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

3. See wildlife up close

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

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Mating dances

Galápagos

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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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Puma tracking

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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Resplendent quetzals

San Gerardo de Dota

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Costa Rica

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

  • Ultimate Costa Rica trip
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Bearded Vultures up close

Pyrenees

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Spain

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

  • Pyrenees driving trip
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Jaguars in the wild

Pantanal

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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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Condors without crowds

Colca Canyon

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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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Flamboyance of flamingos

Andalucía

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Spain

Watch vast flamboyances of flamingos (surely the best collective noun) gather in the saline lagoons of Doñana.

  • Andalucía driving holiday
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Whales & orcas

Valdes Peninsula

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Argentina

Time your visit right to see Southern Right whales breeding in bays and, perhaps, Orcas hunting on beaches.

  • Patagonia guided trip
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Whale watching

Andalucía

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Spain

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

  • Andalucía driving holiday
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Birdwatching with Javier

Castile

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Spain

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

  • Castile Inn to Inn Walk
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Rewilding in action

Iberá

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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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Sunrise with the monkeys

Amazon Rainforest

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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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Rewilded grasslands

Carretera Austral

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Chile

Walk in Patagonia National Park, once tamed by overgrazing, now roamed again by rheas, guanacos and puma.

  • Carretera Austral trip
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Jungle ranger station

Osa Peninsula

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Costa Rica

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

  • Costa Rica wildlife trip
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All four monkey species

Osa Peninsula

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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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Magnificent macaws

Carara National Park

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Costa Rica

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

  • Costa Rica wildlife trip
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Sloth sightings

Cahuita

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Costa Rica

Spot sloths on a slow walk through this little-visited national park - a truly great place to see them in the wild.

  • Costa Rica wildlife trip
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Turtle arribaba

Pacific Beaches

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Costa Rica

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

  • Costa Rica eco-lodges trip
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Jungle night walk

Amazon Rainforest

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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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Coffee & hummingbirds

Mindo

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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
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Otter o'clock

Amazon Rainforest

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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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Snorkelling with sea lions

Galápagos

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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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Into the jungle

Indio Maíz

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Nicaragua

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

  • Natural Nicragua trip
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Clay lick at dawn

Amazon Rainforest

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Peru

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

  • Machu Picchu & Amazon
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A hidden eden

Machu Picchu

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Peru

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

  • Peru & Galápagos trip
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Chinstraps, Adelie & Gentoos

Antarctica

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

  • Active Antarctica cruise
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King penguins

Falklands & South Georgia

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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Rockhopper penguins

Falklands & South Georgia

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

  • Southern Oceans cruise
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16,000 flamingos

Salta

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Argentina

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

  • Salta to Iguazú trip