Nature & Wildlife
As we welcome in the new year, notable travel media outlets such as Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic and Travel + Leisure are singing the praises of their bucket-list destinations for 2020.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose an elephant herd in Kenya. Photographer Yochi Levanon captured this amazing image of an elephant heard in Amboseli park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a family of elephants. Photographer Gary Herman took this shot while on safari in Amboseli National Park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a pair out of Kenya. Photographer Yochi Levanon was on safari in Kenya when this grey crowned crane duo posed for the camera. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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.
Conservation
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.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a pair of zebras in the Samburu National Reserve. Photographer Susan Burroughs captured this moment while on safari in Kenya. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature & Wildlife
More than 1,500 “national” days have been declared, according to the National Day Calendar. For example, January 2 is National Cream Puff Day. March 4 is Marching Music Day. The first Saturday in May is National Start Seeing Monarchs Day. And don’t forget World Emoji Day on July 17.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a family of cheetahs. Photographer Kerri Parkes was on safari in Kenya when her vehicle came across a mother cheetah and her young relaxing in the sun.
News & More
Natural Habitat Adventures celebrates the life of a remarkable woman and champion of elephant conservation, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who passed away at the age of 83 this month. Daphne created the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in 1977, naming it after her late husband who was a founding warden of Tsavo East, Kenya’s largest national park.
African Safaris
No wildlife event on the planet rivals Kenya’s Great Migration for sheer drama. Enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra, two million strong, make a great circuit across the Serengeti Plains as they travel from Tanzania north into Kenya’s famed Maasai Mara and back, following the new grass that sprouts with the seasonal rains.
Travel Tales
There’s nothing quite as humbling as being just feet away from an African elephant, swallowing the nervous lump in your throat. “Gulp!” During our Great Kenya Migration Safari, we came across a young, bull elephant standing a few feet away from the road.
