Adventure, wildlife & photography
Travel timeline and highlights
- 2024 -
Mexico
Currently exploring Mexico!
United States of America
We entered Alaska via the northernmost border and quickly made our way to the Denali Highway. Since we could only get a three-month visa for the entire US, we had to keep moving to see as much of the US as possible. We spent almost two weeks in Alaska and loved it. We took a breathtaking ferry from Prince Rupert to Vancouver Island and finally entered the US in Washington State. We took a longer route to Yellowstone NP, first along the Pacific coast and eventually through the desert of Oregon and Idaho. After Yellowstone we visited Grand Teton NP, followed by a number of well-known and lesser-known parks in beautiful Utah. In the last two weeks of our stay we visited Death Valley, Sequoia and Joshua Tree NP. The three months were completely filled with beautiful parks, scenic drives and encounters with lots of local wildlife!
Canada
The puffins on the cliffs of Newfoundland, the stunning lakes and forests of Quebec and Ontario, the plains of Saskatchewan and Alberta and finally the mighty Rocky Mountains; driving through Canada brought us many different landscapes. It took us almost 7000 km and about two weeks; Canada is big! We soon followed the Rockies north and drove to British Columbia and eventually the Yukon. We absolutely loved the solitude and raw nature, which we truly found on the Dempster Highway; a highlight of our trip so far! We said goodbye to Canada by following the scenic ‘top of the world’ highway into Alaska!
Africa
Due to a delay in the shipment of our car to Canada, we decided to work with a number of lodges in Zambia and Zimbabwe in the meantime.
We spent a total of four weeks in the Lower Zambezi NP and Mana Pools NP capturing marketing content tailored to the lodge's needs.
Morocco
We explored Morocco in the first two months of 2024. We drove nearly all of the the entire length of Morocco off-road, along the Algerian border from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic coast and search for the ghost of the desert; the fennec fox. In some places we were alone for days without seeing anyone, which in itself is quite an achievement in Morocco (if you know, you know). We returned north via the Atlas Mountains and drove home in early March to prepare our car for transport to Canada.
- 2023 -
Patagonia
As we were so close to Patagonia due to our Antarctica trip, we felt we couldn't miss on the puma's. We stayed a week in the area, and every day drove hours on end to search for this elusive animal. Unfortunately, we only had distant sightings of the puma, but nonetheless the landscape was impressive.
Antarctica
In partnership with an Antarctic cruise company, we embarked our ship in Ushuaia and crossed the Drake passage. Every minute we went further South, the weather and sea started to change. Snow started to fall, massive icebergs were floating at the horizon and we were greeted by the first whales. On the third day, we reached Antarctica and we will never forget the moment you see the black mountains surrounded by glaciers, the countless icebergs in the ocean and the penguins in the distance. Antarctica truly is a special place, and this was a trip we will never forget.
Europe
In May 2023, we officially started our expedition by heading to Iceland. The Icelandic weather properly introduced us to the (dis)advantages of our setup, which felt like an ultimate test for the rest of our trip. Returning from Iceland, we set off North to photograph wildlife under the midnight sun in Scandinavia, which followed by a trip to the stunning Baltic states. After visiting a wedding back home, we set off to the Balkans, which we spent several months experiencing the Autumn in the Carpathian Mountains; without a doubt our highlight of 2023.
