This was the first expedition we had ever taken that started in Chile rather than Argentina, which immediately made the whole experience feel a little different. The expedition package included one night at the Mandarin Oriental Santiago, though we added a second night to give ourselves an extra day in the city before embarkation. Honestly, […]
We have only had three penguin species remaining on our goal to see all 18 species. Two of them, the Northern Rockhopper and the Erect-created, were going to be challenging. The Northern Rockhopper Penguin lives on remote islands in the South Atlantic, in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. Reaching them is not easy. In fact, […]
Rethinking the Final Stop When we first planned this trip, the final stop was supposed to be Bosque del Apache. We had been there before, right in peak migration season, and it offers a completely different kind of bird photography. Massive flocks, coordinated flyouts, and that early morning light that makes everything feel cinematic. But […]