Travel Tales

On the first evening of my 12-day Secluded Botswana Safari, I followed my small group of five travelers down a flight of outdoor steps at Toka Leya Lodge t...

The Galapagos Islands might be the single best love-at-first-sight solution for what I call “complacent nature deficit disorder.” These are islands of inst...

It was our second day out driving in our open-air jeep in Botswana’s Kalahari Game Reserve when the raindrops started to fall. As we’d headed out tha...

First, whales. One morning in September, we woke up earlier than usual. We had been navigating overnight toward Bartolome Island, and our guides, Roberto a...

Oftentimes the excitement of the search is just as thrilling as spending time with wildlife on an African safari. Experience what it’s like to search...

It’s no surprise that Costa Rica is a country filled with beautiful natural ecosystems. Its coasts are bustling with marine life, and its interior is blank...

Driving across the plains of the Serengeti, every sense becomes sharpened: eyes alert as you scan the horizon, inhaling the mingling scents of lemon bush a...

Something that stood out during my Kenya Migration Photo Expedition was the presence of family connection throughout so many aspects of our nature adventur...

Botswana encompasses a wide range of ecosystems, from the seemingly barren Makgadikgadi Pans to the Okavango Delta’s intricate network of wetlands and wate...

By Senior Adventure Specialist John Holahan The morning sun crested the eastern ridge of the Sham Valley, warming the contents of its path. It peered throu...

By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Richard de Gouveia Plains Game, Predators & Birdlife in Murchison Falls National Park Murchison Falls National Park, Ugand...

Botswana is one of five adjacent countries within whose borders lies the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, also known as KAZA, the world’s l...

One of the most memorable moments of my life happened in Egypt. I’d been working in Cairo and hired a female guide to see nearby historical and archa...

How One of the World’s Most Respected Sustainable Travel Companies Grew from the Wilds of the Garden State  Ever wonder how Natural Habitat Adventures beca...

By Jordy Oleson Madagascar is the most unique place I’ve ever been. Geographically, biologically, culturally—it is so isolated and truly seems to operate i...

Was Ephesus Greek or Roman? The answer is both… and more. Ephesus is known as a Greek and Roman city, but it rose from a much older Anatolian landscape, wh...

By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen  Out on the tundra, we meld into the landscape, observing and trying to discern details. We remain quiet, resemb...

For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have shaped North America’s landscapes through stewardship, observation and a deep understanding of the na...