We've (Lizzie and Chris) just got back from Costa Rica. Apart from being an absolutely fantastic treat after so long not going on holiday, it was also a really inspirational trip. In the 1940s Costa Rica was 75% forest. Much of this (by some estimations up to half) was lost over the coming decades to … Continue reading Wildlife tourism in Costa Rica: Why biodiversity matters
As COVID took over the globe and the main cities in Patagonia started to shut down flights, I had to return home to the UK before completing my trip. I'm now sat in a cabin in the Scottish Highlands putting together the rest of my blogs. My last post was about our misadventures looking for … Continue reading Tierra del Fuego – the land of fire and penguins
Having left Iguazu Falls behind, I'm now sitting just beneath Cerro Torre in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina. The park is home to stunning mountain ranges, incredible tundra scenes, rich beech forests, and two of our Wild 10 species - pumas and condors. Alongside these two charismatic beasts, the park is also home to guanacos … Continue reading Los Glaciares’ WildSide – Looking for Condor and Puma on The Huemul Circuit
After leaving the tropical paradise of Ilha Grande I headed to Iguazu Falls in Brazil and Argentina - one of the natural wonders of the world. Given its fame for vast cascades of water, 2,600 metres of them to be precise, few people would think to go wildlife watching in Iguazu. But those who do … Continue reading Wildlife watching in Iguazu Falls
In my last post, I asked you to tell me which animals to go out and find in The Americas. So that over the coming months I can report back with tips to help you get out there and do the same. The Americas' Wild 10 You guys did your bit and we now have … Continue reading The Americas’ Wild 10
In December this year, I left my job as a commercial lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP, one of the world's largest international law firms. I left to begin a new job as the CEO of The Lifescape Project - the charity which runs WildSide. Over the past decade, I've fallen increasingly in love with wildlife … Continue reading Lawyer to Lifescape
We’re in Colombia, looking at some ancient statues, and somebody says, “there’s a village nearby here, the baby spectacled bears come down from the mountains for bananas, it’s only an hour away by motorbike, or 3 hours by horse”. Chris and I exchange glances, here we go again… Flashback 6 months. I am researching where … Continue reading Going on a bear hunt
