Arquivo de Wildlife Portugal - Wildlife Portugal

Rewilding
09 Jan 2026

Although we participated in a training course promoted by Rewilding Europe in 2021 on the philosophy of rewilding and its application to nature tourism, we decided to refresh the knowledge we had acquired. That is why we've started the Open Online Rewilding Course, provided by Rewilding Europe and the Open University. We've just finished Module [...]

Sorraia horses in the Greater Côa Valley

The Greater Côa Valley
12 Aug 2025

Tour in the Greater Côa Valley

These days, we organised a tour in the Greater Côa Valley, where our clients were able to visit the several rewilding areas. The benefits of wild herbivory in the landscape, provided by the Sorraia horses, were proven. Despite the time of year not being the best, we managed to spot some interesting species of fauna. [...]

Côa Valley
26 May 2023

Documentary on the Côa Valley

Last 14th May, an episode of the show 3 op Reis, from the Dutch TV channel NPO 3, premiered. This episode is dedicated to Rewilding Portugal and the work that this association has been developing in the Greater Coa Valley. Filmed last year, Wildlife Portugal was also in the spotlight, for the development of its […]

Hide Photography
18 Jun 2021

Documentary filming at our vulture hide

A few days ago, we had been helping on a new documentary production, this time for a Dutch producer, Sugar Rush Film, that wanted to include a few scenes from vultures at the feeding-station. So, after an early start, with a detailed preparation, we had to wait a while for the main actors. The rainy [...]

Nature First
25 Jan 2021

Commitment to the principles of Nature First

Recently, Wildlife Portugal joined the initiative Nature First - The Alliance for Responsible Nature Photography, a community that seeks to alert to the impact of nature photography, promoting the protection and preservation of the natural world through inspiration, education, and seeking to bring together all those who produce photography and video in nature - empowering [...]

Wildlife Portugal
20 Jan 2021

Rewilding training and certification

Rewilding training for tourism In November 2020, taking advantage of a period of limited activity and preparing for the post-Covid future, we took part in an exclusive online training course promoted by Rewilding Europe in partnership with the European Safari Company and Nature Tourism Development to train guides on the rewilding philosophy in its [...]

Wildlife Portugal
04 Dec 2020

Rewilding Portugal and Wildlife Portugal

In the course of a partnership between Rewilding Portugal (RP) and Wildlife Portugal (WP), RP recently published a video about their work in the area, with a special focus on the conservation of the Iberian Wolf. WP has participated in this documentary by exemplifying how nature related business, in this case nature tourism, can be […]

Autumn
30 Oct 2020

Chestnuts

Autumn is also the time for some wild fruits, like chestnuts, which is common and well appreciated in many mountain areas of Portugal. It was of major importance on the rural communities of the old days, as it represented an important source of food that could be used throughout the year. Nowadays, chestnut woods represent [...]