Good Nature Travel Blog

  • African Safaris

    African Wild Dogs and the Necessity of Wildlife Corridors

    Jun 8, 2021 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Larger than Austria and Germany combined and nearly twice as big as the United Kingdom, the enormous KAZA (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area) lies in the Kavango and Zambezi River Basins where Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe converge.

  • African Safaris

    Video: A Novel Look at South Africa

    Mar 16, 2021 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I have never been to Africa. Yet, I like to imagine being there: I picture myself on a safari in Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa or Tanzania.

  • Conservation

    For Your Gifting: My Top 10 Nature-and-Travel Authors

    Dec 10, 2019 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    While some might say that the true travel genre of books includes those “that record the experiences of an author touring a place,” I find it worthwhile to add another component into my description of that category: environmentalism.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Lazy Day

    Oct 4, 2019 · Steve Selden

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a photo of a lion resting in a tree in Africa. Photographer Nancy Bland took this photo of a lion resting while on safari in Serengeti, Tanzania!

  • Conservation

    Elephants on Track

    Nov 7, 2018 · WWF

    A sophisticated 22-pound GPS collar may be the most valuable bling on the African continent. Seven-ton elephants are now donning advanced satellite tracking devices that let their movements be monitored in real time—technology that’s proving to be a boon for pachyderms and a bust for poachers.

  • Videos

    Video: Watch as a Pelican in Africa Learns to Fly Again

    Oct 25, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    It can be hard to be alone, hurt and abandoned by your own kind. How are you supposed to learn what you need to know in order to survive? Luckily, for one bird, having some human friends was the answer.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    The Largest Migration on Earth Is Vertical

    Aug 21, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Every night on Earth, a great migration takes place. It’s bigger than the ones of caribou, wildebeest or zebras on land or Arctic terns in the air. But while this stupendous, nightly migration overshadows all the others, you’ve probably never heard of it. And even more surprising is the fact that it’s vertical.

  • Travel Tales

    Traveler Story: Tanzania Migration Photo Safari

    Jul 14, 2018 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    “Just when we thought that our Natural Habitat Tanzania Migration Photo Safari could not get better, we were proven wrong with our Ngorongoro Crater Extension.

  • Travel Tales

    Meeting Maasai in Tanzania

    Feb 22, 2018 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    By Natural Habitat Adventures Director of Travel Industry Relations Don Martinson I recently had the privilege of traveling to Tanzania with my wife and teenage daughter, and while we had so many highlights, the one we all agree was truly special happened on our second day in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Rooting

    Nov 10, 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 warthog in Tanzania. Photographer Steve Grodin was fortunate to be able to watch this warthog looking for dinner in the Serengeti. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Travel Tales

    Sleepless in Tanzania | Olaf’s Corner

    Oct 14, 2017 · Olaf Malver

    The small and rickety aluminum shelter at Barranco Camp shook each time I took another sleepless turn on the hard cot. The noisy movements kept my two climbing companions awake all night.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Cheetah at Sunrise

    Sep 1, 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 cheetah standing in the light of a new day in Serengeti National Park. Photographer Angela Poggioni captured this moment while on safari in Tanzania.