🎬🌊⭐ Join Shaya, our California Tours to Shores wildlife reporter, with a jaw-dropping recall of her paddle board experience with a Great white shark.             🔎 🦈 1️⃣ NO BONES ABOUT IT❓ Great white sharks are made of cartilage (like…

This week, across the country, our club children took part in our wildly popular ‘Birdwatch Bingo’  activity, quietly scouting school grounds in search of wild birds.   Why Birdwatch Bingo   This is a yearly repeater activity, which we ALWAYS RUN in…

  The Great Out-tours are extremely passionate about our 🪶feathered friends🦢, and through our national award-winning school programmes, WE REGULARLY feature them in curricular activities 🔭.      What is World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)❓   This…

              🌊 Young hatchling turtles ARE STILL A MYSTERY OF SCIENCE❓ The first few years of a marine turtle’s life are known as the ‘lost years’. That’s because the time between when the hatchlings emerge until they return to…

    🌍 The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth.     🌊 The ocean produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen.     🐟 It is home to…

 Calling all Mums, Dads, Grannies, Grandads, Carers & Guardians!       Celebrate National Children’s Gardening Week, making your gardens, balconies or window ledges, FUN FOR CHILDREN.     Use fun ideas this holiday week, for garden…

  Bees rely on their sense of smell to identify different flowers, making them effective pollinators.   ☠️ Air pollution masks scent molecules in plants, meaning bees have to FORAGE FOR LONGER, tiring them out & making them less effective at pollinating….

The Great Out-tours join the rest of the world celebrating the ‘International Day of Plant Health’.     1️⃣ International travel and trade have been associated with the introduction and spread of plant pests.   2️⃣ Invasive pest species are one of the…

🎬🌊⭐ Join Vanessa, our Grand Cayman Tours to Shores wildlife reporter, with a Caribbean dive into the world of the Southern stingray.             🔎 🦈 1️⃣ TOOTHY RELATIVES❓ Southern stingrays are flattened fish closely related to sharks….

  🌊 ⭐ SEA STAR WATCH ALERT: Check out the moment our very own Tours to Shores wildlife reporter, Vanessa and Great Out-tours founder, John, discovered graceful ‘Red Cushion Sea Stars’ in the Caribbean sea off GRAND CAYMAN.      1️⃣ When…

    🐘 🐜 One of the most fascinating aspects of wildlife, is the way in which animals rely on each other for survival, no matter their size!   🌍 This year’s World Animal Day theme “Great or Small, Love Them All,” takes the opportunity to honour all…

MUST WATCH ALERT: Check out the pioneering journey of one courageous hatchling, followed by the rest of the family❗   Our very own Tours to Shores wildlife reporter, Vanessa, captured this amazing spectacle from the CAYMAN ISLANDS, featuring Green Turtle…

  🌊🐢 😀 Who doesn’t love watching serene sea turtles, swimming gracefully in crystal clear waters❓   🎥💚💥This ‘Tours to Shores’ report from Vanessa, gives all of the above👆🏻 and is a MUST WATCH❗   🤿🐢 Dive into the fascinating world of Green…

🐾 🌱😀 Are you a nature lover, keen to explore the wonders of the wild? Then ‘Tours to Shores’ is just for you❗   🎥💚💥 Discover and learn about the fascinating world of wildlife, from the comfort of your own home.   🌎🎥👁  Featuring amazing young Great…

  🦈🎥😲🎬 Watch this Jaw-dropping video of a Great White Shark, peacefully swimming with a group of paddle-boarders off the coast of California, USA.   🦈  Through The Great Out-tours educational partnership with Shark Trust , YOU WILL HAVE A FINTASTIC…

  Sea turtles can migrate very long distances – the record is for a female Leatherback Turtle, that swam nearly 13,000 miles over 647 days from Indonesia to the west coast of America!     It is estimated that as few as 1 in 1,000 sea turtle eggs will…

    🌍 The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth.     🌊 The ocean produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen.     🐟 It is home to…

  Through The Great Out-tours educational partnerships with Shark Trust, Olive Ridley Project & The Seahorse Trust , primary age children are being empowered to the importance of beating plastic pollution, in order to save our ocean icons.     World…

