geography school trip to the Bay of Naples provides a great opportunity to study key themes at GCSE and A-level, including tectonic processes, tourism, hazard management, coasts and industry. This exciting geography field trip programme includes visits to Pompeii, the Phlegraean Fields, Capri and the Amalfi Coast - not to mention Mount Vesuvius!
Find out more here
Iceland
For pupils studying the ongoing impact of glaciation and vulcanicity, a geography trip to Iceland provides a unique opportunity to witness a rare phenomena, from dramatic volcanic lunar landscapes and spouting geysers, to diverging plates, glaciers, and outwash plains! Our geography school trip highlights include the Blue Lagoon, Golden and South Circle Adventure and the Northern Lights.
Find out more here
Explore the world with our Field Studies Guides
Equipped with first-hand knowledge of the culture, climate, history and subject knowledge of geography and geology, our expert guides will assist with programme delivery, tailoring your group’s experience to suit your specific learning needs.
Your guide will contact you ahead of your geography trip for a pre-tour discussion, assist with teaching, guiding, and practical investigation, whilst also providing advice, support and assistance with on-tour logistics.
Our Field Studies Guides are available in Iceland, the Bay of Naples, Sicily and Northern Ireland.
Planning your first school trip?
If you're planning your first geography school trip, our essential guide will take you through each step of the process...
- Choosing your destination
- Gaining approval from your Local Authority and/or your Head
- Promoting your tour in school
- Confirming your booking
- Tailor-make your tour
- Completing your risk assessments (including a sample risk assessment)
- Quick reference timeline
- Pre-tour checklist
Additional support, resources & information
Tour planning service
Tour planning service
With NST, you’ll get your own dedicated, knowledgeable Tour Co-ordinator who’ll work with you from start to finish. You’ll benefit from their unrivalled destination knowledge, and their experience gained from working with many other groups too. They’ll tailor-make your itinerary from scratch and take care of everything for you:
- Pulling together an itinerary that runs smoothly
- Planning the right balance of visits every day with realistic timings
- Pre-arranging and pre-booking your visits, entrance tickets, passes and meals
You’ll receive your final itinerary a full 4-weeks before you travel too.
Free school trip promotion pack
Free school trip promotion pack
We’ll support you and provide everything you need to advertise your school trip around school and to parents. Our free school trip promotion pack consists of:
- Parents’ letter & permission slip template for you to complete A3 posters to promote your trip around school
- PowerPoint presentation templates which you can tailor to your own needs
- Online parents’ video which showcases the benefits of taking a school trip
Risk assessment support including preview visits
Risk assessment support including preview visit
Risk assessment plays a vitally important part in the planning and organisation on any school tour.
Our risk assessment guide aims to help you understand more about your obligations and how you can more effectively manage group safety on your next educational visit and provide you with risk assessments for your trip.
Planning first school trip
Planning first school trip
Organising your first school trip can appear to be a daunting process.
If you're planning your first school trip, our guide will help to take you through each step of the planning process, answering frequently asked questions and providing tips and support along the way.
Our helpful guide covers the following:
- Choosing your destination
- Gaining approval from your Local Authority and/or your Head
- Promoting your tour in school
- Confirming your booking
- Tailor-make your tour
- Completing your risk assessments (including a sample risk assessment)
- Quick reference timeline
- Pre-tour checklist
Get live updates on your group's tour location
Get live updates on your group's tour location
Locate My Trip uses GPS technology and is the easy, convenient way for your school to follow your location whilst on tour. Specifically designed to provide reassurance to both parents and teachers, NST will know where your group are 24/7. If your schedule needs to change, we’ll put plans in place to keep your tour on track.
With Locate My Trip your group can also share photos and videos with the school and parents, via a secure link, to keep them updated on your experience whilst you’re away.
Your online school trip organiser - My Tour Manager
Your online school trip organiser - My Tour Manager
Save time and stay on track with your school trip admin with our online orgnaniser - designed to help busy teachers like you.
With My Tour Manager, you'll be able to download FREE resources and access trip paperwork online and in one place. Your personalised checklist details what you need to do and by when, plus you'll receive fortnightly reminders too.
What's more, you can take all your trip documents on the go whilst on your tour with our app, My Tour Manager-On-the-Go.
