About us

WILDLIFE PORTUGAL is a travel agency and tourism operator company based in the center interior of Portugal, and specialized in the promotion and implementation of nature tourism activities.

With profound knowledge of Portugal’s natural heritage, our mission is to promote this richness through immersive experiences that spark curiosity and raise awareness for conservation. Our activities focused on observation, photography, and nature interpretation are often integrated into hiking trails, providing an enriching experience on physical, psychological, and cognitive levels.

We operate throughout the country, organizing expeditions dedicated to discovering fauna and flora (birds, mammals, insects, botany, reptiles, amphibians, and geology) combined with guided walks.

We are trained and properly accredited to organise visits to the rewilding areas of the Greater Côa Valley.

We also organise a number of wildlife photography tours. In this sense, through a collaborative partnership with Rewilding Portugal, we are managing a series of wildlife photographic hides in the rewilding areas of the Greater Côa Valley.

In addition to the natural heritage, we try to highlight the cultural, historical and gastronomic values that differentiate the territories where we operate.

WILDLIFE PORTUGAL is a member of the Wild Côa Network and is helping to make the Greater Côa Valley a more natural and wilder place, valuing and promoting the coexistence of natural values with local communities and traditional practices.

WILDLIFE PORTUGAL has the support and backing of the Rewilding Europe Foundation, a Europe-wide initiative whose mission is to promote the creation of more spaces for wildlife and to develop nature tourism in these areas.

Licensed by Turismo de Portugal, with RNAVT 12577 and RNAAT 369/2025 registrations, WILDLIFE PORTUGAL also has a Nature Tourism certificate and is a NATURAL.PT member, as we have chosen the National Network of Protected Areas for most of our activities, as it is in these natural spaces that we find the most significant values of our natural heritage.

Classified areas where we operate:

Serra da Estrela Natural Park

Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park

Douro Internacional Natural Park

Tejo internacional Nature Park

Serra da Malcata Natural Reserve

Berlengas Natural Reserve

Our manifesto

There are places where nature has never disappeared.

And there are others where it is now returning, quietly, powerfully, inevitably.

It is in these places that we exist.

Wildlife Portugal was born in a changing landscape, where ancient mountains, deep valleys and forgotten plateaus are coming back to life. Here, the earth breathes again. The wind carries stories of rebirth. And ecosystems are regaining their natural place.

We are not mere observers of this process.

We are part of it.

We guide those who seek more than just a trip.

We guide those who wish to feel the inspiring force of nature, understand its balance, witness its return.

We believe in experiences that transform, that awaken the senses, that bring people closer to what is essential.

We believe in deep knowledge, the kind that is built on the ground, alongside species, to the rhythm of the seasons.

We believe in care for the land, for the communities that shape it, and for the life that flourishes here.

We believe in impact that leaves a positive legacy, inspires change, regenerates.

Every trail we walk, every bird we observe, every landscape we reveal is part of a larger narrative: the story of a wilder, more authentic and vibrant Portugal.

That is why we do what we do.

Because nature is not a product. It is a path.

And we invite everyone to walk it with us.

Wildlife Portugal
Where Nature Returns

The team

Fernando Romão

Fernando Romão is an experienced nature guide and interpreter who has been working in this field for around 30 years. He is also a professional photographer.

He was born in Lisbon but has roots in a village in the centre of Portugal, where he spent part of his childhood and where contact with the natural environment gave him his the first experiences of observing nature.

His life has always been linked to nature conservation, natural history and ecotourism, and he was an activist in an environmental NGO, of which he was even a regional leader. His knowledge of the area has also allowed him to be involved in designing tourist routes and trails.

He has led guided tours and excursions to wild areas in Portugal and Spain. Over the years he has undertaken specific training in the areas of nature tourism and adventure sports, as well as nature interpretation.

He has been leading Naturetrek excursions for several years and, although he specialises in birdwatching, he is a naturalist with knowledge that extends to botany, insects (dragonflies and butterflies), reptiles, amphibians and wild mammals, geology and geomorphology.

Passionate about biodiversity, he has endeavoured to get to know and photograph the species of Portugal’s biological heritage. This is one of the ways he has found to promote knowledge and conservation of biodiversity through photography. He keeps a record of his observations on iNaturalist.

Fernando Romão is the face of WILDLIFE PORTUGAL.

My passion is to explore nature and have the opportunity to observe and discover its secrets, and then share them through photography or the tours I guide.

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSABILITY

A percentage of the profits from our activities go to nature conservation actions in the Greater Côa Valley

The ecological restoration work stimulated by Rewilding Portugal’s actions in the areas it manages has led to an increase in biodiversity and facilitated the observation of countless wild species, which contributes to improving the nature tourism experiences developed by Wildlife Portugal.

The Rede Côa Selvagem (Wild Côa Network) has fostered contact between the various agents in the territory, promoting partnerships and synergies around common goals and ideals and strengthening the Greater Côa Valley brand.

Fernando Romão