NamibiaMy Journey – Namibia “Life’s an adventure – be in it”. These words were life changing for me! A chance encounter with Rob Bickford of Mirrabac Small Group Tours and a visit to his website where I read this catchphrase, and I was hooked well and truly. I think I...

Galapagos, Ecuador and Easter Island. There are highlights every day but some stick with you. On our first full day out we ascended the Prince Phillip’s Steps on Genovesa Island. There we were greeted by a short-eared lava owl crouched in a crevice - Wow, now that was...

Epic Patagonia ~ The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. And, in that vein, when you’re surveying the epic landscapes of Patagonia, it’s easy to feel like a very wealthy landowner indeed. The many faces of the Patagonian landscape...

Following in Darwin's Footsteps From the time the first islands in this remarkable archipelago thrust through the ocean floor some 3-5 million years ago, Galapagos has remained the youngest island in the group, Isabela and Fernandina, are still forming. Isolation has...

Costa Rica Ramble It lies between two oceans, is world renown for its biodiversity and its locals have quirky names –like Mountain Spiny Pocket, Blue Jeans and Strawberry Poison Dart, to mention just a few. We’re talking one mouse and two frogs here but vibrant Costa...

Falkland Islands Recent history rises in stark relief below as we descended over the bunkers bounding Mt Pleasant Airport. The Falkland Island’s international airport is a Royal Airforce Station, home to the 1,500 military personnel positioned here to protect...

Namibia - Deserts, Diamonds and Abandoned Dreams “I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain...To see for certain, what I thought I knew...” ...so sang Joseph of the technicolour dreams. Like us, he may well have been dreaming of Namibia and the multi-hued visions we...

My memories of our Mirrabac Galapagos Explorer trip Easter Island, Ecuador & The Galapagos Islands 2008. Jane and I joined another Mirrabac tour, this time to Easter Island, Ecuador, & Galapagos Islands. Sixteen of us, included Rob and Maureen (tour leaders)...