Find out more and watch out short My Tour Manager video here
Free classroom resources
Free classroom resources
We've created a range of free geography resources and educational posters to brighten up your classroom!
Take a look at our downloadable posters here
Speak to one of our school travel experts
Our team of school travel experts have unrivalled destination knowledge and experience so they can help to bring your tour ideas to life and might even suggest options you hadn’t already thought of too! So get in touch today and we'll help to create a bespoke, budget-friendly tour itinerary to meet your specific learning requirements.
Why choose NST...
Here's why hundreds of teachers choose NST each year...
- Unrivalled knowledge
Your dedicated geography tour co-ordinator will use their unrivalled local knowledge and expertise to create a tailor-made, curriculum-linked itinerary to meet your group’s exact needs.
- Making it easier for you
With our online school trip organiser, travel app, free classroom posters to support in-school promotion.
- Support from our Field Studies Guides
Equipped with first-hand knowledge of the culture, climate, history and subject knowledge of geography, NST’s team of specialist geography Field Studies Guides can assist with programme delivery to ensure your students have the best possible learning experience.
- NST is a certified Iceland specialist
We're proud to be a certified Inspired by Iceland specialist, which means that we have been accredited as a tour operator with extensive knowledge and experience when it comes to planning a trip to Iceland.
- Offsetting carbon emissions
For every trip taken, we'll plant a Maya nut tree in Peru to support reforestation, local communities & biodiversity. Plus, we'll offset an additional tonne of CO2 to guarantee carbon emission reductions.
- Risk assessment guidance
Our risk assessment guidance will help you to manage group safety on your next educational trip.
- FREE group leader inspection visits
We offer a free inspection visit to your chosen destination to support your risk assessment planning.
- Value for money
We’re committed to bringing you the best possible value trips to help make every penny count.
- Peace of mind
Your group’s location can be followed with our trip tracking device - Locate My Trip - plus you’ll have 24/7 support from us whilst you’re away.
- More than 20 years’ experience
With over 20 years’ experience, with NST you can rest assured that your group is in safe hands.
Looking for protection on your next school trip?
Booking with a school travel company is the best way for you to protect parents’ money and give yourself peace of mind.
Financial protection from the moment you book
NST are fully bonded & licensed:
- ABTA
- ATOL
- IATA
- Commission for Aviation Regulation
Managing safety on school trips
For your protection, NST's independently audited Safety Management System covers:
- 24-hour emergency cover
- Audited accommodation & transport
- Excursions & school visit assessment
- Group leader preview visits to assist with risk assessment planning
Package Travel Regulations 2018
Don't forget - if your school arranges transport, accommodation and other services directly, you’ll be liable under the Package Travel Regulations – meaning you’ll have all the responsibilities of a travel company, both legal and financial.
We're LOtC Council’s Quality Badge assured
For groups travelling from Northern Ireland... the Department for Education advises schools to always look for the LOtC Quality Badge when choosing a school travel provider.
What teachers are saying about us...
"I would like to thank NST for a fabulous geography school trip to the Bay of Naples. Our students stated that it was a life changing experience."
Stephen Till, Head of Geography
"This was the first time that we have organised a geography trip to Iceland. From the first minute, I have been delighted with the help and support from all of the staff at NST. They have all made my life so much easier and provided me with lots of information to help with our decision making. I cannot thank NST enough."
Matthew Smith, Assistant Head
"Our Field Studies Guide, Rob, was absolutely excellent in every way during our geography school trip! He was thoroughly knowledgeable about everything that Iceland had to offer."
Emma Hartley, Geography Teacher
"Our Field Studies Guide, Claire, was truly excellent. A phenomenal asset to NST. Excellent knowledge, fantastic with the children and very skilled at thinking on her feet to ensure a faultless visit (including adding extra stops and re-ordering some stops to avoid major tourist traffic). Cannot praise her highly enough and would definitely wish to have her again on our next geography trip."
Richard Ledingham, Head of Geography
"We have done a lot of geography school trips and had a number of guides, but Martin is up there with the best of them. Organised, good with the students, excellent subject knowledge and really engaged our students. He is a big part of the reason we would look to come back to NST again."
Miranda Banwell, Geography Teacher
"The students and staff thoroughly enjoyed our geography school trip to the Bay of Naples. The itinerary was fun-packed and educational. The students crammed in a lot in a short space of time."
Matt McKinney, Head of Geography
