#wildlife

A personal travel story about our first encounter with Canadian black bears.Even before breakfast, everyone is a little nervous. Excitement is already running through our veins. Canada is famous for its bear population, but so far those bears seem more like a myth. During our first hikes, we did not see any sign of them. The Canadian forests are so

I’ll make no secret of it: I think whales are extraordinary animals.Not just extraordinary. The kind of extraordinary that makes it hard to believe such creatures actually exist. Animals larger than a house, moving almost silently through the water, sometimes surfacing right beside a boat. When we started planning our trip to Canada, a whale-watchi

English version: see belowAls je een safari plant, gebeurt er iets gevaarlijks. Je kijkt filmpjes. Veel filmpjes. Op YouTube zie je leeuwen die buffels achtervolgen. Op Instagram wandelen luipaarden langs jeeps alsof ze een afspraak hebben. In reisbrochures staan olifanten netjes opgesteld voor de zonsondergang. Na een paar maanden voorbereiding be