There are few places on Earth where you can watch one of conservation’s greatest success stories unfolding in real time. Yet across Europe, a quiet wildlife revival is taking place.

Patagonia is a place that I consider truly wild. It is a location that I associate with sweeping vistas which are interrupted by the jagged peaks of the Chilean Andes.

Perhaps this is also why I’ve become so fond of slow travel. In an age when we can cross continents in a matter of hours, today’s travel culture focuses on reaching the destination as quickly as possible, with little regard for the journey, let alone appreciation of it.