Ever sat around dreaming of exotic places with exotic herps. Well, Jono from SW Sydney found an opportunity on the internet called Fauna Forever, a project looking at the effect of tourist traffic on the native fauna along jungle trails in Peru. During his working holiday, he found over 90 species of herps in the Tambopata region, along the Madre De Dios, Tambopata and Las Piedras rivers......

The Galapagos Islands are situated approximately 1000km to the west of the South American mainland, the nearest of which is Ecuador, which has sovereignty over the archipelago. It felt like a dream as the hot, humid air hit us on our way towards the security checkpoint. Firstly we embarked on a journey to the desolate, lava encrusted island of Española......