African Safaris
Follow in the footsteps of five trailblazing women who transformed primatology and became powerful forces in the fight to protect great apes. Jane Goodall Dr. Jane Goodall’s long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania led her to worldwide acclaim.
African Safaris
When I reflect on my first gorilla trek in Rwanda, I can’t imagine it without my incredible female guide, Jolie Mukiza, and my porter, Odette Uwineza.
News & More
The theme for Earth Day 2025 is a “powerful” one, so to speak. It’s “Our Power, Our Planet,” and it invites everyone worldwide to unite behind renewable energy. The stated goal for Earth Day 2025 is to triple the global generation of clean energy by 2030.
African Safaris
Celebrated each September 24 since 2017, World Gorilla Day is meant to inspire international awareness and appreciation of what pioneering primatologist Dian Fossey called “the greatest of the great apes.”
African Safaris
There’s no question: Seeing mountain gorillas in the forests of Uganda and Rwanda is, for many wildlife enthusiasts, the apex of their globetrotting adventures. But that’s not the whole story for the two African nations; they’re also home to numerous other species that are spectacular in their own right.
Conservation
Around the world, nearly 3 billion people cook their meals using open fires or simple stoves fueled by biomass (animal dung, crop waste or wood), coal or kerosene, according to the World Health Organization.
African Safaris
Good news for mountain gorillas—these great apes are growing in numbers, thanks in dual part to incredible conservation efforts on behalf of our partner World Wildlife Fund and others affiliated with the International Gorilla Conservation Program and a flourishing ecotourism industry.
Nature & Wildlife
As we welcome in the new year, notable travel media outlets such as Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic and Travel + Leisure are singing the praises of their bucket-list destinations for 2020.
News & More
With the New Year approaching, travel media outlets such as Lonely Planet, Fodor’s and National Geographic have been curating lists of the best places to go in 2019. Several of Nat Hab’s destinations have been highlighted, from Bhutan’s mystic mountains to Zimbabwe’s wildlife-rich floodplains.
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 silverback mountain gorilla striking a pose. Photographer Benjamin Thomas took this photo in Rwanda at Volcanoes National Park.
Videos
“We had a fantastic time on our recent trip to Uganda and Rwanda on the Ultimate Gorilla Photo Safari in November 2017. I finally finished going through all of our pictures and video clips. Here is the finished product. This was another fantastic trip that Natural Habitat has put together.”
African Safaris
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.
