Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Travel Tips

    Saving Places Never Seen

    Mar 29, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I still vividly recall the dream, even though I couldn’t have been more than six or seven years old when I had it. I was flying, low—without a plane, mind you—over Alaska. I soared above waving fields of purple flowers and gurgling, ribbon-like, blue rivers.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    The Problem with Being Popular

    Mar 22, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Like all traipsers through woods and walkers of rivers, I have a few, favorite “secret places.” I could go on and on about their beauty, about what makes them so different from any other location on Earth, about the feelings they elicit from deep down in my core.

  • News & More

    Real-Time vs. Reflective Adventures

    Nov 29, 2010 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    “Wish you were here.” It’s the archetypal message on a picture postcard, sent from a friend or family member in some far-off holiday or vacation spot. In fact, the expression has become so cliché that you can now find postcards with the sentiment already preprinted.

  • Travel Tips

    Advanced Medicine: A Prescription for Adventure

    Nov 1, 2010 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    You’ve probably got one in the bathroom, bedroom or basement or perhaps tucked away in a closet. It’s that piece of exercise equipment, such as a treadmill or foldable “home gym,” that you thought would be the quickest route to a healthier you.

  • Conservation

    Best Way to See the Galapagos? Gently and Up Close

    Aug 30, 2010 · Wendy Redal

    It’s a quandary that often faces travelers to ecologically fragile destinations: tourism can do wonders to raise awareness about the importance of conservation, yet visitors may question whether their very presence is contributing to a problem.

  • Travel Tips

    What are YOUR Top Ten Travel Moments?

    May 6, 2010 · Wendy Redal

    I’m usually too busy to watch television, so it’s perhaps not surprising I didn’t know who Samantha Brown was, when a friend told me she had her dream job.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Q&A: Encounters with Wildlife on Galapagos Islands

    Jul 31, 2009 · Megan Koelemay

    Eunice Park, a member of World Wildlife Fund’s communications team, visited the Galápagos Islands recently, when the Baltra Island fuel-handling facility received its environmental certification. Here is Eunice’s take on this otherworldly wildlife destination.