Travel Tales
“Friends ask us, ‘What was the highlight of your Grand India Wildlife Adventure?’ One day, we might say it was seeing five tigers—a male, ‘his lady’ and their three cubs. We will NEVER forget the male tiger’s warning growl that we were encroaching on his territory.
Travel Tales
“The trip to India was fantastic. We saw six tigers, including a mother with two cubs. The first sighting was especially thrilling, partly just because she was the first, but also because of her stunning beauty and poise as she strolled casually toward us, but the others were just as beautiful.
Conservation
Ninety-seven percent. In the last 100 years, tiger populations have declined that dramatically, from 100,000 to as few as 3,200 in the wild today. And it’s humans—through rampant poaching and habitat destruction—who are driving these big cats to extinction. Bringing tigers back from the brink takes commitment on a global scale.
Nature & Wildlife
As the field of electronic wildlife-tracking has grown, so has our knowledge about the lives of animals.
Nature & Wildlife
India is one of the world’s most stimulating nature travel destinations. Renowned for its dramatic rivers, fabled jungles and profuse wildlife, including the majestic Bengal tiger, India’s range of wild habitats offers extraordinary riches for passionate nature travelers.
Conservation
We’ve closed the books on 2016. It’s natural to want to assess the past year, now that we’ve made it through to the end.
Conservation
During the holiday season, we come together across lands, faiths and cultures to celebrate the persistence of light in the darkness. And we at Natural Habitat Adventures are especially happy to share some good news with you from the natural world.
News & More
This is a guest post by Toby Sinclair, long-time Nat Hab India Expedition Leader and tiger expert. In 1998 Nat Hab Expedition Leader Suhail Gupta and I were in Ranthambore. We met up with the late Fateh Singh Rathore, the founding Warden and Field Director of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
Conservation
The hundreds of thousands of tourists who pass through Sawai Madhopur on their way to search for tigers in the famous Ranthambore National Park and Tiger Reserve in eastern Rajasthan now have something more interesting to look at as they exit the train from New Delhi.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a tiger in India. Photographer Marion Fauchart Jocher took this photo while visiting Ranthambore National Park. This tiger began marking trees after smelling another female in her territory.
Nature & Wildlife
According to the best available data, around 3,890 tigers exist in the wild. This is an increase from the global estimate in 2010 which counted as few as 3,200. This updated figure was compiled from IUCN data and the latest national tiger surveys, which demonstrate rising tiger populations in India, Bhutan, Nepal and Russia.
News & More
Last year in honor of the International Day of Happiness, we asked you to tell us what it is about travel that makes you happiest. We loved your responses, and we’re excited to share some of them with you now in honor of this year’s International Day of Happiness coming up on March 20th, 2016!
