What an honor to guide this group of six intrepid @atlasobscura explorers for a week through the Peruvian Amazon. (Want to join us for the next @atlasobscura x @scifari trip in Peru? Still space available for our September trip!)
Is it just us or do caimans always look like they're up to no good? Like a teenager you caught sneaking out of the house at night. (📷: @jgold85) #aotrips #Scifari #wildlife #Tambopata
With only around 150 giant otters left in Peru (thanks to the fur trade) any time spent with these magnificent endangered creatures is really special. #aotrips #Scifari #wildlifewednesday #Tambopata (📷: @jgold85)
The hoatzin a.k.a stinkbird a.k.a punk chicken is the only bird that primarily eats leaves. It's got a multi chambered stomach to break down the cellulose, making it basically a bird-shaped cow. #aotrips #Scifari #wildlife #tambopata (📷: @jgold85)
What a welcome! A pair of white throated toucans were waiting for us in a tree next to the Posada Amazonas lodge when we arrived. #aotrips #Scifari #wildlife #birdphotography (📷: @jgold85)
Don Francisco is a conservation hero. When the Canadian biologists first showed up in the 1970s looking for the #monarchbutterflies overwintering site, a young Francisco was working in the forest making firewood.
Nearly 50 years later, he's been elected head of the Sierra C…
It's impossible to capture the feeling of being surrounded by millions of #monarchbutterflies, but we're trying. 📷: @jgold85. #aotrips #science #wildlifephotography
So thrilled to have friend of @scifari @luksth with us on this @atlasobscura expedition to the mountains of Central Mexico!
Imagine walking through a life-size snow globe, but instead of snowflakes it's millions of orange and black butterflies. (📷 @phil_torres) #Scifari #aotrips #monarchbutterfly #mexico
Cold and rain won't stop us from hiking up a mountain and gazing upon millions of monarch #butterflies fluttering among the ancient oyamel fir trees! (Luckily, our hotel rooms have wood-burning fireplaces!) #aotrips #Scifari #monarchbutterfly #visitmexico
Apparently today is #SquirrelAppreciationDay, so here's a squirrel #monkey to celebrate! 📷: @jgold85.
#Scifari #wildlife #Tambopata #Peru
Two more months until our first tours of 2020 kick off! We start out with an @atlasobscura collaboration to the mountains of Mexico where millions of monarch butterflies spend their winter.
Still a few spots to travel alongside biologists to see the greatest show on Earth. March 2020 in Tambopata, Peru! Another @GoScifari @atlasobscura collaboration! atlasobscura.com/unusual-tri… youtube.com/watch?v=7HPoISPF…
Thankful for blue-footed boobies and a job where we get to curate opportunities for respectful wildlife experiences. (📷 @jgold85 on a #scifari expedition in collaboration with @atlasobscura.) #THlifestyle #wildife #aotrips #tourguidelife
In the Galápagos you can find the pinkest flamingos in the world. And the largest #flamingo colony happens to be just behind our hotel. Photo by @jgold85. #aotrips #scifari #wildlife #birdlife #THlifestyle @ Iguana… instagram.com/p/B4Bb39-gZin/…
I still can't believe our luck! For the first time in my life, I got to witness the elaborate courtship ritual of the blue-footed boobies, complete with the famous dance! Even on my fifth trip to the #Galapagos, I'm still seeing and learning new things. I feel real lucky to …
I still can't believe our luck! For the first time in my life, I got to witness the elaborate courtship ritual of the blue-footed boobies, complete with the famous dance! Even on my fifth trip to the #Galapagos, I'm… instagram.com/p/B38lhM2A18N/…