The Best Jungle Spots Near me

I almost stepped on the biggest snake of my life walking through the forest to get to this opening! These fields are thrown right in the middle of the forest!

On a sweltering 100 degree day in California, I took to the creek. I read and watched tiny fish swim underneath me and listened to the forest ambiance. After a few hours of silence I heard a tiny rustling on the bank just next to me and turned around– and it was a RATTLESNAKE! A large rattlesnake had come out of the woods to take a drink.

A giant panda cub chilling in a tree at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. It was such a fun visit, with the cubs running around and playing with each other and the adults gluttonously eating loads of bamboo.

When you think of the Mekong Delta, you think of the incredible shots which show people floating down seemingly abandoned river ways, between high palm leaves and dense forrest. When we arrived at the Mekong Delta, we were expecting our experience to be that out of the Instagram shots. However, we were faced with the most chaotic waterway I had every seen. This shot shows the side to the Mekong Delta which doesn’t get shared on social media.

Lost in the jungle gardens of Jim Thompson’s house in Bangkok. It’s a fantastic place to visit when in Bangkok, so make sure you do. Lots of great history and art with a mysterious story about the owner to boot.

A re-visit to one of Bali's first swings, a extraordinary sight to see swinging over the jungle fog.

Doing the Canyoneering in the Jungle of Badian was by far my fav thing about our trip to the Philippines. Nature is just mindblowing amazing, the waters are just out of this world and the adrenaline rises above the skies when you need to jump from a 13m waterfall cliff.

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Rain makes rain forests, but rain forests also make rain. Billions of bacterial particles combine with transpired and evaporated moisture to form and seed clouds which then rain on the forests in a magical natural cycle. Photo taken in Mount Whitfield National Park, Cairns, Australia.

I took this photo for the #michaelschallenge. I actually took this photo of my model in an aisle of Michaels covered in fake fern plants. The goal of the Michaels Challenge is to use their fake plant selection to make it look like you aren’t in their store. I found this photo breathtaking. And was so pleased with its mood of a horror movie, or dramatic scene of hiding and seek. Therefore the name “Eye Run, but Eye Can’t hide”

The Dunajec river, sitting on the border between Poland and Slovakia, is home to some amazing views. There’s amazing kayaking, hiking and biking trails, gorgeous mountains and some great fly-fishing spots.

After hiking up Blood Mountain, GA, we found a cozy clearing among the dense vegetation to hang our hammocks. We stayed for an hour or so, sharing oranges, listening for birds, and enjoying the lack of bugs. When we arrived, our hideaway was shrouded in the thick fog that we’d climbed through all morning. Before we packed up, though, we peeked around the corner once more to find that the wall of white had mostly melted away, revealing the rich blues of the neighboring peaks all around us.

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This is one of my favourite shots of my 3-week Thailand trip. I took it on a private boat trip to Koh Phi Phi Don where we visited some of the most amazing beaches I have ever seen in my life. The highlight of the day was when the engine of our boat completely broke down right in front of Maya Bay with the sun setting behind us. We were so glad to get a lift from another boat back to the main island, otherwise we would have had to swim quite a few miles to the beach!