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Travel Tales
I’m one of those people who tends to travel with zero expectations. This isn’t because I have some overly pessimistic worldview or have had some unfortunate litany of bad travel experiences. On the contrary: I’m optimistic to a fault and all of my “top ten” life moments have occurred while traveling.
Travel Tales
At age 100, Elsa Bailey became one of Nat Hab’s most memorable guests when we invited her to join our Tundra Lodge and Town Adventure to Churchill, Manitoba in 2013, after learning that seeing polar bears in the wild was one of the remaining items on her bucket list.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a giant panda in China. Photographer Marian Herz captured this moment while visiting the Chengdu Panda Reserve with Nat Hab. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Videos
Simply defined, zero waste is a goal where all discarded materials become resources for others to use. It eliminates all discharges to air, land or water that are a threat to animal, human, plant or planetary health. All products are reused, repaired or recycled back into nature or the marketplace.
African Safaris
Though our Kenya Migration safari had an endless number of highlights (including a lion-leopard standoff with two leopard cubs hiding in a den, a cheetah kill with three cubs learning how to stalk, a wildebeest river crossing, and four sets of lions mating), an early morning bush walk through the Mara Naboisho Conservancy with…
Conservation
Just about a year ago, on June 8, 2015, the carmaker Subaru of America Inc. and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) announced a partnership.
Conservation
While visiting Costa Rica with Natural Habitat Adventures last year, I once again had an opportunity to see how embracing conservation enhances communities.
Nature & Wildlife
Newsworthy, noteworthy, and utterly fascinating. Monarch butterflies routinely make the news—for good reason. The migration of the monarch butterfly is considered by scientists a unique phenomenon, and one of the largest animal migrations on Earth.
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 black rhino in Tanzania. Photographer Brad Starry captured this moment of a rhino munching on wild flowers in Ngorongoro Crater. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Galapagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands, famed for the adaptive wonders of its unique species, had humble beginnings with just 15 original species evolving to make the islands their home after volcanic eruptions.
News & More
We now have a national mammal, and it’s Bison bison. On Monday, May 9, 2016, President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act, honoring American bison with this first-ever designation.
Travel Tales
Growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, you know about the Churchill polar bears. After all, they are a big part of the Canadian province’s unique identity. Every year, news reports would show the polar bears invading the small town of Churchill.
