005 - Coming face to face with pumas in Patagonia Chile!

About this episode

Doug Parker shares his thrilling experience of filming pumas in Patagonia for the Netflix series 'Night on Earth'.

This episode has a slight twist and is the first of a new series of episodes I will releasing over the next few weeks! Today I will be telling you a story about one of my favourite adventures and that was filming pumas for the epic Netflix series "Night on Earth". We ventured to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile Patagonia to try and film one of the worlds most elusive cats... the puma. This is my story of how I came face to face with an adult female puma and more importantly ... what happened next! Welcome back ! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@exploretheroad?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exploretheroad/

People in this episode

Host: Doug Parker

Topics covered

• wildlife
• adventure
• filmmaking
• pumas
• nature
• Patagonia

Keywords

• pumas
• Patagonia
• Torres del Paine
• filmmaking
• wildlife
• adventure
• Night on Earth

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Night on Earth

Places: Patagonia, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

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