Staff at Discover the World

Email darren@discover-the-world.co.uk

Darren has worked with the educational travel market for almost 20 years. Originally working with overseas groups arriving in the UK on study tours to more recently overseeing sport and adventure groups for one of the countries largest school group operators. He has travelled extensively in Asia and Eastern Europe and spent many periods of time working overseas with British school groups as resort manager in countries such as Italy, Austria and Canada.

Darren’s Top Travel Experiences

• Traveling across Eastern Europe by train
• Travelling 2,500 miles from Cancun to Mexico City by bus
• A train journey across Java from Jakarta to Surabaya in Indonesia
• The Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur
• The National Chinese Museum in Taiwan
• Skiing in Austria as often as possible 
• Family camping in Dorset

Email charlotte@discover-the-world.co.uk
Tel +44 (0)1737 214 234

Charlotte started her career in travel 22 years ago, and has covered many different genres within the industry. She joined Discover the World in 2007 as a sales consultant in the Lapland department, but moved onto the school/groups department within a few months. Charlotte has travelled all over the world during her years in travel, the highlight being a trip to Iceland in June last year.

Charlotte’s Top Travel Experiences: 

• Husky sledging in Lapland, especially as the huskies are so friendly
• Swimming in the Blue Lagoon, snowmobiling up a glacier, riding an Icelandic horse

Email lorraine@discover-the-world.co.uk

Lorraine started her career in travel many moons ago. She joined Discover the World in 2006 as manager of our Living Planet Schools Programme. Lorraine has travelled extensively to the USA, Canada, Argentina, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Namibia and since being at DTW has fallen in love with Iceland, Lapland and New Zealand. In 2008 she achieved a school girl dream of seeing a polar bear when she worked as a tour escort on our Around Spitsbergen voyage.

Lorraine’s Top Travel Experiences: 

• Seeing the northern lights for the first time, and sharing this with 30 very lucky students on a school trip to Iceland
• Watching a majestic polar bear on a Spitsbergen voyage
• Flying to the Franz Josef glacier by helicopter
• Spending a wonderful night on Milford Sound in New Zealand

Email dan@discover-the-world.co.uk

Dan has travelled to a variety of destinations including Greenland, Morocco, Oman, Thailand, Australia, USA, Bahamas and much of mainland Europe including Swedish Lapland on several occasions. He has travelled throughout Iceland and New Zealand extensively. Before joining Discover the World, Dan completed his degree in geography at the University of Newcastle, then spent two years working in various sales and recruitment roles.

Dan’s Top Travel Experiences: 

• An adrenaline-filled 40 second free fall during sky dive over Taupo, New Zealand
• Watching the northern lights whilst in a geothermal heated hot tub in Iceland
• Diving with Mako sharks off coast of Kaikoura, New Zealand
• Driving through the Icelandic Highlands on a clear day in a super jeep; sightseeing Europe’s largest wet desert, amongst picturesque snow capped mountains, volcanoes, lava fields, hot springs, magnificent waterfalls, glaciers and stunning birdlife
• A snowmobile ride across the Icelandic Myrdaljokull Icecap, to then stand 200 meters away from the erupting Eyjapjallajokull. One of the most exciting experiences of my life!

Email addy@discover-the-world.co.uk
Tel +44 (0)1737 214 216

Brought up on a farm in the west of Iceland and one of the founders of 'Icelandic Farm Holidays', Addy spent her summers with people from different parts of the world, giving her interest in travelling and exploring new destinations. After working in various hotels in Iceland, she studied Travel & Tourism at the Iceland School of Tourism where she graduated in 1997. Addy has lived in Germany, Italy and in the UK since 2000 where she has worked for Discover the World since 2001 as a travel consultant with focus on holidays to Iceland and Greenland. Addy has travelled extensively throughout Europe, Greenland and Iceland and is an experienced rider of the pure bred Icelandic horse.

Addy’s Top Travel Experiences

• Riding on the sandy beaches of Snaefellsnes where the view is panoramic, with the sea on one side and mountains on the other and the magical Snaefellsjokull in front of you
• The perfect stillness of sitting on the shores of the Icefjord in West Greenland, where as far as you can see there is nothing but Icebergs
• Riding snowmobiles in the dark through the woods in Lapland searching for the northern lights