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Pick your next adventure with these exceptional experiences, from Andalucía all the way to the Andes

6. See Wildlife Up Close

Tourism and conservation come together to showcase and protect nature in all its unspoilt beauty.

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Pyrenees

Spain

Join the Bearded Vulture Conservation Project for privileged insights and views of this majestic creature.

  • Pyrenees Drive & Explore
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San Gerardo de Dota

Costa Rica

Creep through a wilder cloud forest, for your best chance of glimpsing the majestic Resplendent quetzal.

  • Costa Rica Wildlife Holiday
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Galápagos Islands

Ecuador

Time a cruise to see elaborate mating dances by Blue-footed boobies and Waved albatrosses in April and May.

  • Ultimate Galápagos Trip
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Andalucía

Spain

Sail into the Strait of Gibraltar to look for Bottlenose and Striped dolphins; Pilot, Fin and Sperm whales.

  • Cádiz Coast Walk
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Castile

Spain

Enjoy the expert company of host Javier as you explore the bird-rich valleys of the wide Ebro River valley.

  • Castile Riverside Inn to Inn
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Alentejo

Portugal

Watch the world's only sea-nesting white storks raise their chicks above the Atlantic Ocean each spring.

  • Alentejo Inn to Inn
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Osa Peninsula

Costa Rica

Wake up in a jungle Ranger Station, enveloped in the sights and sounds of the most biodiverse place on Earth.

  • Ultimate Osa Peninsula Trip
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Osa Peninsula

Costa Rica

Seek out native Squirrel, Howler, Spider and White-faced capuchin monkeys in the forests of the Osa Peninsula.

  • Ultimate Osa Peninsula Trip
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Carara National Park

Costa Rica

Admire beautiful, but sadly endangered, wild Scarlet Macaws in one of their last strongholds in Costa Rica.

  • Costa Rica Widlife Holiday
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Pacific Coast

Costa Rica

Venture out after dinner to see turtles arriving to lay their eggs - or baby turtles hatching - on Ostional beach.

  • Costa Rica Widlife Holiday
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Colca Canyon

Peru

Enjoy a more personal and intimate encounter with majestic Andean condors, long after the crowds have left.

  • Ultimate Peru Holiday
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Patagonia National Park

Patagonia

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Argentina

Head out on in search of Patagonia's pumas with your guide, an embedded part of the rewilding project team.

  • Ruta 40 Road Trip
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Valdés Peninsula

Patagonia

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Argentina

Time your visit to the Valdés Peninsula to see Southern Right whales breeding in bays and Orcas hunting on beaches.

  • Rewilding Argentina Trip
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Iberá Wetlands

Argentina

Seek out native species, including the jaguar, deer and river otters, being returned to the open waters of Iberá.

  • Rewilding Argentina Trip
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Pantanal

Brazil

Join a renowned research team for a privileged encounter with the wild jaguars in the vast Pantanal wetlands.

  • Ultimate Brazil Holiday
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Amazon Rainforest

Brazil

Watch the sun rise over the rainforest, as the howls and hollers of the monkeys roll off across endless canopy.

  • Brazil Wildlife Holiday
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Patagonia National Park

Patagonia

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Chile

Walk in rewilded grasslands once tamed by overgrazing, now roamed again by rheas, guanacos and puma.

  • Carretera Austral Road Trip
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Indio Maíz

Nicaragua

Explore Caribbean jungles by foot and canoe, where monkeys howl, crocodiles bask and green macaws soar.

  • Natural Nicaragua Trip
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Amazon Rainforest

Peru

Experience a riot of colour and a cacophony of noise as parrots and macaws descend on clay licks at dawn.

  • Machu Picchu & Amazon Trip
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Machu Picchu

Peru

Seek hummingbirds, motmots and Cock of the Rock in a quiet corner of cloud forest in Machu Picchu village.

  • Peru & Galápagos Holiday
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Salta

Argentina

Between December and March, Laguna Grande is home to 16,000 flamingos – the largest gathering in South America.

  • Salta to Iguazú Trip
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Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctica

Meet remote colonies of charismatic chinstraps, waddling Adelie and distinctive Gentoo penguins up close.

  • Active Antarctica Cruise
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South Georgia

Antarctica

Sail the Southern Oceans to South Georgia, where 400,000 pairs of King penguins breed in summer months.

  • Southern Oceans Cruise
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Galápagos Islands

Ecuador

Share the blue underwater world of playful sea lion pups, ocean-going iguanas and graceful sea turtles.

  • Ecuador Wildlife Holiday
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Falkland Islands

Antarctica

Learn the difference between a Macaroni and its slightly smaller, punkier Rockhopper on the Falklands.

  • Southern Oceans Cruise
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Amazon Rainforest

Ecuador

Go in search of Giant River otters, reliably seen in late afternoon, or 'Otter o'clock' as it's known by the guides.

  • Ecuador Wildlife Holiday
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Amazon Rainforest

Ecuador

Creep through the hushed forest, seeking tree frogs, night monkeys and a hidden world of insects by flashlight.

  • Ecuador Wildlife Holiday
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Mindo Cloud Forest

Ecuador

Fall asleep to the rushing river and sip your morning cuppa as hummingbirds sip nectar in your lodge's fig trees.

  • Ecuador Wildlife Holiday