Choosing the right snorkel fins can completely change your experience in the water. The best options balance comfort, propulsion, weight, and packability—especially if you’re traveling. Whether you’re floating above reefs or kicking into deeper water, the right fin helps you
If you’ve ever floated over a coral reef and had that moment—where everything just feels alive—it’s hard to forget. And once you’ve seen it, it’s even harder to ignore what’s happening to it. There’s no single solution to protecting our
Stretching over 600 miles from Mexico down through Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, the Mesoamerican Reef is the second-largest barrier reef system in the world. It has long been one of the best places in the Western Hemisphere for snorkeling and
The wildlife channels that I think are most worth subscribing to on YouTube are an eclectic mix of individuals and organizations in various wildlife niches. They include divers, bird experts, conservation societies, reserve trail cams, native and wildlife gardening aficionados.
After spending four months backpacking through Central America, I can say from experience that meeting people while traveling can look very different depending on your stage of life. As someone who is single and in my mid-30s, I’ve found it
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Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary Another of the Birdlife Australia reserves that accept overnight visitors, the Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary is just a couple of hours west of Melbourne, with very good year-round access for all types of vehicles. The 535-hectare sanctuary is home to more than 150 species of woodland and wetland
Charles Darwin Reserve Like many of the reserves in Australia’s private reserve network, Darwin is a former sheep station turned reclaimed woodland and wildflower plains. The 68,600-hectare reserve sits primarily within the Southwest Botanical Province, the continent’s only internationally recognized biodiversity hotspot. Plant diversity here is unlike anything else in
Centre ValBio The ValBio Research Station is located adjacent to Ranomafana National Park in southeastern Madagascar—400 km southeast of Antananarivo—near the Talatakely Trail entrance. It is a state-of-the-art research facility that has been the staging point for dozens of PhD theses, hundreds of master theses, has produced over 1,000 publications
Danum Valley Conservation Area The Danum Valley Conservation Area is a 438-square-kilometre expanse of relatively undisturbed lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia. Home to species like Bornean Orangutans, mousedeer, gibbons, Proboscis Monkeys, King Cobras, Clouded Leopards, hundreds of bird species and beautiful freshwater habitats, the area is considered one of
Copalinga Reserve Copalinga, a 370-acre private reserve on the eastern slope of Ecuador’s Andes, is owned and managed by the Ecuadorian NFP Jocotoco Foundation. Adjacent to Podocarpus National Park, it is home to impressive plant diversity (over 1,000 species) as well as 420 bird species—including more than 30 species of
Chucantí Nature Reserve and Field Station The Chucanti Field Station is located in the far north of Darién province on the slopes of Cerro Chucantí, an isolated massif home to a wide range of threatened reptiles, amphibians, birds, plants and mammals. The Chucanti Field Station is located in the far
Hey, I’m Tyler! Being from Colorado, my love for the mountains and nature created a natural progression to learn landscape and outdoor photography. That combined with a deep motivation to avoid reverting back to a desk job has catapulted me into a life of exploring the outdoors with my camera. I’m a former analyst with one main goal that is always top of mind. To spend as much time outdoors as possible.
I want to help people make travel and gear decisions so that they can get out there and enjoy our natural world. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or feedback.
