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When it comes to on-screen wildlife friendships, the bond between Timon and Pumbaa from Disney’s The Lion King is a classic. The wise-cracking meerkat and his loveable warthog sidekick go everywhere together, which is why—on my first trip to Kenya—I looked for this twosome repeatedly during my first couple of safari outings.
By Gary Balfour and David Bygott Twenty million years ago, in what is now Tanzania, a mountain that never had a chance to be named led to the creation of one of the most beautiful and exciting places on Earth for African safari-goers.
Follow in the footsteps of five trailblazing women who transformed primatology and became powerful forces in the fight to protect great apes. Jane Goodall Dr. Jane Goodall’s long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania led her to worldwide acclaim.
When I was eight, I set up a museum in our linen closet. In my mind’s eye, the curiosities collected over time and passed lovingly down from family members deserved to be displayed with appropriate decorum.
Need some good news? Here’s cause for hope and celebration: 20 species have moved further from extinction according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species update.
At Natural Habitat Adventures, conservation isn’t just a mission statement—it’s the guiding principle behind every journey we design. On our Secluded South Africa safari, guests explore protected national parks and private reserves where wildlife roams freely and tourism supports vital conservation initiatives aimed at protecting these landscapes for generations to come.
In southern Morocco, the most important architecture is one you feel more often than see. You feel it as the air cools under a date-palm canopy. You feel it in the hush of a shaded courtyard.
Since I was a toddler, I remember my mom expressing one dream for herself: to go on safari in East Africa. My heart would lift every time she talked about elephants, because I could see how she lit up.
From the soaring Andean condor in Patagonia to the rainbow flash of a lilac-breasted roller on safari, birds are a highlight of Nat Hab trips across the globe. Their colors, songs and surprising behaviors draw us into the ecosystems they inhabit—and once you start noticing birds, you notice everything else more closely too.
Every year, a pulse begins in the heart of East Africa. It starts as a low vibration on the open plains, a sound like distant thunder rolling across the grasslands. Then, the land itself begins to move. Columns of wildebeest, more than a million strong, flow across the horizon in search of fresh, rain-fed grass.
Natural Habitat Adventures’ Kenya Rhino & Elephant Conservation Safari is the ultimate launching point for exploring northern Kenya and the rich, biodiverse ecological havens that harbor many of the African continent’s distinctive wildlife species. This expedition comes on the heels of some technological advancements happening on-site at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a highlight of the itinerary.
While it’s not a terribly short list of people who have toured the United Nations in Nairobi, I like to think I’m on the shorter list of those who have fallen asleep while doing so.
