Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Videos

    Video: The Case for Going on a Mind Trip

    Mar 2, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    There’s a type of trip you can go on anytime you want. It doesn’t cost anything, and it’s guaranteed to spark your creativity and to give you all the refreshment afforded by a typical vacation. It’s called daydreaming.

  • Travel Tips

    Top Adriatic Adventures: Croatia & Montenegro

    Oct 3, 2016 · Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

    If you have never experienced an active Adriatic adventure, you have no idea what you’re missing. Having lived in Europe and as a relatively avid traveler with an appetite for new destinations and cultures, I have to admit my love for Croatia and Montenegro as two of my top travel destinations.

  • Travel Tips

    Five Awesome Family-Friendly Activities in Costa Rica

    Aug 28, 2015 · Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

    Costa Rica has long been known as one of the most amazing, exotic and pristine eco-adventure destinations in the world. From beaches to volcanic mountains, from misty cloud forests to tropical rain forests, it offers families a matchless natural destination for adventure.

  • Travel Tips

    10 Reasons Why Adventure Travel Is Good for You

    Jul 7, 2015 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    For the past several years, I have been writing about adventure topics for the Good Nature Travel blog, on everything from the merits of bumpy roads to tracking devices on narwhals. From my own thoughts on adventure to the latest scientific research, we’ve covered a lot of ground together.

  • Travel Tips

    10 Small Things to Always Take with You on Your Travels

    Jun 4, 2015 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Every few months, it seems that we travelers get hit with increasing airline fees and baggage costs. And as seat space and overhead bins get smaller and smaller, it’s a wonder we can still travel comfortably with any luggage at all. Packing space is extremely limited.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    See Nature as If for the First Time

    Mar 25, 2015 · WWF

    We had just finished a wonderfully grueling hike in the Tiskita Jungle, located along pristine coastline in the southwest corner of Costa Rica within a 300-acre private biological reserve. We sat under an almond tree to shade ourselves from the hot sun and rest our well-earned, aching muscles.

  • Travel Tips

    11 Ways That Travel Can Change Your Life

    May 6, 2014 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I recently signed up for Spanish lessons. I’ve been meaning to study Spanish for almost 30 years now, but for some reason, it was always one of those things that fell to the bottom of my priority list. That is, until now. My enrollment in the class was inspired by a trip to Antarctica in March.

  • Travel Tales

    The Achuars’ Amazon – Time to Pray? | Olaf's Corner

    Jan 7, 2014 · Olaf Malver

    Our lanky teenage-looking pilot closed his eyes and prayed quietly before takeoff into the immense, emerald-green void of the Ecuadorian Amazon. His murmurs were indecipherable through the roar of the old rattling Cessna operated by Aerotsentsak, the airline owned by the Achuar indigenous nation.

  • Travel Tips

    Top 5 Places for Nature in Europe

    Dec 22, 2013 · Maddi Higgins

    Europe was once teeming with wildlife, from the snow-capped tops of mountains to the warm beaches of the Mediterranean. The arrival of humans, agricultural production, exploitation of habitats and the introduction of invasive species have caused major losses in biodiversity.