Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Humans May Not Be the Only Animals with Language

    Aug 18, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The Encyclopedia Britannica currently defines language as “a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed) or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, express themselves. The functions of language include communication, the expression of identity, play, imaginative expression and emotional release.”

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Finding Your Voice—and Those of Other Animals

    May 10, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    “Finding your voice.” We hear that phrase a lot, lately. It means that you know who you are at your core, and you express it. Voices are extremely important for humans.

  • Conservation

    Biodiversity, Cultural Diversity and Conservation Are Connected

    Mar 29, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Preserving the biodiversity we have left is not only of extreme importance for the species we are rapidly losing, but for our own health and well-being. It has long been a goal of nature lovers and conservationists all over the world.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    A City Park Visit Lifts Your Mood as Much as Christmas

    Dec 15, 2020 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Santa Claus has long been known as the world’s biggest spreader of happiness and joy, but he now has some competition when it comes to eliciting smiles on Christmas Day.

  • Travel Tales

    Create a Travel Journal That You’ll Read Again and Again

    Jan 7, 2020 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Where will your travels take you in 2020? It’s probably one of the most pleasant questions to ponder. I hope that you’ll go to places both far and near. Wherever you’re going, you’re sure to make some amazing memories. But as every traveler knows, memory can be—what I like to describe as—“fluid.”

  • News & More

    Emoji: the New Language of Adventure and Travel Writing?

    Feb 13, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    In case you can’t read the sentence in the image below, I’ll translate it for you: “I love the snows of Antarctica and the glaciers of Greenland. And so, my adventures in ice began.” I wrote that statement with the help of an online emoji translator.

  • Travel Tales

    Botswana Travel Etiquette—What You Need To Know Before Your Safari

    Jan 23, 2018 · Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

    By Peter Davis Krahenbuhl Botswana safaris are evocative of a bygone era, when the African wilderness was uncrowded and synonymous with exhilarating adventure. If you are thinking of heading to this incredible land of wildness and adventure, including the chance to witness the vulnerable African elephant, then here are a few travel etiquette tips for visiting Botswana.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    When Animals Gather, Our Language Gets Lyrical

    Jun 6, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    When we get together to appreciate the arts, for political purposes, for social interactions or simply for support, we can be called, among other things, an audience, a band, a bunch, a cohort, a crowd, a group, a mob or a troupe.