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Conservation
Happy World Oceans Day! At Natural Habitat Adventures, we love celebrating our waters and the undiscovered mysteries they hold. Our favorite way to enjoy our oceans is with our travelers out on a marine adventure.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a common merganser having a meal. Photographer Greg Berquist captured this while photo while on location in Wyoming. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature & Wildlife
“The early morning and evening light on the sand dunes and tree skeletons in Sossusvlei and the Kulala Wilderness Reserve provided some of the most dramatic views and photos from our trip to Namibia.
Videos
Common in the wild as well as in urban and suburban settings, Anna’s hummingbirds seem to have figured out the secret to expanding their ranges and how to thrive in what can sometimes be a hostile world for anything wild.
Churchill Polar Bears
Churchill, Manitoba, a small sub-Arctic community based on the edge of the Hudson Bay is famously known as the polar bear capital of the world. Whether you’re in Churchill to see the roaming polar bears, spectacular aurora borealis or the surfacing beluga whales, Churchill is filled with seasonal wildlife.
Asia & The Pacific
“It is difficult to select a favorite experience from my wild China odyssey—the opportunities to visit multiple panda bases, to see rare species in the wild, to visit historical sites, to interact with Chinese locals, to travel through remote regions of Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces…. how to choose?
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a scene from French Polynesia. Photographer Mark Gottlieb spent an hour on the bow of his ship watching flying fish in flight. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature & Wildlife
Much like us, other animals have “languages” that they use in order to communicate with members of their own species. For example, prairie dogs have developed different “words” to describe various predators—barks, squeals and squeaks that contain different numbers of rhythmic chirps and frequency modulations to distinguish which one is currently after them.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose an egret in Florida. Photographer Henry Jacoby captured this egret fishing in a lake at sunrise. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Conservation
Sustainable travel is coded into Natural Habitat Adventures’ DNA, and 2018 was an exceptional year in taking on conservation projects for our Boulder-based ecotourism company! The infographic below displays some of Nat Hab’s 2018 accomplishments, including eliminating straws from more than 75 percent of our trips and launching the World’s First Zero Waste Adventure.
Antarctica & Arctic
My guide was dead serious—or, at least, he seemed to be. He told me that there are elves in Iceland.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose an elephant herd in Kenya. Photographer Yochi Levanon captured this amazing image of an elephant heard in Amboseli park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
