Wildlife
If you want to see wild jaguars in their natural habitat you must visit the Pantanal in Brazil, the world’s largest freshwater wetland, 68,000 square miles, almost 10 times the size of the Florida's Everglades. The Pantanal is also one of the world’s most productive habitats. I explored an area located on the high and forested banks of the Rio Tres Irmaos inside the 270,000 acre Parque Estadual Encontra das Aguas, one of the three largest protected areas in the Pantanal. No other location in the world can offer anything like this, it is simple amazing!
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This gallery is dedicated to the reptiles; images are from Belize, Borneo, Brazil, Peru and Sri Lanka. I am not really an expert of the snake world, and to tell you the truth I am quite scare of some of the species from Central an South America, in particularly the fer de lance and the bushmaster, very dangerous snakes, better to avoid them!
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In 2012 I visited Glendale Cove in British Columbia, Canada, a small river estuary grizzly bears like to visit. The area is abundant of a thick grass rich in protein and during August and September salmons are returning for spawning, more good food to get fat and prepare for hibernation. July 2015 a short trip to Katmai National Park in Alaska, eager to observe the famous Alaskan brown bears catching the flying sockeye salmons at Brooks Falls. I found them in good number, they show an amazing skill in catching the jumping salmons trying to pass the falls.
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I traveled the Amazon Basin of Rio Madre de Dios for four consecutive years, explored remote areas in search for wildlife: I visited Parque Nacional del Manu, Parque Nacional Bahuaja Sonene and Reserva Nacional de Tambopata-Candamo. In 1976 I ventured for five long weeks upstream Rio las Piedras, an affluent of Rio Madre de Dios, encountered very few local people and no tourists; visited remote oxbow lakes, hoping for jaguars, but we failed, we couldn't spot one, but yes a lot of wildlife.
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In the Pantanal, Brazil, searching for jaguars along the banks of the rivers of the Parque Estadual Encontra das Aguas (Meeting of the Waters State Park), I saw abundant wildlife in this unique environment. No poaching, a lot of food available, a protected environment, the animals were not molested by humans, they were free to move around as they please. Monkeys, giant river otters, caimans, capybaras, ocelots, were easily spotted.
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I spent 17 years in the wilderness of Belize, Central America, the country offered me the first experiences in wildlife photography. I lived in a remote area on the southern coast, surrounded by thousands of acres of wilderness and forest, just few miles across the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, a 150,000 acres National Park dedicated to the preservation of the jaguar. Saying I was spotting wildlife almost everyday it is not an exaggeration, it was the reality!
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A short ‘exploration’ trip on September 2014 to the Kinabatangan river basin in Sabah, on the north east of the island of Borneo in Malaysia. I was aware the rainforest has been destroyed by intensive logging years before, and replaced by large plantations of palm oil, but I knew a small strip of forest was left on the Kinabatangan river banks and this has protected the wildlife environment. I was pleased to find out that the forest around Sukau is still rich in primates including the endemic orangutan and the proboscis monkey, and in Abai, few miles up-river, I encountered many wild Borneo pygmy elephants. I will definitely go back next year for more wildlife photographic experiences.
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My trip to Sri Lanka has been an amazing surprise, the wildlife encounters have been above any of my expectation: leopards, elephants, bears, jackals, large crocodiles, primates, water birds, birds of pray and more! The Italian couple, Andrea and Antonella Ferrari, both avid wildlife photographers and publishers of the online magazine Anima Mundi, Adventures in Wildlife Photography, visited this island many times and they recommended me to tour some of the National Parks. These represent an incredible 26% of the national territory of Sri Lanka! I spent two weeks at Yala National Park, the true ‘kingdom’ of the leopard, visited Wilpattu National Park and Minneriya National Park, famous for the elephants gathering during the dry season. It has been another incredible experience, my wildlife expert and talented guide, Mevan Piyasena, an avid and talented photographer has been a great asset. I will be back next year!
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