TV explorer Levison Wood is set to become a father as he reveals new girlfriend is pregnant – just days after sharing romance

TV explorer Levison Wood has announced that his new girlfriend Ana Protasio is pregnant with their first child.

It was just four days ago when the TV explorer announced he had found love with a new lady in his life.

The world adventurer, 43, gushed over his new romance with former model turned yoga teacher, Ana on social media.

Sharing a sweet photo on Instagram on Sunday, he wrote: ‘Happy birthday to this wonderful human being! (And yep we’re having a baby, not just a big lunch)’

He posted a sweet image of his glamorous girlfriend showing off her growing bump, as the pair beamed with happiness.

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TV explorer Levison Wood, 43, has announced that his new girlfriend Ana Protasio is pregnant with their first child – he told fans on Instagram on Sunday

Fans were quick to offer their well wishes to Levison, who was considered Britain’s most eligible bachelor at one point.

Some comments read: ‘Congrats to you both and enjoy the ride, so many adventures coming your way’,

‘Congrats Lev! Welcome to the dad club mate’.

Earlier this week, the former army officer told his Instagram followers: ‘Over the years I’ve met many people on the road, but every now and then, someone comes along who doesn’t just travel with you, but changes the pace of the journey entirely. 

‘This is Ana. We’ve been exploring a shared path together lately, one filled with plenty of adventures, challenges and commitment. An exciting new chapter awaits.’

He also shared some images of them together – one which included a picture of them canoeing, and another which saw them embracing in front of a vast mountain.

Judging by the images, it’s clear the pair share a mutual love for the great outdoors.

Levison’s followers were quick to throw their support behind the star, with one stating: ‘Delighted to meet you Ana!! You two make a beautiful couple, good luck with all the travels and fun in your future xxx’

It was just four days ago when the TV explorer announced he had found love with a new lady in his life

The couple appeared totally smitten in the Instagram post as friends congratulated them on the news

‘Over the years I’ve met many people on the road, but every now and then, someone comes along who doesn’t just travel with you, but changes the pace of the journey entirely. This is Ana,’ his caption read

Another added: ‘Wishing you many adventures together’

The explorer has been open about his desire to find romance in the past, and even admitted to joining dating apps in the hope of doing so.

In an interview with MailOnline in 2021, the former soldier said: ‘I used dating apps: I don’t see a problem with it. I use them when I want to use them. 

‘That is how people meet these days, isn’t it? How else can you meet your woman?’

Levison also opened up about exactly what his type is, saying: ‘I don’t like to put people into boxes. 

‘If a woman is intelligent, interesting and fun – that is the basis really. I don’t really care what job they do or anything like that. 

‘It is also about being comfortable in somebody’s company and enjoying spending time with them.’ 

After lockdown Levison was the victim of stalking, with the perpetrator jailed for 13 months. 

Levison has enjoyed a long career in television after serving as a Major in the British army 

Fiza Jabeen, a doctor, made Wood so fearful for his and his family’s safety that he decided to sell his London home. 

But after moving – and after Jabeen was made the subject of a restraining order – she tracked him down once again, visiting Levison’s home at the time in Richmond. 

The doctor was jailed for 13 months after admitting one offence of stalking and harassment having sent the TV personality ‘explicit and unpleasant messages’ via social media. 

Levison delves into his extraordinary 20 years as an explorer, during which time he has experienced the amazing and the tragic, in the set of shows.

During an expedition along the 4000-mile long Nile River from Rwanda to Egypt, a journalist travelling with the explorer named Matt Power was overcome with heat stroke and tragically died. Levison called his death ‘a haunting moment that stays with me every day’.

And in his closest brush up with death, Levison almost lost his life during a trek across the Himalayas in 2015.

He came face to face with tigers, crocodiles and even a cannibal on the remarkable journey but it was a short car ride which was almost his undoing. 

After being left with nowhere to sleep as night fell, Levison and his colleagues piled into an SUV and paid the driver to take them to the nearest town in search of a bed. 

As the vehicle wound its way along the treacherous mountain scape, its brake cable snapped throwing it off the edge of a cliff and into a ravine. 

Somehow Levison and all the other passengers survived, with the explorer later saying: ‘We are lucky to be alive’.