      National Children’s Gardening Week celebrates the fun that gardens, balconies or window ledges, can hold FOR CHILDREN.     The Great Out-tours bring you a second SUPER QUICK ‘green finger’ project for your children, to focus their…

 Calling all Mums, Dads, Grannies, Grandads, Carers & Guardians!       Celebrate National Children’s Gardening Week, making your gardens, balconies or window ledges, FUN FOR CHILDREN.     Use fun ideas this holiday week, for garden…

🦋 🐦 🐯 🌱 What is Biological Diversity❓   The variety of all living things and their interactions. Biodiversity changes over time, as extinction occurs and new species evolve.   Whilst biodiversity describes the wide variety of plants, animals and…

  Bees rely on their sense of smell to identify different flowers, making them effective pollinators.   ☠️ Air pollution masks scent molecules in plants, meaning bees have to FORAGE FOR LONGER, tiring them out & making them less effective at pollinating….

  The Great Out-tours are extremely passionate about our 🪶feathered friends🦢, and through our national award-winning school programmes, WE REGULARLY feature them in curricular activities 🔭.    What is World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)❓ This special day is…

  🌱🌳   Why an International Day of Plant Health? The United Nations designated 12 May the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH), to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity, the…

This week with our AMAZING club children, we paid tribute of The King’s love of the NATURAL WORLD, making Hazel Coronation Crowns.    King Charles III’s passion is perfectly captured through the official Coronation Crown emblem , unifying the flora of the…

  🌱🌍🌳   Why an International Mother Earth Day? Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering.    🌱🌳 The Great Out-tours are actively purveying 10 HOME lifestyle adjustments, that can help Mother Earth. We feature them…

Allow us to set the scene. In February 2023, Buxted CE Primary School had an Ofsted inspection.   A Friday afternoon in March 2023 arrived, and Farmer John with his tremendous team, were all set up at the school, ready to run what has CONSISTENTLY been the…

This week, across the country, our club children took part in our wildly popular ‘Birdwatch Bingo’  activity, quietly scouting school grounds in search of wild birds.   Why Birdwatch Bingo   This is a yearly repeater activity, which we ALWAYS RUN in…

Following an OFSTED inspection at our longest serving club at Dallington CE Primary School, we were heralded with the ULTIMATE TESTIMONIAL!? 😀   📞  John Brooksbank (AKA Farmer John to club client pupils), received a telephone call from Paul Cox – Headmaster,…

  Together, we have come up with a SWIMMINGLY SNAPPY deal, to ensure Happy Children, Happy Families, Happy Holidays!?   For the duration of the Easter Holidays (until 30 April 2022), on any of our national award winning £ Shark Trust Activity Bundles, we are…

🤿👀 😀 WE ARE DELIGHTED TO LAUNCH  ‘PORT JACKSON SHARK’ ACTIVITY BUNDLE!   (As part of our 🏆 National award winning 🦈 Shark Trust Mini-bundles) 😀👀🤿   💰 JUST £1️⃣, with 15p going to the Shark Trust!   CLI CK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE   Port…

This week, across the country, our club children took part in our wildly popular ‘Birdwatch Bingo’  activity, quietly scouting school grounds in search of wild birds.            Game rules: Using a Bingo worksheet adorned with 18…

🤿👀 😀 WE ARE DELIGHTED TO LAUNCH  ‘COWNOSE RAY’ ACTIVITY BUNDLE!   (As part of our 🏆 National award winning 🦈 Shark Trust Mini-bundles) 😀👀🤿   💰 JUST £1️⃣, with 15p going to the Shark Trust!   CLI CK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE   Cownose Rays are named…

We are delighted to announce a partnership with internationally reputed, Olive Ridley Project . Via our online activity programme, we are in the final stages of designing a ‘Sea Turtles’ Activity Bundle.     🌊 When? It will be launched to coincide with the…

  The Great Out-tours and The Seahorse Trust, see ‍children as VERY MUCH part of the answer for healthy oceans!   To herald Biodiversity Day, through our special partnership with The Seahorse Trust, we are offering for one day only… the ‘Seahorses’…

