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“We loved so many things that occurred during our visit to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, but I will share a few. Our first night aboard the Petrel, we moved from San Cristobal to Espanola. When we awoke in the morning, there was a sea lion on the top deck.
When I describe my Greenland adventure to friends and family, the thing I find most difficult to convey is the scale of Greenland.
“It’s difficult to pick out a single highlight, as the entire Botswana safari was filled with highlights.
Last fall, I traveled to Alaska in search of the world’s largest coastal grizzly bears, which roam freely in the remote reaches of Katmai National Park.
NHA Expedition Leader Aaron Bott recounts the magic of witnessing his first total solar eclipse while guiding a Nat Hab group of UCLA alumni in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. I knew that it was going to be spectacular—even awesome, in the truest sense of the word.
Deep within Botswana’s vast Okavango Delta, the 445,000-acre private Abu Concession shelters Abu Camp, a six-tent safari camp tucked into the unspoiled African wilderness. As the original elephant safari experience in Africa, Abu gives travelers the intimate opportunity to immerse themselves within the camp’s resident herd of rescued elephants.
In June 2017, Nat Hab traveler Ardelle Fellows encountered wild lemurs and more as she explored the wondrous biodiversity of Earth’s most unique island on a small-group Madagascar Wildlife Adventure. This African island is essentially living time capsule, a “lost world” that’s home some of the planet’s most unusual (and photogenic) species.
There’s nothing quite as humbling as being just feet away from an African elephant, swallowing the nervous lump in your throat. “Gulp!” During our Great Kenya Migration Safari, we came across a young, bull elephant standing a few feet away from the road.
WWF’s Kelley Ashford embarked on a trip to Borneo with Natural Habitat Adventures, where she was able to explore one of the most biologically diverse habitats on earth.
Scotland’s Wild Highlands & Islands was a different Nat Hab trip for me.
Icebergs, fjords, whales and wind. Jagged peaks, glacial runoff, freezing waters, and the infamous Greenland icecap. There is no doubt that East Greenland is an enigma—a land of harsh landscapes, brilliant vistas and exceptionally remote communities. For the last few months, I’ve had a small case of writer’s block.
A swan splashed down last spring in the lake near my cabin. Before that lone juvenile arrived, I had no clue swans flew through northwest Colorado’s mountain valleys. He joined a posse of voracious trout-devouring pelicans and stayed for the summer. Last week, I tipped my cap to our audacious swan as I turned north.
