Flanked by a sweeping bend of the Nile, Sudan’s little-visited Bayuda Desert is a rich geological and historical landscape, with ancient Nubian pyramids, sand dunes, acacia forests and vast savannah plains. Louis Supple

The ‘night-watch’ is a key part of a wilderness trail, where participants take turns to stay up at night to ensure potentially dangerous animals don’t come too close to camp. Private safari guide, Andreas Fox, recalls a particularly memorable shift during a trail in Makuleke, South Africa. Andreas Fox

Chris Burkard is an accomplished photographer, creative director, speaker and author. He spends the majority of his time travelling around the world’s wild spaces, photographing untamed and powerful landscapes. Wilder’s Editor, Jan Fox, recently asked Chris about his past adventures, his motivations to shoot, and what advice he would give to aspiring photographers in this digital age. Jan Fox

Scotland’s Cairngorm Mountains, or Am Monadh Ruadh in Scottish Gaelic, form the highest mountain massif in the British Isles. Cairn Project Ambassador and keen bikepacker, Annie Le, tackles their misty trails on two wheels. Annie Le

Land Rover recently released the new Defender, after many years and over a million kilometres of testing. The old models have been adored across the world for decades, so it has some big shoes to fill. Jan Fox

Of the 1.5 million wildebeest that trek into the Masai Mara from the Serengeti each year, an average of 300,000 die, most while crossing the Mara River. While death at such a scale may seem senseless, it plays a vital role in the nourishment of the river ecosystem for years after the dust settles. Jan Fox

The Cairn Project is a US-based adventure-driven funding programme that supports outdoor and wilderness opportunities for pre-teen and teenage women through small grants. In November 2019, they convened their first Adventure Learning Summit in the Superstition Mountains. Ashley Carruth gives her account of the weekend. Ashley Carruth

Experienced travel writer, John Fox, profiles Paul Theroux’s The Tao of Travel - the first in Wilder’s new series of travel book reviews. John Fox

Exploring the Isles of Scilly - the small archipelago 40 kilometres off the Cornish coast in southwest England. Mark Parren Taylor

Lauryn Ishak spent five days hopping across Indonesia’s islands, searching for the country’s endemic wildlife with independent tour guides. Lauryn Ishak

Photographer Lauryn Ishak treks across the lava-streaked hills and glaciers of Iceland’s Laugavegur Trail, known for its extreme landscapes and weather conditions. Lauryn Ishak

Ofir’s story is one of courage and adventure. After rescuing a baby chimpanzee from poachers in Cameroon, he established a wildlife law enforcement NGO to fight wildlife crime and corruption. Jan Fox spoke to him about his environmental activism, and his extreme adventures across Africa. Jan Fox

Cameroon’s Ebo Forest is the most biologically diverse area in the Gulf of Guinea. But with government plans to create two long-term logging concessions in the forest, its future is uncertain. Wilder Team

Tanzania’s Mahale National Park, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, is one of the best places in the world to observe chimpazees up close in the wild. Andreas Fox

Jan Fox has an unlikely encounter with buffaloes and explores ancient Swahili ruins in the heart of Kenya’s Lamu Archipelago. Jan Fox

This modest sanctuary is a vital wildlife corridor within the broader Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem, and is traversed by some of the largest elephants left on the planet. Wilder Team

Jeremy Goss traverses glacial valleys, rivers and steep ridges on horseback high up in Argentina’s Neuquén Province, before swapping four legs for two and exploring Chile’s stunning Torres del Paine National Park. Jeremy Goss

Photographer Simon Buxton captures the unearthly scenery on the outskirts of San Pedro de Atacama. Simon Buxton