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17 January 2026
South America
ArgentinaSouth America

Argentina

Check out Jon Hall's late 2025 trip to Patagonia to seach for a resident population Leopard Seals on Tierra Del Fuego and other Patagonian mammals including Southern Mountain Visca

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26 June 2025
South AmericaWorld’s Best Mammalwatching
BrazilSouth America

Brazil

I’ve visited Brazil four times. In October 2006 I spent six days in the western Amazon, at the Palmari Lodge. In August 2007 I returned for two and a half weeks and visited Rio C

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21 June 2025
South America
ChileNeotropical

Chile

Chilean people are just about the friendliest people I have ever met. I picked up a few hitchhikers: all of them were keen to meet for drinks and dinner and converse with me and my

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5 February 2024
South America
BoliviaNeotropical

Bolivia

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5 June 2023
South America
ColombiaSouth America

Colombia

Colombia is a mammalwatching paradise. It is ridiculously diverse, with about 460 species of mammals a ton of which are endemic. Add the friendliest people I've ever met and delici

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Specatcled Bear
27 October 2022
South America
EcuadorSouth America

Ecuador

I have visited Ecuador three times: in August 2012 for a week to see Spectacled Bears and Mountain Tapirs in the Andes, and then to the Napo Valley; and for a long weekend in Septe

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Patrick on the boat
10 June 2019
South America
PeruSouth America

Peru

I've visited Peru twice. In 2014 I spent a week with my son at Chaparri Lodge, in Lambayeque, and Tapiche Reserve in Loreto. See my 2014 report. I returned in 2019 to help Fiona Re

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23 August 2016
South America
NeotropicalTobagoTrinidad

Trinidad & Tobago

I haven’t been to Trinidad and Tobago yet, but I’ve included some resources here. Please submit your trip reports.

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8 August 2016
South America
Falkland IslandsNeotropical

Falkland Islands

I haven’t visited the Falkland Islands yet, but I’ve included community reports from those that have.

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6 August 2016
South America
BonaireNeotropical

Bonaire

I visited Bonaire to escape the New York winter for a weekend in 2014. It is a great place to dive but not so great to mammal watch. There are no native terrestrial mammals, but t

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  1. Lennart Verheuvel on Spotted: Beluga in the Netherlands28 January 2026

    Yeah, I read about the Russian spy Beluga. Fortunately there are no indications this one has been messer with. An…

  2. JanEbr on Spotted: Beluga in the Netherlands28 January 2026

    Well the Russian spy Beluga died over a year ago, so that one it clearly isn't, which helps. I know…

  3. Lennart Verheuvel on Spotted: Beluga in the Netherlands28 January 2026

    Where could it have escaped from?

  4. JanEbr on Spotted: Beluga in the Netherlands28 January 2026

    What is the risk of it being an escapee or even this weird supposedly Russian ... spy whale? :) I…

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