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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.
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 a ranch in Colorado, another in Utah. —One broke out of a trailer carrying him from a zoo in Prague to freedom in Kazakhstan.
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.
Watch Belonging in the Wild: Yellowstone’s Bison Story, featuring Nat Hab Expedition Leader Sophie Mazowita, then keep reading for fellow Expedition Leader Kristina Disney’s personal story of bison and childhood.
If you’re headed to Churchill to see polar bears on a Tundra Lodge adventure this fall, you’ll meet an integral member of our Nat Hab team—one whose special talents will enhance your experience. In this case, we’re not talking about wildlife tracking or interpreting bear behavior or explaining the physics of the northern lights.
By Tracy Schuh, Front End Web Developer at Natural Habitat Adventures First, let me tell you that being immersed in nature is my happy place, especially if water is involved. I am a Cancer, you see, and my existence is aligned with my aquatic crab sign.
In 2025, the natural world revealed itself in countless soul-stirring moments — and the Nat Hab community was there to capture them.
It was in the early morning when we first spotted Aracy, positioned near a small waterhole in Brazil’s southern Pantanal region.
By Jen McNally, Adventure Prep Specialist at Natural Habitat Adventures On a recent expedition to Churchill on Nat Hab’s Tundra Lodge Adventure, I was wowed to see polar bears in the wild.
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen Aurora borealis, the dawn of the north. Isn’t that the most beautiful name? In the early 1600s, Galileo Galilei combined the Latin names Aurora—meaning goddess of the dawn, and Boreas—the Greek god of the north.
My usual way of getting to know a new city is wandering aimlessly on foot. But on my first visit to Porto, I decided to try something totally different to get my bearings.
In the Portuguese village of Videmonte, a tradition exists that’s lived on for centuries. The ancient art of breadmaking, using sourdough recipes and family techniques that have been passed down through multiple generations, remains a prominent part of this small mountain town as much as cheesemaking and cultivating chestnuts.
