Conservation
In prepandemic times, those of us who cherish wildlife and wild places tried to quantify them in economic terms, hoping to convince those who didn’t care about protecting nature that not doing so would impact their bottom lines. Now, 10 months after the coronavirus outbreak, that strategy seems naive to me.
Conservation
Almost every aspect of life has changed dramatically since the coronavirus pandemic began months ago. Today, we are still social distancing from family and friends; learning via remote, online platforms; and attending conferences, music performances and other public events virtually. It isn’t what we wanted, and it certainly hasn’t been fun.
News & More
Every year, the New York Times names 52 places as top destinations to visit. This year, nine Nat Hab destinations made the list. Some destinations are making strides in conservation and others are dramatically changing as a result of climate change. Travel can bring about inspiration and perspective to those trapped in their everyday bubble.
African Safaris
In just 12 hours, Ethiopia planted 353,633,660 trees, shattering the previous world record for trees planted in a single day.
Asia & The Pacific
“It is difficult to select a favorite experience from my wild China odyssey—the opportunities to visit multiple panda bases, to see rare species in the wild, to visit historical sites, to interact with Chinese locals, to travel through remote regions of Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces…. how to choose?
News & More
With the New Year approaching, travel media outlets such as Lonely Planet, Fodor’s and National Geographic have been curating lists of the best places to go in 2019. Several of Nat Hab’s destinations have been highlighted, from Bhutan’s mystic mountains to Zimbabwe’s wildlife-rich floodplains.
Travel Tales
During the fall, Natural Habitat Adventures operates expeditions to southwest China, where guests may have the chance to spot the magnificent moon bears of the Minshan Mountain range—a hidden, enchanted place where the bears are thriving.
Videos
There’s a village just 40 miles southeast of Shanghai, China, that might be the greenest in the world. No, it’s not because of its CO2-sequestering buildings, recycling programs or eco-friendly neighborhoods. It’s because it’s literally green: it’s covered in plants.
Travel Tales
A visit to Sichuan, Qinghai and Shaanxi provinces of China in autumn reveals amazing sights, including incredible encounters with wild golden snub-nosed monkeys that have lost their fear of people.
Nature & Wildlife
Whenever I hear that a little piece of the wild has slipped away forever, it saddens me. And another small bit of it vanished recently. Or you could say, perhaps more accurately, that we now know that a fragment of it has disappeared for good.
Asia & The Pacific
“Pandas have been my passion since I first saw them at the Toledo Zoo at the age of 10, so this was my idea of the trip of a lifetime and it didn’t disappoint!
Asia & The Pacific
It’s ironic that an animal whose name includes the word sun would be a creature of the night. But once darkness descends, the Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)—the smallest member of the bear family—lumbers through the dense, lowland forests of Southeast Asia, snacking on berries, birds, fruits, insects, lizards, rodents and roots.
