Jared Ranahan

Jared is a Puerto Rico-based travel writer who focuses on wildlife and ecotourism. A graduate of Northeastern University with a degree in Finance, he discovered his passion for travel during an immersive study abroad in Nanjing, China and later strengthened this passion with six-month stints in Singapore and The Hague. Since then, Jared has lived in Bogotá, Los Angeles, the Island of Hawaiʻi, and Savannah, and he currently resides in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Jared was raised on a steady stream of David Attenborough and Steve Irwin documentaries, so one of his foremost passions in life is exploring the natural world. Over the years, he’s covered underrated ecotourism destinations, hotels with strong eco-conservation programs, and birdwatching hotspots across the globe. In addition to wildlife, he’s also written extensively about food and beverage, and he’s personally a big fan of shrimp mofongo, craft beer, and Caribbean rum.

Jared believes that there's an incredible story to be told about every destination on earth, no matter how underexplored or disparaged it is—he’s just as happy trekking for orangutans in the North Sumatra rainforest as he is road tripping through rural Nebraska.