We may be stuck indoors for the time being but that doesn't mean we can't broaden our horizons beyond our living room walls, because let's face it, there's only so many thousand-piece jigsaws you can do, and Netflix series you can watch. While we aren’t able to physically travel the globe at the moment, there are ways to do it virtually – and for free.
Africam
My absolute favourite to watch – live cameras in Africa including Tembe Elephant Park, Tau Waterhole, Gorilla Forest Corridor and more. The scenery is majestic enough, but to watch elephants exploring in such a natural habitat is spectacular. There's sound too, so you can really immerse yourself in the wilds of Africa. Also keep an eye out for lions, leopards, rhinos, zebras and buffalo.
Houston Zoo
There's a lot of monkeying around at this Texas zoo with its chimp cams. You can also watch gorillas, rhinos, elephants, and giraffes. But perhaps the most fascinating live feed (if you're not afraid of insects) is the ant cam where you get a close-up view of leafcutter ants hard at work.
The cameras are live from 1pm to 1am BST. For an extra bit of fun, if you wait your turn, you can control the movement of some of the cameras and channel your inner David Attenborough.
Smithsonian's National Zoo
High-definition cameras give you a clear look at pandas, elephants, lions, and naked mole-rats. The cameras are live 24 hours a day but volunteers operate them during the day so you're playing less games of Where's Wally? trying to spot the animals.
San Diego Zoo
This zoo has several live cams – you can check out its baboons looking a little red-faced (and reared) foraging, grooming and exploring, as well as apes, elephants, koalas, penguins, polar bears and tigers.
Melbourne Zoo
Sit back and watch in awe (and aww) at the baby snow leopards – they're especially cute when snuggled up at night. You can also see how penguins, zebras, giraffes and lions are getting on Down Under.
Georgia Aquarium
Water-way to spend your time at home – for some aquatic adventuring, you can dive in to the Georgia Aquarium cams which give an under-water look at a beluga whale, otters, penguins, puffins, jellyfish, sharks and piranhas which you can see being fed on Saturday, Sundays and Thursdays at 7pm BST (hopefully it's nothing like the movie). For a bit of Finding Nemo, the indo-pacific barrier reef cam is particularly soothing.
My absolute favourite to watch – live cameras in Africa including Tembe Elephant Park, Tau Waterhole, Gorilla Forest Corridor and more. The scenery is majestic enough, but to watch elephants exploring in such a natural habitat is spectacular. There's sound too, so you can really immerse yourself in the wilds of Africa. Also keep an eye out for lions, leopards, rhinos, zebras and buffalo.
Houston Zoo
There's a lot of monkeying around at this Texas zoo with its chimp cams. You can also watch gorillas, rhinos, elephants, and giraffes. But perhaps the most fascinating live feed (if you're not afraid of insects) is the ant cam where you get a close-up view of leafcutter ants hard at work.
The cameras are live from 1pm to 1am BST. For an extra bit of fun, if you wait your turn, you can control the movement of some of the cameras and channel your inner David Attenborough.
Smithsonian's National Zoo
High-definition cameras give you a clear look at pandas, elephants, lions, and naked mole-rats. The cameras are live 24 hours a day but volunteers operate them during the day so you're playing less games of Where's Wally? trying to spot the animals.
San Diego Zoo
This zoo has several live cams – you can check out its baboons looking a little red-faced (and reared) foraging, grooming and exploring, as well as apes, elephants, koalas, penguins, polar bears and tigers.
Melbourne Zoo
Sit back and watch in awe (and aww) at the baby snow leopards – they're especially cute when snuggled up at night. You can also see how penguins, zebras, giraffes and lions are getting on Down Under.
Georgia Aquarium
Water-way to spend your time at home – for some aquatic adventuring, you can dive in to the Georgia Aquarium cams which give an under-water look at a beluga whale, otters, penguins, puffins, jellyfish, sharks and piranhas which you can see being fed on Saturday, Sundays and Thursdays at 7pm BST (hopefully it's nothing like the movie). For a bit of Finding Nemo, the indo-pacific barrier reef cam is particularly soothing.