Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Jaguar in Brazil

    Dec 21, 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 jaguar who just spotted a rival. Photographer Mark Gottlieb took this photo while visiting the Pantanal. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Antarctica & Arctic

    Video: Using Drone Photography to Protect the Arctic

    Dec 20, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Growing up in the Arctic regions of Canada made a lasting impression on National Geographic Young Explorer Nansen Weber. When he wasn’t out guiding guests who visited his parents remote lodge on the otherwise uninhabited Somerset Island, he was out exploring—often accompanied by a handheld camera and a camera drone.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Red Fox in Yellowstone

    Dec 14, 2018 · 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 red fox in Yellowstone National Park. As one of photographer Jim Harrison’s favorite subjects, he stayed with the fox to capture its beauty in the snowy landscape.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Sitting on Dad’s Back

    Nov 30, 2018 · 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 pair of mountain gorillas. After trekking through Bwindi National Park in Uganda, photographer Sylvia Rourke spent an hour watching a troop of gorillas. This young gorilla had some fun sitting on Dad’s back.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Sleeping Lion

    Nov 16, 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 sleeping lion. Photographer Sue Marchesiello was on safari in Ishasha National Park, Uganda when she came upon this lioness resting in a tree. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Video: The Mysterious Machu Picchu in High Definition

    Nov 8, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Encircled in mists and surrounded by emerald, forested slopes, the long-ago Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru wears an even heavier cloak of mystery. Although this World Heritage site, built on a mountaintop in the Andes, was discovered more than 100 years ago, archaeologists have yet to unravel the reason for its existence.

  • Travel Tales

    Magnificent Moon Bears of the Minshan Mountains

    Nov 7, 2018 · Brad Josephs

    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.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Brown Bear Mother & Cub

    Nov 2, 2018 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose bears in Katmai National Park. Photographer James Beedle was visiting Hallo Bay when he photographed this mother and yearling munching on grass. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Halloween Video: Barn Owls, Hunters in the Night

    Oct 30, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    With their piercing stares, heads that turn almost 360 degrees and nocturnal lives, owls have become a universal symbol for spookiness. A hoot is often the only hint you’ll have that an owl is near, which can make their covert presence even scarier. And, in the dark, they hunt prey.

  • 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 Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Praying for Salmon

    Oct 19, 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 bear sitting on the shore of Lake Clark. Photographer Nancy Arehart captured the moment it appears this Alaskan bear was praying for salmon.