The Pantanal is not a jungle. It is an open floodplain — the largest tropical wetland on earth — where the wildlife is visible in a way that almost nowhere else allows. Jaguars move along the riverbanks in full view.

At the turn of the millennium, fewer than 100 Iberian lynx remained in the wild. Through decades of dedicated conservation work, that number has grown to over 2,000. The Sierra de Andújar in southern Spain is the heart of that recovery — and one of the few places on earth where you can photograph this extraordinary animal in its natural habitat.

This expedition moves through three of Uganda's most extraordinary wildlife destinations — each one different in character, in light, and in what it asks of the photographer. At Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, you track white rhinos on foot — one of the only places in Uganda where this is possible.

Uganda is not a destination that impresses with scale. It impresses with depth. The forests here are ancient — dense, layered, alive with sound and movement before you see a single animal. The light falls differently under the canopy. The air smells of earth and rain. Everything feels closer than it should.

Zambia is not for the traveller who wants a highlight reel. It is for those who want the real thing — unscripted, unhurried, and genuinely wild. Two ecosystems. Nine days. A journey that moves at the pace of the animals, not the itinerary.