Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Travel Tales

    Madagascar Adventure! | Olaf’s Corner

    Feb 9, 2017 · Olaf Malver

    Jonathan did not look well, as I leaned him gingerly against the tall baobab tree under the sweltering Malagasy sun. His sweating face was pallid, his eyes flickering and he shook his head with a slurred speech.

  • Travel Tales

    Travels Through the Okavango Delta and Gomoti

    Jan 9, 2017 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    By Nat Hab’s Adventure Specialist John Holahan I awoke in the morning refreshed and ready to explore on a Botswana safari.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Hanging Out

    Dec 16, 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 lion in Uganda. Photographer Marian Herz took this photo in Queen Elizabeth Park while looking for tree-climbing lions. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Coming This Way

    Dec 9, 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 a tower of giraffes. Photographer Perry White took this photo while on a game drive in the Maasai Mara when 30 giraffes moved toward the vehicle.

  • African Safaris

    Is It Too Late to Save the African Rhino?

    Dec 6, 2016 · iSafari

    As I wrote in a recent article, See—and Save—the Endangered Rhino, two of the remaining species of Rhinoceros in Asia—the Javan and Sumatran rhinos—are critically endangered (with an estimated only 57 individuals left in Java, Indonesia!).

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Brotherly Love

    Nov 25, 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 lions in Serengeti National Park. Photographer Brad Starry snapped this tender moment between two brothers while on safari in Tanzania. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • African Safaris

    Zambia: A Hidden Gem

    Oct 31, 2016 · Emily Deemer

    By Chief Operating Officer of Natural Habitat Headquarters Rick Guthke The Busanga Plains within Zambia’s remote Kafue National Park is extremely remote and secluded.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Devouring Leopard

    Oct 28, 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 photo from a South African game drive. Photographer Sahasrangshu Choudhury captured the moment when a leopard, deep within the branches of a tree, devoured its prey.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Rare Sights in Madagascar

    Sep 21, 2016 · WWF

    Last year, I joined a group of Nat Hab travelers on a fourteen-day Madagascar safari beginning on the island’s central plateau. In Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park, our Nat Hab group connected with Domoina Rakotomalala, WWF Madagascar’s Landscape Manager for the Tulear region.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Roar

    Sep 9, 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 roaring lion on the plains of Tanzania‘s Serengeti. Photographer Lee Ibrahim says this lion, while lying with his mate, became unhappy with the presence of his safari vehicle.

  • African Safaris

    The Secrets Behind Rwanda’s Conservation Comeback

    Sep 9, 2016 · iSafari

    Rwanda, a landlocked country in central Africa, is perhaps best known for its devastating history of war and genocide. Environmentally, the war had harsh impacts, as the massive migration of people to refugee camps placed significant stress on the surrounding ecosystem. Forests were cleared to provide fuel to cook with and wood to make shelters.