For some of us, there is no better experience that a great wildlife encounter with wild animals in their natural habitat. There is something special between that encounter that can live with use forever. For me, I have been lucky and some of my best experiences around the world have been just that.

Here are some of them.

African Wildlife Safaris

Africa has a myriad of wild beasts and lots of them. Eastern Africa has an abundance of some of the largest animals on Earth. The elephant, giraffe, lion, hippo, leopard, buffalo, antelope, etc. Some of the best game parks of Eastern Africa are Masai Mara/Serengeti, Ngoro Ngoro Crater, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha. Then there are the game reserves in South Africa and Namibia that also offer lots of animals.

Tiger Safaris in India

Tiger Safaris in India offer a unique opportunity to get close to these majestic beasts in the back of a jeep. There are about 50 protected parks throughout India and India is home to 80% of the world’s tigers. Coming close to the world’s 3rd largest land predator is certainly a thrill. Watching them disappear effortlessly into their surroundings with their unique camouflage is equally awe inspiring.

Swimming with Sea Lions in The Galapagos Islands

Whilst the Galapagos Islands was an amazing experience in its entirety, and every island had something else to offer, one experience stood out I had the pleasure (and it was an absolute pleasure) to play and swim with the sea lions in the Galapagos Islands (also known as the Enchanted Islands).

Kayaking with Humpback Whales and Penguins

Kayaking through the pristine waters of Antarctica is one of the most amazing experiencing. The scenery was awe-inspiring with icebergs large enough to land a 747 and pristine scenery in every direction Even better, was the wildlife aspect. Animals had next to no interaction with human beings are not inherently scared. Only cautious. Moreover, whales are curious intelligent animals. It was one of my most cherished memories to have a humpback swim under my kayak to surface mere metres from me and spy hop just watching me for what seemed like a precious eternity but was probably only a few minutes. This was without doubt, one the best wildlife encounters of my life.

Walking with Wild Kangaroos and Wombats

After all of the above wildlife encounters, I created my own business to take people to see our very special wildlife in Australia. See Walking with Wild Kangaroos and Walking with Wild Wombats

. These are certainly some of the best wildlife encounters in the world.

Following the One Horned Rhino of Assam, India

Many may have heard of the black and the white rhinos. However, India’s Assam region in the foothills of the Himalayas, has its own rhino – the one horned rhino. We took a tour by jeep and another by elephant back to try and catch a glimpse of these rare beings. Fortunately, we managed. Whilst they were not concerned with the elephants, they certainly disliked the jeep. At one point our driver was speeding away as the rhino was trying to charge us. What an experience! but possibly not for the driver who was charged with keeping us safe.

Watching baboons swimming in Nigeria

In little known Yankari Game Reserve in Nigeria, there is a hot spring. Here the local population of baboons, climb a tree, dive into the water, swim across the river and climb out of the water. I had never seen any primates (apart from humans) swim so it was a delight to watch.

Encountering Snow Monkeys in Japan

Japan is an amazing country with so many unique spectacles. For me, one of these was the experience of seeing the snow monkeys.

Lemurs and Sifakas in Madagascar

Encounters with Lemurs were magical. Their behaviour was like watching human beings. Hands that were very human like and gentle creatures.

Tracking Mountain Gorillas in Zaire (Now Congo)

One of the best animal encounters was tracking mountain gorillas in Zaire. Seeing how gentle and how human these huge majestic animals are and observing their habits in their own habitat was truly a bucket list adventure..

The Ningaloo Reef

This amazing part of the West Australian coast offer amazing abundant aquatic marine life. From swimming with manta rays to whale sharks to a variety of exotic under sea life it has a lot to offer.