• Our most ambitious expedition yet - The Snow Hill Emperor Penguins

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  • Our (second) once-in-a-lifetime expedition to Antarctica

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  • The Best Place to See Brown Bears in the Wild

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  • In Search of Polar Bears in Churchill, Canada

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  • The Snow Monkeys of Jigokudani

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  • The Perfect Safari Experience in South Africa

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  • Gorilla Trekking in Uganda

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Somewhere along the way, wildlife photography became more than a hobby.
It became the framework for how we experience the world.

Andy and Jennifer Martin at Moraine Lake in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

We’re Andy and Jennifer, two former corporate professionals who chose experiences over stuff and adventure over routine.

We retired early to build a life around full-time slow travel, with wildlife photography guiding where we go, how long we stay, and which experiences we prioritise.

Through our stories, photography, videos, and book, we share what we’re learning along the way in the hope of inspiring others to pursue their own adventures, whether that’s a trip of a lifetime or a complete redesign of how they live.

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Featured Post

The Best Places for Wildlife Photography

People often ask us what destinations we’ve enjoyed the most, or the best places for wildlife photography. It’s a fair question, but an impossible one to answer. Each encounter feels like a chapter in a story that’s still being written, shaped by weather, light, the animals themselves, and sometimes sheer luck.
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Recent Adventures

Couple walking along the beach at sunset at Tango Mar Beach Resort, Costa Rica, beneath a vivid orange sky.

Relaxing at Tango Mar Beach Resort in Costa Rica

Rethinking the Final Stop When we first planned this trip, the final stop was supposed to be Bosque del Apache. […]

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Close-up portrait of a plate-billed mountain toucan showing its distinctive patterned bill at Balcón Tumpiki, Ecuador.

Searching for the Plate-billed Mountain Toucan at Balcon Tumpiki

Our final day of the trip happened to fall on New Year’s Eve. The plan was to break up the […]

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Birding in Milpe, Ecuador: San Tadeo and San Jorge Milpe

Today was another transfer day as we moved from San Jorge Tandayapa down to San Jorge Milpe in northwest Ecuador. […]

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Male Andean cock-of-the-rock perched among dense forest vegetation at Finca La Victoriana, Ecuador.

Andean Cock-of-the-Rock Lek at Finca La Victoriana, Ecuador

It was a 5 a.m. start to visit an Andean cock-of-the-rock lek at Finca La Victoriana in Pichincha, Ecuador. A […]

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Two buff-tailed Coronets facing each other on a lichen-covered perch in the Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador.

Bird Photography at San Jorge Tandayapa in Ecuador’s Cloud Forest

Today was a transfer day as we moved from Quito to Tandayapa, deeper into Ecuador’s cloud forest. We left the […]

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Sword-billed Hummingbird spreading its wings on a moss-covered branch at Zuroloma Reserve near Quito, Ecuador.

From Bird Photography in the Galápagos to Bird Photography in Quito

What a difference a day makes. This next part of our story takes us from the Galapagos to Quito, where […]

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