Go Beyond the Everyday
The latest in a run of very cool competitions I’ve been told about lately – this one comes from Land Rover and Biosphere and the prize looks well worth the effort.

Despite the stillness of the water, there’s no sound of silence. Insects skim across the reeds with a soft buzz and woodpeckers…

“We’ve been here all week,” say the first couple we meet in Sawai Madhopur, when we ask the question that’s on everyone’s mind.

Pedro Martina’s sun-worn face lights up as he grabs my shoulder and points into the distance.
“Three of them are under the water now,” he says. It’s certainly not the first time Pedro has hunted whales…

With only 2000 pandas left on the planet, they can be tricky to track down. In Chengdu

With only 4000 left on the planet – a tiger obsession seeps through travellers shivering in safari jeeps

These days, I take promises of viewing exotic wildlife with more than a pinch of saltwater. Particularly endangered species. To find pandas I had to travel for days. To glimpse a tiger, I shivered morning and night under a blanket of frost.
But to see turtles in Barbados? I only needed to…