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We stayed at a hotel that was right on the beach It was a good spot for us surfer dudes to practice our technique The hotel had a beautiful garden setting The fisherman took their boats out daily You could walk along the beach and watch the locals doing their "local" thing Large flocks of pelicans would congregate over the beach. Scarlet Macaws squawked by almost daily. The jungle was just outside our door This dragonfly was one of the multitudes of insects we encountered on our hikes in the jungle Leaf cutter ants were numerous..... ....along with spiders We

Albatross Blue-eyed shag Snowy Sheath Bill Skua Antarctic Tern Wandering Albatross Blue-eyed shag Snowy sheathbill Snowy sheathbills, the only non-seabird in the Antarctic. Sheathbills patiently wait for the perfect moment to make a feeding chick regurgitate its meal of krill. This is how the gentoo penguin regurgitates its meal of krill for its young The sheathbill flies into the middle of the action hoping to disturb the feeding process If the young penguin regurgitates its meal the sheathbill is happy to clean up the mess This is a skua, one of the primary penguin predators in the region Antarctic Terns

Join Dr. P as he shares some his worldwide conservation trips. Lions of Tsavo National Park Masai Mara October 2007 Bears of Katmai National Park The Endangered Black Rhino of Zimbabwe The Endangered Orangutan of Borneo

People like the Hadzabe fascinate me, and when the guides on my 2009 safari told me they could set up this trip I jumped on the opportunity. Our guides told us that less than 1,000 tourists have been brought to see the Hadzabe in their daily routine. Our experience with them was genuine for the most part. Without the touristy part it would be difficult to see them so you have to accept this as a small part of the experience. Our group of 4, with our guide Firoz and an interpreter and Hadzabe guide named Hasani, spent part of