Wildlife holiday destinations

Standout non-safari wildlife — polar bears, whales, cloudforest. 32 curated picks across 15 countries.

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Argentina · 1

Ushuaia (USH) — Antarctica expedition departures (penguins, whales, seals), Tierra del Fuego

Brazil · 4

Campo Grande (CGR) — Southern Pantanal wetlands

Cuiaba (CGB) — Northern Pantanal (jaguar tourism), Chapada dos Guimarães

Foz Do Iguacu (IGU) — Iguazu Falls, surrounding Atlantic Forest wildlife

Manaus (MAO) — Amazon rainforest, Anavilhanas archipelago, riverine wildlife

Canada · 3

Churchill (YYQ) — Polar bears + beluga whales

Vancouver (YVR) — Vancouver Island whale tours: orcas (Victoria, Tofino), humpbacks

Winnipeg (YWG) — Churchill polar bear tours (via charter from Winnipeg)

Chile · 1

Punta Arenas (PUQ) — Antarctica fly-in expeditions, Torres del Paine wildlife

Costa Rica · 2

Liberia (LIR) — Santa Rosa NP, Rincón de la Vieja, Palo Verde

San Jose (SJO) — Manuel Antonio, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Tortuguero, Corcovado

Ecuador · 2

Galapagos (GPS) — Giant tortoises, marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies, sea lions

Quito (UIO) — Galápagos connections, Amazon (Yasuní), cloud forests (Mindo)

Iceland · 2

Akureyri (AEY) — Húsavík whale watching (humpbacks, minke, blue whales seasonally)

Keflavik (KEF) — Reykjavík harbour whale tours, Snæfellsnes orca watching

Indonesia · 1

Balikpapan (BPN) — Indonesian Borneo: Tanjung Puting orangutan reserve

Madagascar · 1

Antananarivo (TNR) — Andasibe (indri lemurs), Ranomafana, Isalo NP

Malaysia · 3

Kota Kinabalu (BKI) — Kinabatangan, Danum Valley, Deramakot Forest

Kuching (KCH) — Bako NP, Semenggoh Orangutan Centre

Sandakan (SDK) — Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary, Kinabatangan River wildlife

Mexico · 1

La Paz (LAP) — Sea of Cortez blue whales, grey whale lagoons (Magdalena Bay)

Norway · 3

Andoya (ANX) — Vesterålen sperm whales (year-round), pilot whales

Svalbard (LYR) — Polar bears, walruses, arctic foxes, seabird colonies

Tromso (TOS) — Kvaløya/Skjervøy fjords: orcas, humpbacks (Nov-Jan herring run)

Peru · 3

Cuzco (CUZ) — Manú / Amazon cloudforest wildlife

Iquitos (IQT) — Pacaya-Samiria, Amazon riverine wildlife

Puerto Maldonado (PEM) — Tambopata Reserve, Manú National Park

Portugal · 1

Ponta Delgada (PDL) — Azores whale watching: sperm whales, blue whales (Mar-May), dolphins

United States · 4

Anchorage (ANC) — Denali NP, Kenai Peninsula bears, whale watching

Bozeman (BZN) — Yellowstone northern range (Lamar Valley wolves), Grand Teton

Jacksn Hole (JAC) — Grand Teton & Yellowstone wildlife: wolves, grizzlies, bison, elk

Juneau (JNU) — Whale-watching + glacier and bear viewing

Holiday picks are FlightMVP's own curation. Reachability reflects historical scheduled service in the OpenFlights dataset and may be out of date.