Tag: wildlife

Epic Adventures Lake District

Darwin’s frogs and tiny deer: on the trail of Patagonia’s smallest creatures

Patagonia is a place where everything seems to be produced on the most epic scale. It’s a place of huge landscapes, impossible mountain ranges and plains of pampas that seem to stretch out to the horizon forever. It can feel like small measures don’t exist here.  But maybe they should. On previous trips in Patagonia […]

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Stories & Inspiration

Patagonia’s Wildlife: Introducing the Big 5

While Patagonia is often at the forefront of people’s minds as a hiking destination, its attraction for wildlife watchers shouldn’t be overlooked. The region offers some tremendous opportunities for wildlife encounters. And just like an African safari, it comes with its very own list of the ‘Big 5’ species to see. Here’s our guide to […]

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Epic Adventures

Wildlife watching in Peninsula Valdes

For most people, Patagonia conjures up images of dramatic mountain ranges draped in glaciers and plains of pampa sweeping endlessly into the horizon. But Patagonia’s Atlantic coast shows another face of this amazing region: a wild coast that’s perfect for wildlife watching. I headed to Peninsula Valdes to find out more, on the look out […]

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Epic Adventures

Tracking pumas in Torres del Paine

Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park has the largest concentration of pumas anywhere on earth. For many people they’re as much of a draw as the towering granite peaks that give the park its name. Pumas are the most widely distributed large predators in the Americas. Their range covers large chunks of Canada and the […]

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Wildlife

Chloe’s Top 5 Wildlife Experiences

If you’re a wildlife fanatic like me, the variety of magnificent creatures to be found in Patagonia makes it the ideal place for an outdoor adventure. From the apex predator: the Andean puma, to the gargantuan humpback whale, with a whole plethora of weird and wonderful birds and mammals in between. During my trip to […]

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Reviews

Wowed by Patagonia’s Wildlife

I knew Patagonia would be incredible, but I can honestly say that it totally and utterly surpassed all of my expectations. It really is another world down there, where you can be so perfectly free and alone with nature. I so often found myself gazing open mouthed at the breathtaking scenery before me: intimidating peaks, gargantuan glaciers, and […]

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