Life in tropical rainforests

Question Part 2.  From four year old Benjamin, Dulverton, UK What sort of animals live in the rainforest? ANSWER: We can’t wait to be running through the Amazon tropical rainforest of Brazil and Bolivia. Tropical rainforests have the most different plants and animals of anywhere in the world. This is partly because all animals depend …

Animals of the temperate rainforest

Question. from four year old Benjamin, Dulverton, UK What sort of animals live in the rainforest? Answer A: Well we’re in temperate rainforest in Chile at the moment. It is like tropical rainforest, but a lot colder! So I’m tapping from the tent under some massive old southern beech trees wrapped in feather jackets! The …

Black Friday….

“No No No No”! We applied for a National Geographic grant. We got through to the final round of judging, but today we were told, “NO”. It’s a real shame, as the grant would have covered all our expedition costs; allowing us to focus on raising money for wildlife and wilderness charities. In retrospect,

Sin Represas; two of the world’s wildest rivers to be gagged forever…

Sin represas = Without dams; This is the message on thousands of Chileans’ lips. Chilean Patagonia is the most pristine wilderness we have ever set foot in. Tumbling waterfalls, towering snow-capped fjords, glaciers unfolding into pristine valleys, heaving with wildlife. We sailed for weeks without seeing a single human being; our mouths just hanging open in a …