Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Elephant Grand Central Station | Olaf’s Corner

    Jul 8, 2016 · Olaf Malver

    In the wildlife drama that is a Botswana safari, this looked like a virtual demolition zone. We had just stepped out of our kayaks, scouting for an optimal place to camp. Looking around, we realized that the island had been completely trampled.

  • African Safaris

    Elephant Grand Central Station | Olaf’s Corner

    Jul 5, 2016 · iSafari

    In the wildlife drama that is a Botswana safari, this looked like a virtual demolition zone. We had just stepped out of our kayaks, scouting for an optimal place to camp. Looking around, we realized that the island had been completely trampled.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Baby and Mama Baboon

    Apr 22, 2016 · 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 mother baboon calming down her rough-housing baby. Photographer Janis Hurley took this photo while on safari in Botswana. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Two Unexpected Wildlife Encounters in Botswana

    Feb 24, 2016 · Tania Curry

    Last year, I had the opportunity to visit Botswana with Natural Habitat Adventures. This two-week trip on the Secluded Botswana Photo Safari enabled our small group to view wildlife in a variety of settings, from the arid Chobe National Park to the lush Okavango Delta.

  • African Safaris

    Botswana Cat Nip: Almost Us, but Rather a Cup

    Jan 20, 2016 · iSafari

    I learned on my recent Secluded Botswana Safari that, since the Botswana government has outlawed hunting, most animals, particularly predators, are quite used to trucks. In fact, they simply see our game drive vehicles as part of the scenery, or perhaps a non-threatening animal that they can’t quite get a consistent scent on.

  • African Safaris

    Painted Wolf? African Wild Dogs in Botswana

    Jan 14, 2016 · iSafari

    Months after my trip to Botswana, I’m still scrolling through photos and reminiscing about what a magical trip it was. A treat to explore (for the first time with my husband) the wilds of Botswana, while gathering research and perfecting trips for work on the side. Yes, I love my job!

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Kicking Up Dust

    Jan 8, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected two wildebeests during a dramatic sunset. Photographer Mark Schwartz captured this photo during safari in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • African Safaris

    Photo of the Day: Asleep Beneath the Kalahari Skies

    Dec 7, 2015 · iSafari

    As you might imagine, few places can rival Botswana’s Kalahari Desert when it comes to spectacular stargazing. Because there is almost no light pollution in this sparsely inhabited corner of the globe, the adjective star-studded doesn’t begin to do these skies justice.

  • Travel Tips

    Lonely Planet’s 2016 Best Places to Travel: See 5 of Them with Nat Hab!

    Nov 30, 2015 · Wendy Redal

    Lonely Planet has announced its 2016 Best in Travel awards, and we at Nat Hab are excited to showcase several of them in our collection of the World’s Greatest Nature Journeys! They couldn’t be more diverse, as destinations go. Which of these hot spots is on your must-experience list for 2016?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Tandem Hippos

    Nov 13, 2015 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected these tandem hippos in Linyanti, Botswana. Photographer Jim Trojanowski took this photo while on safari in Botswana with Nat Hab. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Look, Mom!

    Nov 6, 2015 · 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 baby elephant in Botswana. Photographer Robert Keyser took this photo while watching a caring mother with her curious baby in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?