Brazil Pantanal Travel: Jaguars, Cowboys & Travel Writing with Journalist Steph Dyson

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Steph Dyson is a UK travel writer and journalist behind Worldly Adventurer, a website that attracts over a million visitors annually with its focus on sustainable adventures in Latin America. Having lived in Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia over the past decade, Steph is the queen of off-the-beaten-path South American travel. Fresh from a fam trip to the Brazilian Pantanal together, Laura and Steph discuss what it's really like to make a living as a travel journalist in 2025, the challenges of AI disrupting the industry, and how to balance promoting destinations without contributing to overtourism. They share stories from their Brazilian adventure—jaguar sightings, cowboy culture, mosquito battles—and why wet season in the Pantanal might not be the best idea.

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