      Through our special partnership agreement with   Shark Trust , we have   HATCHED AN EASTER TREAT FOR YOU ALL!?          GO GREAT OUT-TOURS and hunt for shark, ray & skate eggcases (AKA  ‘Mermaid’s…

🤿👀 TAILS UP FUN! 👀🤿   We are delighted to announce a partnership with highly reputed The Seahorse Trust . Via our online activity programme, we introduce you to the ‘Seahorses’ Activity Bundle.   CLI CK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE    Seahorses pair for a long…

 🏆  A s voted for by some of the UK’s most revered rural professionals as well as multinational technology business giant, Amazon.   At a specially adapted online Rural Business Awards National Final, The Great Out-tours team FROM ALL OVER THE UK, got…

      The Great Out-tours have been in business for 10 YEARS!   We have enjoyed every minute of our work inspiring primary age children & adults in care settings, to treasure & protect the wonders of the countryside & natural world. We thank you all…

       Salt dough has been around for centuries and can be traced back to ancient Egypt. Salt Dough plaques have been found attached on the jewellery of pharaohs! WOW!   🥣 Salt dough is a wonderful alternative to modelling clay, that can be used to make…

 We are delighted to announce a partnership with highly reputed Shark Trust . Via our online activity programme, we introduce you to the ‘Sharks & Rays Activity Bundle.   CLI CK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE   🦈 Learning about fantastic sharks and rays is a…

        🍂🍄🍁 AUTUMN TREASURES family quiz challenge. **Run on our Facebook pages throughout Autumn 2020.**   ⌛️ This competition is now closed! 😃 We are delighted to advise that MANY, MANY ENTRIES CAME IN FOR THIS COLOURFUL AUTUMNAL…

This has been the most challenging year since The Great Out-tours was established in 2011! It has been the MOST REWARDING TOO?? 😔 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic/unavoidable lockdown constraints, has seen our revenues reduced by 80%. 🎯 Under extraordinary pressures, in…

John Brooksbank – Founder of The Great Out-tours, was approached by The Daily Mail, to lend his support to this worthy and much needed charity.       ⚠️ As the country grapples with a second lockdown that could see thousands of small companies disappear, The Tide…

  🍂🍄🍁 ‘AUTUMN TREASURES’ family prize challenge.   **Running on our Facebook pages.** 💥🥇 WINNER gets a Great Out-tours cosy Beanie Hat (see pic)!🥇💥 Guarantee: This challenge will engage children and adults – we have Beanie Hats for all sizes!!! A prize quiz is only as…

  🐦 🦆🦉🦅 ‘Birds of a FEATHER’ family prize challenge. ** Running on our Facebook pages.** TELL US WHAT BIRD THIS FEATHER BELONGS TO?   QUOTE THE FEATHER NUMBER, WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR ANSWER, VIA A FACEBOOK ‘COMMENT’ OR ‘MESSENGER’.     Find one of these and you never…

🐦 🦆🦉🦅 ‘Birds of a FEATHER’ family prize challenge. **The BIG 6 SO FAR, running on our Facebook pages.** 💥🥇WINNER gets a GREEN & GREAT Out-tours cap (see pic)! 💥🥇 Guarantee: This challenge will engage children AND adults – we have caps for all sizes!!! A prize quiz…

  🐦 🦆🦉🦅 ‘Birds of a FEATHER’ family prize challenge. **Running on our Facebook pages.** 💥🥇WINNER gets a GREEN & GREAT Out-tours cap (see pic)! 💥🥇 Guarantee: This challenge will engage children AND adults – we have caps for all sizes!!! A prize quiz is only as…

🐝 www.thegreatout-tours.com/online 🦎 🏃‍♂️ Ideas for the week-end? Get your children out & about this Summer holidays, with The Great Out-tours! 🤸‍♂️  Enjoy FUN family activities inspired by nature, in the park, on a walk, in the garden or on the beach.  …

🏃‍♂️  Get your children out & about this Summer holidays, with The Great Out-tours! 🤸‍♂️  Enjoy FUN family activities inspired by nature, in the park, on a walk, in the garden or on the beach.   🎯   CLICK  HERE TO GIVE OUR ACTIVITY BUNDLES A SPIN!   🤪   …