Into the Heart of the Peruvian Atacama and Andean Traverse
Exploration of the Southern Coast of Peru and Andean Traverse through Pampa Galeras – Barbara D'Achille National Reserve. When someone mentions that they are going to the Atacama Desert most people assume that they are traveling to Chile. This is actually correct but, the southern region of costal Peru is also home to the Atacama [...]
Endemic Birds of Brazil’s Atlantic Rain Forest
Endemic Birds of Brazil’s Atlantic Rain Forest Mondo Verde Expeditions July 10-23, 2020. If you’re interested in a fantastic adventure searching for endemic birds in Brazils Atlantic Rain Forest Region, consider joining us on this Mondo Verde Expedition. This tour offers colorful birds, endemic rarities and breathtaking landscapes in a major biodiversity hotspot. [...]
Birding Brazil’s Pantanal
The Pantanal, Brazil. Photos by Bob Gress, Tour Leader. Mondo Verde Expeditions September 8-25, 2019. Mary Burmester, Patty Marlett, Jim Marlett, Bradley Davis our birding guide, Kevin Groeneweg, Bob Gress, Neil Burmester, Karen Nonhof, Art Nonhof, and Sebastião our driver The Pantanal's main wildlife attractions are jaguars and birds. My last PhotoBlast [...]
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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest – Living in Shade
Mondo Verde Expeditions
July 8-26, 2022
Photos by Bob Gress / Birds in Focus
In two previous PhotoBlasts on Brazil’s Atlantic Forest I included colorful birds like tanagers, hummingbirds, parrots, trogons and toucans. The intention of this PhotoBlast is to offer a balancing perspective on birds living in this unique habitat.
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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
Mondo Verde Expeditions
July 8-26, 2022
Photos by Bob Gress / Birds in Focus
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most threatened environments in the world. Following five centuries of European colonization less than 16% of the Atlantic Forest remains today, and much of that is highly fragmented. Two of Brazil’s largest cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
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Galapagos Journey
April 2022, by Joyce. Our trip was perfect, including our guide in Quito. Everything went very smoothly with transportation to and from the airport, lovely hotel and our Quito tour.
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Quito and Galapagos with Mario Corvetto
Quito and Galapagos with Mario Corvetto May 8th to May 17th, 2020. Our extraordinary journey begins in Quito, Ecuador and continues to the Galapagos Islands. Our first full day in Quito starts with a private visit to the home of Ecuador’s most beloved artist, Oswaldo Guayasamin. We will have access to the section of [...]
Tanzania Photo Safari with Jim and Cindy Griggs / Selective Focus
Tanzania Photo Safari with Jim and Cindy Griggs / Selective Focus April 3rd to April 13th, 2020 and April 17th to April 27th, 2020 This is Africa as you have always dreamed. Spectacular scenery, wildlife almost everywhere you look and the best guides in all of East Africa. For 2020 we are offering two Safaris, [...]
Jaguars (and some other mammals)
The Pantanal, Brazil. Photos by Bob Gress, Tour Leader. Mondo Verde Expeditions September 8-25, 2019. Brazil's Pantanal is a wildlife paradise. It's probably best known as the jaguar watching capital of the world! Those of us on this Mondo Verde Expedition were interested in seeing jaguars and other mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, [...]
Women Artisans of Morocco
MARRAKESH EXPRESS & JOAN NOBLE/MONDO VERDE EXPEDITIONS present: WOMEN ARTISANS OF MOROCCO with author anthropologist Dr. Susan Schaefer Davis as Study Leader The trip is based on meeting a selection of artisans in her book of the same name. OCTOBER 9-22, 2020 8-10 travelers $6,285 pp in double 11-16 travelers $5,975 single supplement [...]
Fred’s Photo Journey to Patagonia.
Phenomenal trip !!!!! "We’ve returned home and wanted to thank you for a phenomenal trip. All in all, everything ran very smoothly. (Regrettably,) not being Spanish speakers, having transportation prearranged at each stop REALLY helped. Lastly, I’m just starting to go through the nearly 2000 images that I came back with. I did [...]
Tanzania. The Most Magical Place.
Taking a trip to Tanzania has been on my bucket list since I was a kid. What I didn’t realize was exactly how amazing it would be. Without a doubt, it’s the most magical place I’ve been. I went fully expecting to enjoy watching the animals and enjoy the scenery, but that was a small [...]
The Chavez Family in Tanzania
It is impossible; I could actually consider it unfair to Tanzania to try and convey in words or images what our family experience was like during our safari in this diverse and majestic country. I am going to give it a shot anyway. Tarangire National Park with its massive, mystical Baobab trees and regal elephants. [...]
Magnificent trip to Peru
Mario, Today is our last day in Peru, and it has been a magnificent trip. We can not thank you enough for the way you have staged our various venues, the wonderful accommodations, (every upgrade or this new room being more wow than the last, we would say to each other, “well, Mario has done [...]
Long-whiskered Owlet by Bob Gress
Long-whiskered Owlet by Bob Gress Long-whiskered Owlet Xenoglaux loweryi The Long-whiskered Owlet is one of South America’s most elusive birds. It is strange, tiny, nocturnal, shy and endangered; sounds like the perfect bird to search for! In 1976, ornithologists from Louisiana State University were surveying birds in a remote cloud-forest area in the Andes Mountains [...]
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