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In the Tuli Block in eastern Botswana, six cattle farms are turning back into wilderness. Four days with trackers, sable antelope, an archaeologist and a Berlin couple bringing back what had vanished – and needing a fence to do it.
By small propeller plane from island to island in Vanuatu: a cave you leave by swimming, rock art on Lelepa, a festival without phones and the Yasur volcano, which never stops rumbling and spitting lava – visiting a people who take only their happiness seriously.
Alberta is famous for its vastness – but the best of it lies just beneath the surface: white buffalo at Métis Crossing, a forest starting over after the fire, a mountain that has forgotten nothing in 7,000 years. Westward, in British Columbia, the way leads up – by helicopter onto ridges and glaciers.
Adelaide is green, friendly and manageable – and then the other Australia begins. On Kangaroo Island an egg-laying mammal waddles through the leaves, and above the outback a Cessna reveals two salt lakes of a scale nobody thinks possible.
A capital city full of magnificent temples, surrounded by lush jungle. Deep gorges with rushing rivers and breathtaking views over tea plantations and seas of clouds. Dark forests with centuries-old giant trees – Taiwan is all this and much more.
Anyone who wants to go to Antarctica has to pass through the Drake Passage: six-meter waves, wind gusts of up to 120 km/h. Those who persevere are rewarded with bright blue icebergs, a world record holder of the skies, and endless silence. An expedition to the end of the world.
Follow WideOyster’s Lead Explorer Malte Clavin into Panama’s dense rainforest – on the forgotten Camino Real. What begins as a strenuous hike turns into an exciting journey through history – along a route full of treasures and wonders.
In Saas-Fee and the Aletsch, WideOyster’s Lead Explorer Malte Clavin explores a via ferrata, suspension bridges, nature hikes, monster scooters, delicious local hut cuisine and the adventurous highlight of a glacier hike.
Experience the thrill of winter in Switzerland with four ice adventures: ice canyoning in Pontresina, ice climbing on majestic frozen walls, tranquil cross-country skiing through Arosa’s serene forests, and daring ice bathing at Untersee, Europe’s first public ice bath.
So small, yet full of records: Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world relative to its size. Malte Clavin, WideOysters Lead Explorer, discovers the wild treasures of Costa Rica’s rainforests, beaches and swamps.
A labyrinth of magnificent sandstone formations stretches as far as the eye can see, the sun makes the steep, red craggy rock faces shine, the desert wind whispers stories of times gone by – in Wadi rum, Jordan is ‘big cinema’.
Very few people have the opportunity to visit this unique and strictly protected natural wonder: Son Doong Cave in Vietnam. WideOysters Lead Explorer Malte Clavin took part in a five-day expedition into the underworld.