2019 saw us start the year in our ‘home away from home’ in Morocco before another breathtaking visit to the Galapagos. We enjoyed our first orchid-filled visit to Italy’s Gargano and a long-overdue return to Lake Kerkini and North Macedonia. Our travels in the Balkans took us to Transylvania and Bulgaria’s beautiful butterfly-rich southwest. Closer to home, we came face to face with some of Devon’s exciting mammals, before our exploration of Northern Chile and the Atacama Desert. We were also busy recceing new destinations, including the Cevennes and the Dordogne in France, Armenia, Peru and Colombia (keep an eye on our Holiday Calendar for those), before finishing the year back where it began, on a festively, un-festive visit to Morocco.
![Long-horned Bee on Linaria ventricosa, Morocco](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Long-horned-Bee-on-Linaria-ventricosa-Morocco-Philip-Precey-768x576.jpg)
![Marine Iguana ssp. cristatus on sandy ground, Galapagos](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Marine-Iguana-ssp-cristatus-Galapagos-Philip-Precey-768x576.jpg)
![Gene's Cave Salamander on a cave wall, Sardinia](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Genes-Cave-Salamander-Sardinia-Philip-Precey-768x576.jpg)
![pink flower of Paeonia mascula, Gargano](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Paeonia-mascula-Gargano-Philip-Precey-768x576.jpg)
![Iris lycotis flowers, Armenia](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Iris-lycotis-Armenia-Philip-Precey-1-768x576.jpg)
![two Spoonbills in a tree in Lake Kerkini](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/thumbnail_Spoonbill-juveniles-MS-e1578512651413.jpg)
![Anacamptis coriophora flower in a flowery meadow, Romania](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Bug-Orchid-Anacamptis-coriophora-Romania-7-768x576.jpg)
![Blue-spot Hairstreak sitting on Juniper, Dordogne](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Blue-spot-Hairstreak-Satyrium-spini-Dordogne-5-768x576.jpg)
![pink and cream flower of Lonicera etrusca, Cevennes](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Lonicera-etrusca-Cevennes-Philip-Precey-768x576.jpg)
![Aquilegia aurea flowers, Bulgaria](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Bulgarian-Columbine-Aquilegia-aurea-Bulgaria-13-768x576.jpg)
![Beaver eating vegetation close to the riverbank, Devon](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Beaver-MS-768x576.jpg)
![Chilla laying on the ground in Chile](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Chilla-Chile-Philip-Precey-768x576.jpg)
![Green Iguana basking head up on a tree, Colombia](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Green-Iguana-Colombia-Laurie-Jackson-768x576.jpg)
![Nine-banded Armadillo standing on bare ground, Peru](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Nine-banded-Armadillo-Peru-2-Laurie-Jackson-1-768x576.jpg)
![Guianan Cock-of-the-rock perched on a branch, Guyana](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Guianan-Cock-of-the-rock-Guyana-Philip-Precey-768x576.jpg)
![Narcissus broussonetii flowers, Morocco](https://wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Narcissus-broussonetii-Morocco-Philip-Precey-768x576.jpg)