Cities and countries across Europe have introduced visitor taxes as they battle the return of mass tourism following the pandemic. The extra fees can mean increasing the cost of your holiday by hundreds of dollars.
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Put your feet up, click on National Geographic’s wondrous new Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory and feel remarkably energized. This six-episode series is a re-imagination of a previous program, Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory. Premiering September 13th on Disney+, Animals Up Close is an eye-opening, horizon-expanding show — daring and dazzling in its content and cinematography — leading viewers on exceptional journeys to remote destinations. It is steered by 30-year-old visionary filmmaker Bertie Gregory, whose passion, charisma and engaging expertise entice aplenty. He soars and dives, climbs and splashes. An avid globetrotter, born in England, Gregory is a bright star among a fresh, fun, gifted generation of wildlife filmmakers. Gregory and I talked about some of this season’s prime highlights, below.
South America’s Patagonia draws in nature lovers with its distinctive landscape, which is as hauntingly harsh as it is breathtakingly beautiful. The region’s elusive pumas, also known as mountain lions, are especially dear to Gregory’s heart, as he returns, for this new episode, to the secluded wilderness of southern Chile, where, four years ago, he met a young female puma, who was named Petacca. She rocked his filmmaker spirit. Happy to find her again, Gregory discovers that Petacca is now a mother with two cubs. Photographing her formidable challenges to safeguard and feed her offspring, as well as her efforts to prepare them to become capably independent, is wildlife storytelling at its finest.
Gregory: “This is my favorite episode because it was nostalgic for me. I first met Petacca four years ago when she was a cub. I had spent a month with her then. She totally relied on her mother at the time and was a bubbling little lovely fluff ball. I stayed in touch with trackers who followed her and we decided that it was a good time to go back to Patagonia. We found that not only had she survived — which is no small feat for pumas, because their chance of survival from cub to adult is not very high — but now she also was this incredible boss mom with cubs of her own. My film crew went on a physical and emotional roller coaster trying to keep up with Petacca as she went about her day to day life, during which she had to fight off male pumas that were trying to kill her cubs. One male was twice as heavy as she was. Petacca was unbelievably brave. The grand finale of the episode is Petacca taking on a guanaco. It’s like a camel with no hump on steroids with a really bad attitude. It is a very dangerous animal for any predator, let alone Petacca, who isn’t that big; she probably weighs 150 pounds or less. This was certainly the most extraordinary battle between predator and prey that I’ve ever
Cities and countries across Europe have introduced visitor taxes as they battle the return of mass tourism following the pandemic. The extra fees can mean increasing the cost of your holiday by hundreds of dollars.
Glenn Fogel, Booking Holdings CEO confirmed Wednesday that Booking.com has extended its contract with eTraveli and would continue to build its fledgling flight business as it is set to appeal the European Commission’s objection to the acquisition.
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