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NaturesLens Search · Live Search demo

# Search wildlife photography holidays the way you think about them

A fast, typo-tolerant search that understands species, destinations, months, guides and photography methods, and ranks trips where several of those match at once. Press Cmd/Ctrl + K anywhere on the site, or use the button below.

## Try it

Open the search and type a query. Results are grouped into holidays, articles and destination pages, with a short explanation of why each one matched.

## Queries to try

### puffins in june

Species plus month. Date intelligence rewards trips whose departure dates genuinely overlap June.

### bears in europe

Species plus continent. Locations are hierarchical, so country and locality trips inherit their region.

### snow monkey

Synonym handling: Japanese macaque and macaque searches reach the same trips.

### hummingbirds places available

Asking for availability makes places remaining a strong ranking signal.

### puffn

A deliberate typo. Fuzzy matching and did-you-mean suggestions recover the intent.

### cranes not japan

Negative intent: exclusions remove or demote matching trips.

## What is happening behind the box

### Custom inverted index

Search does not use WP_Query. A purpose-built MySQL index with BM25-inspired scoring and per-field weights keeps results instant and relevant.

### Structured intent

Species, destination, date, guide and photography method are treated as separate dimensions, with escalating bonuses when several land on the same holiday.

### Facets and explanations

Each search returns facets for species, destination, month, guide, photography, difficulty, price and availability, plus a plain-English reason for every match.

### Careful learning

Aggregate click learning needs at least three clicks and is capped at 12%. Session personalisation is capped at 8%. Behaviour only breaks close ties.

### Editable ontology

Synonyms and wildlife families (raptors, primates, owls and more) are managed in WordPress admin, with a filter hook for site-specific rules.

### Analytics and gaps

Anonymous query logging surfaces top searches, no-result and low-click queries, and content or product gaps in the Search Intelligence dashboard.

## Prefer to be guided?

The Trip Finder turns a few answers about species, place, month, budget and walking into a ranked shortlist.

[Open the Trip Finder demo](https://natureslens.co.uk/?page_id=9003241321146298)