Claudio F. Vidal

Founder | Product & Marketing Manager | Expedition Leader

Claudio has been exploring and birding since the age of 12 and currently leads birding, nature tours and photo safaris throughout Patagonia, Chile and South America. He is one of the two founders and original driving forces behind the far South Expeditions concept and company.

Claudio has a particular interest in the seabirds and marine mammals occurring in the Humboldt Current, Patagonia and Antarctica. Botany is also one of his greatest passions, leading him to devote to the photographic documentation of wildflowers of desert and Mediterranean regions of the world, of which he possesses a vast archive.

Claudio is co-author of “Aves de Chile”, a field guide to the Birds of Chile, and is co-author of more than 20 books, including the acclaimed “Birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula”. He is actively involved in several ecotourism projects in Chile and is founding partner of Far South Expeditions since 1997. He lives in Punta Arenas with his partner Susanne.