An entry to our 2019 Writing Competition, William Plumb travelled on our 'Panama – Harpy Eagle Special' tour.

An entry to our 2019 Writing Competition, Wendy Dickson travelled on our 'Romania's Danube Delta & Carpathian Mountains' tour.

An entry to our 2019 Writing Competition, Duncan McNab travelled on our 'Botswana's Desert and Delta' tour.

An entry to our 2019 Writing Competition, Carol White travelled on our 'Botswana's Desert and Delta' tour.

Europe is a crowded continent, but on its fringes and in its dusty corners there are still places where wilderness reigns, and where the footfall of humanity is relatively light.