Conservation
Most of us who care about the environment, wildlife and our most precious places are familiar with depressing lists, such as the federal Endangered Species List, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) List of World Heritage in…
Nature Photography
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our new Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose this heart warming photograph of a mother cheetah and her one-week-old baby bonding in Kenya. Photographer Ranjan Ramchandani took this photograph while on safari in the Maasi Mara.
Videos
Check out one of our newest wildlife videos, featuring amazing elephant footage from our Kenya safaris! Most of these scenes were filmed by Court Whelan, Nat Hab’s Conservation Travel Specialist. Watch as these magnificent animals waltz peacefully through three different regions in Kenya: Samburu National Reserve and the famed Maasai Mara National Reserve.
African Safaris
A new app called Serengeti Tracker will provide an interactive way for people around the world to follow the great migration of the Serengeti in real time on their smartphones and tablets.
African Safaris
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Suni, one of the last northern white rhinos in the world, was found dead in his boma (hut) on Friday at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, in Kenya’s Laikipia region.
African Safaris
Family safaris have come into their own in the last few years, from a number of private bush homes to family-friendly suites popping up all over Africa. This is just a taste of our absolute favorites this year!
African Safaris
There’s much more to an African safari than the iconic wildlife that draws most people there. Namibia is no exception. Often, there is just as much wonderment in things like Namibia’s enchanting quivetrees, mysterious dead camelthorn treas, and the ethereal night sky blanketed with millions of swirling stars.
African Safaris
This is a guest post by Wendy Klausner, Senior Adventure Specialist at Natural Habitat Adventures Anyone who knows me well — including the many Nat Hab clients I’ve served as an Adventure Specialist over my 16 years with the company — knows that Africa is my very favorite place to travel.
African Safaris
While it’s never been easy to make your living as an animal in Africa, wildlife presently residing there face even more challenges than their ancestors did. For example, in the last four months in Kenya alone, poachers have killed eighteen rhinos and fifty-one elephants.
African Safaris
Dying to witness the awesome spectacle of the Great Serengeti Migration, but only have 59 seconds to spare? Then you’ve come to the right place. Burard-Lucas Photography shot the footage below over a five-day period as the herds crossed the Mara River from Kenya into northern Tanzania.
African Safaris
Even the fiercest predators sometimes have a soft side. Don’t believe it? Check out these photos of a male lion hanging out with his cubs for the first time. Wildlife photographer Uwe Skrzypczak captured the images below after watching the six-month-old lion cubs for weeks in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Conservation
From the tiny monarch butterfly to the immense wildebeest of Africa, many of the world’s animal species take on great migrations. Those epic travels may involve seasonal journeys of thousands of miles, traversing multiple countries. For them, our human political boundaries have no meaning.
