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Sustainable Travel in Vietnam: How Small-Group Cultural Journeys Protect Living Heritage

Sustainable travel in Vietnam supports cultural heritage by directing visitor experiences and economic benefits toward artisans, tradition-keepers and comm...

Rebecca Self

Worker picking tea leaves in tea plantation

Buddhism, Zen and Tea: What Travelers Learn from Vietnam’s Monastic Traditions

“Looking deeply into your tea, you see that you are drinking fragrant plants that are the gift of Mother Earth. You see the labor of the tea pickers;...

Rebecca Self

Snow Leopard walking along the Indus bank grasses of the Ramganga river.

Snow Leopards & 6 More Animals You Can See in the Himalayas

Many adventurers are drawn to the Himalayas of northern India either for the challenging mountain climbing or for the rich Tibetan Buddhist culture. But am...

Cathy Brown

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Helen Freeman: The “Jane Goodall” of Snow Leopards

“Love at first sight” is how conservationist Helen Freeman described meeting a pair of Earth’s rarest creatures one day in 1972. Nicholas and Alexandra had...

Megan Brief

How to Get a Picture of a Wild Himalayan Snow Leopard

In the autumn of 1973, wilderness writer and naturalist Peter Matthiessen joined preeminent field biologist George Schaller high in Nepal’s Himalayan Mount...

Laura Kiniry

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Stargazing at Uluru: Aboriginal Astronomy in Australia’s Red Center

Astronomy has been practiced in Australia for the last 65,000 years, guiding, governing and connecting Indigenous people across Australia’s vast interior. ...

Rebecca Self

Women in Conservation: 5 Primatologists You Should Know

Follow in the footsteps of five trailblazing women who transformed primatology and became powerful forces in the fight to protect great apes. Jane Goodall ...

Emily Goodheart

Nature’s Cold Weather Superstars: Yaks and Muskox

The guide beckons us to a ridgetop on Prince of Wales Island in northern Canada. As we reach the top, he motions for everyone to be absolutely quiet. Becau...

Joe Yogerst

Inside Japan’s Washoku Culinary Tradition: Seasons, Harmony and Hospitality

In 2013, UNESCO listed Washoku, the traditional food culture of Japan, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The list...

Rebecca Self

From Sponsorship to Stewardship: How Nat Hab’s Ultimate Australia Safari Connects Travelers to Conservation

A fun update from Australia—and one that speaks directly to the heart of Nat Hab’s Ultimate Australia Safari. Thanks to the recommendation of several Exped...

Natural Habitat Adventures

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Hope in Action: 20 Wildlife Comebacks That Prove Conservation Works

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 Threaten...

Rebecca Self

Australian Outback, river, desert, red rocks, aerial view

Fire, Flood and Time: Reading the Landscape of the Australian Outback

At first glance, central Australia’s Red Center might seem vast and empty, a canvas of rust-colored soil, sparse shrubs and endless sky. Learn to read the ...

Rebecca Self

Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them

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 gl...

Cathy Brown

Return of the Takhi: How Przewalski’s Horses Headed Home to Roam Mongolia

Przewalski’s horses, once endemic to the grasslands of central Asia and known in Mongolia as takhi, have been on some wild rides lately: —One showed up on ...

Rebecca Self

Wildlife Abounds in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park

Chitwan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a vast nature reserve in the southern lowlands of Nepal. Chitwan is Nepal’s first national pa...

Emily Goodheart

Two Wild Great one-horned rhinoceroses looking at each other face to face. India.

Baby Animals in the Wild: Growing Up in India, Nepal and Bhutan

From the moment they enter the world, Asia’s largest mammals and fiercest predators begin life at their most vulnerable. Whether it’s a newborn elephant le...

Megan Brief

Seeds of Hope: Nat Hab Philanthropy in Action from Australia to Uganda

Each year Nat Hab Philanthropy supports grassroots initiatives that connect conservation with community well-being. In 2025, our first funding cycle of gra...

Emily Goodheart

Mongolia’s Wild Frontiers: Wolves, Wild Horses and Nomadic Traditions

Rich in ancient cultural traditions, natural history and intriguing wildlife, Mongolia offers travelers a unique view of a less-traveled destination. Featu...

Natural Habitat Adventures