Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Travel Tales

    A Thirst for Adventure in Botswana

    Mar 12, 2014 · WWF

    In light of NHA Guide Thuto Moutloatse being named Best Safari Guide by Outside Magazine, we are sharing this story from WWF Board Member Emeritus Gordon Orians about his adventure with Thuto in Botswana. We flew northeast from Seba Camp in Botswana’s Okavango Delta to the Chobe airstrip.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    50 Fun Facts about your Favorite Fauna

    Mar 3, 2014 · Tania Curry

    Lions and whale sharks and bears, oh my! We’ve compiled 50 fascinating facts about five of the most popular wildlife you like to see on our tours: Pandas, whale sharks, lions, polar bears and orangutans.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Rare White Lion Cubs Born at an Australian Wildlife Park!

    Sep 27, 2013 · Emily Deemer

    Two rare white African lion cubs were born recently at the Zoodoo Wildlife Park in Tasmania. At just 5 weeks old, you could say the cubs are the “pride” of the park! According to zookeeper Trevor Cuttriss, there are less than 300 white lions worldwide. These lions are not albino, as one might think.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Are Fences the Last, Best Hope for African Lions?

    Mar 12, 2013 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    “Good fences make good neighbors” is a mid-17th-century proverb, popularized by author Robert Frost in his 1914 poem “Mending Wall.” According to a new report published last week, that may just be the case—especially if your neighbors are lions.

  • Videos

    Video: The Lion and the Photographer

    Aug 30, 2012 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Every photographer—amateur and professional—who’s been on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip is familiar with that catch-in-the-throat feeling when a wild animal comes within close range of your camera lens.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    A Nature Lover Gives Thanks

    Nov 22, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    As we prepare for Thanksgiving this week, taking time to reflect on all we are grateful for, I find that many of the greatest gifts in my life come from the natural world. In honor of that, here is a random list of 10 natural joys for which I am thankful.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Living with Predators

    Jul 26, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    “Seven teens attacked by grizzly in Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains,” reads a headline in a Sacramento news story, taken from the Anchorage Daily News on July 25, 2011.

  • Videos

    Video: From a Lion’s Point of View

    May 12, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Recent new technology has allowed us to get a glimpse into other creatures’ lives like never before. It seems that every day, we’re learning more about the incredible feats—and the normal days—of the beings who share the planet with us.