Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Asia & The Pacific

    A Tiger Safari in India: A Photographer’s Dream

    Jun 15, 2022 · Samantha Miller

    It was the Vice President of the National Geographic Society who said, “I had been seeing the world in black and white and, when brought face-to-face with India, experienced everything re-rendered in brilliant technicolor.” The magic of photography is that a single photo can tell a thousand stories. What stories of India will you tell?

  • African Safaris

    Kenya Migration: The Full Circle of Life

    May 9, 2022 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    A Nat Hab traveler shares his experience with lions and leopards during The Great Kenya Migration Safari.

  • African Safaris

    Why Do Lions Roar? Facts about Big Cat Communication

    Mar 3, 2022 · Laura Kiniry

    The first time I heard a lion’s roar, it shook me to the bones. I’d been snoozing soundly in my hut in South Africa’s Madikwe Game Reserve (a Nat Hab favorite), when the full-throated and low-pitched bellow reverberated through my body, launching me upright. Afterward, I was too excited to go back to sleep.

  • Asia & The Pacific

    Sri Lankan Animals to See on an Island Safari

    Nov 10, 2021 · Joel Centano

    Talk about a small fortune: Although Sri Lanka spans only 25,000 square miles, it shelters Asia’s richest density of mammal, reptile, amphibian and flowering plant species, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth.

  • African Safaris

    Your Africa Safari Photographs Could Help Save Wildlife

    Jul 13, 2021 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I have never been fortunate enough to go on an Africa safari, but I never tire of reading about the experiences of others who have visited the continent, such as the thrill of seeing a herd of wildebeest spread across a vast, open plain or spotting a leopard lazing in a tree as the…

  • African Safaris

    Africa Through the Eyes of My Children

    Apr 23, 2020 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    Over my 20 years at Nat Hab, I’ve had the great luxury of traveling to a wide variety of our nature destinations around the world.

  • African Safaris

    Southern Africa Safari: An Intimate View of Predator and Prey

    Mar 19, 2020 · WWF

    Most people are thrilled to go on a safari in Africa, knowing they will see the iconic wildlife they have only seen in images or in zoos all their lives. Viewing zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions, and herds of beautiful creatures like impala and kudu in the bush is, no doubt, exhilarating.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Taking a Look Back

    Jul 13, 2018 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a South African leopard. Photographer Vicky Marella was visiting Kruger National Park when she spotted this leopard taking a walk nearby. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Travel Tales

    Traveler Story: Kalahari Ferrari Safari

    Oct 19, 2017 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    By Nat Hab traveler Rick Whitson | Secluded Botswana Safari It was day seven of our 10-day Secluded Botswana Safari, and we were staying at a remote tent camp in the Okavango Delta that we had accessed via a bush flight. We enjoyed high tea at camp and were headed out to a new area for our evening bush ride.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Baby Leopard

    Aug 11, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a young leopard relaxing in a tree in the Serengeti. Photographer Steve Grodin captured this moment while on safari in Tanzania. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Botswana Safari Surprises Travelers with Rare Leopard Sighting

    Apr 26, 2017 · WWF

    WWF Senior Writer, Deborah Ackerman had a rare and thrilling sight while accompanying a Nat Hab trip through Botswana: a mother leopard carrying her newborn cubs across the KAZA landscape during green season—the time of year when most animals in Botswana’s Okavango Delta give birth.