Asia & The Pacific
Chitwan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a vast nature reserve in the southern lowlands of Nepal. Chitwan is Nepal’s first national park, established in 1973, and spans 360 square miles. This ecoregion has a tropical monsoon climate where wildlife abounds from the fertile Inner Terai valleys to the lush Churia Hills.
Asia & The Pacific
As the largest member of the cat family, tigers are compellingly powerful and stealthy. It’s no wonder they’ve been one of nature’s most feared predators for roughly two million years! But in just the past 150 years, the tiger’s range has shrunk by nearly 95%.
Asia & The Pacific
“The tiger is a larger-than-life animal. It is more than something mortal,” says Aditya Panda, a passionate conservationist and Expedition Leader with Natural Habitat Adventures who’s based in Orissa, India.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a relaxing scene out of India. Photographer Abhaya Shukla was photographing tigers in multiple parks, patiently waiting for the perfect cat pose, and finally captured it in Ranthambore National Park.
Nature & Wildlife
The Indian subcontinent is one of the world’s most stimulating travel destinations.
Conservation
Ninety-seven percent. In the last 100 years, tiger populations have declined that dramatically, from 100,000 to as few as 3,200 in the wild today. And it’s humans—through rampant poaching and habitat destruction—who are driving these big cats to extinction. Bringing tigers back from the brink takes commitment on a global scale.
Nature & Wildlife
India is one of the world’s most stimulating nature travel destinations. Renowned for its dramatic rivers, fabled jungles and profuse wildlife, including the majestic Bengal tiger, India’s range of wild habitats offers extraordinary riches for passionate nature travelers.
Nature & Wildlife
According to the best available data, around 3,890 tigers exist in the wild. This is an increase from the global estimate in 2010 which counted as few as 3,200. This updated figure was compiled from IUCN data and the latest national tiger surveys, which demonstrate rising tiger populations in India, Bhutan, Nepal and Russia.
News & More
We revamped our Grand India Wildlife Adventure for the new year! Immerse yourself in a preview of what our trip holds as you flip through the colorful pages of our 2015 travel catalog. If you don’t have one yet, order your free copy here.
Nature & Wildlife
In 1974, a 20-year-old Toby Sinclair climbed into an old minibus with some friends for a road trip that would change the course of his life. After travels through Europe and the Middle East, they drove into Asia where he says he “caught the travel bug.”
Conservation
Fantastic news out of India: Home to half the world’s wild tigers, India has announced that its tiger population has increased to 1,706 from 1,411 since the last tiger census in 2007.
