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Travel Tips
Mountains, seashores, grasslands, wetlands, coral reefs and glaciers. Our national parks protect a multitude of terrains for every taste. And with more than 400 national park units across the country to explore, it can be daunting to choose which one you want to visit the soonest. Luckily, you have help.
Nature & Wildlife
The end-of-the-year holidays are once again over. Now, we enter January, famously known as “get-in-shape month.” Typically, this is when we focus on diet plans and gym memberships. But this year, you may want to give your mental health equal priority.
African Safaris
Nat Hab is excited to announce six new itineraries, offering travelers opportunities to see popular and fresh nature and wildlife destinations in new ways, including Costa Rica, Madagascar, Portugal and Iceland.
Asia & The Pacific
Chitwan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a vast nature reserve in the southern lowlands of Nepal. Chitwan is Nepal’s first national park, established in 1973, and spans 360 square miles. This ecoregion has a tropical monsoon climate where wildlife abounds from the fertile Inner Terai valleys to the lush Churia Hills.
Asia & The Pacific
From the moment they enter the world, Asia’s largest mammals and fiercest predators begin life at their most vulnerable. Whether it’s a newborn elephant learning to control its trunk, a young rhino navigating grasslands with limited sight or a tiger cub relying entirely on its mother’s protection, these early months shape survival.
Nature & Wildlife
We’ve just about reached the 2025 finish line. Father Time—that elderly, bearded man with an hourglass in one hand and a scythe in the other—will once again make his appearance on December 31 as the symbol of aging, the unstoppable passage of time and the inevitable end of things.
African Safaris
A Botswana safari during the green season ticks all the right boxes: optimal wildlife viewing, stays in secluded and luxurious safari camps and opportunities to photograph Southern Africa at its most lush.
Churchill Polar Bears
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.
News & More
Foods speak of place. They reflect a region’s culture, geography and history through their ingredients, preparations and traditions. When traveling, you can take in much of the essential nature of a new place by eating its local, favorite foods.
Europe
What Are the Callanish Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis? The Callanish Standing Stones are Lewisian gneiss ritual stones on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides that predate Stonehenge by roughly 2,000 years.
Europe
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.
Europe
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.
