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Ideas for Pantanal and Amazon Rainforest on very low budget (and without a car)
Hi all! As some of you may have gathered, I’m currently on a long backpacking trip in South America (unfortunately coming to an end this December). Over the next two months o
Advertising: Spectacled bear deluxe tour – January 2026, Ecuador
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Spotted Cat Ecuador camera trap ID
Hello dear mammalwatchers! I am currently doing fieldwork in Ecuador in Andean bears (Tremarctos Ornatus) and one of the camera traps caught a series of melanistic spotted cats.
Puma galore in Patagonia, May 2025
This is an illustrated report of my impressions of the Puma tracking tour in Patagonia, organized by www.wildlifewatchingexpeditions.com and guided by Mark Kaptein and Jillian Groe
Finca Villa Barbara in northern Colombia, home to many amazing animals
I have the incredible luck to actually live in this place and wake up to the sound of birds and howler monkeys. Our small organic farm and nature reserve has a beautiful area of tr
Trip Report – Endemic Mammals of the Southern Cone – Royle Safaris – February 2025
In February 2025 Royle Safaris was once again in southern South America. One of our clients who has seen a member of every bird family in the world is now working his way through t
Mocoa, Putumayo – seeking advice
My friend and I are interested in traveling to the higher elevation/foothill areas of the Mocoa region, Putumayo in February 2026. We are wondering if anyone is familiar with how s