Good Nature Travel Blog

  • African Safaris

    A Conservationist’s Top 5 Wildlife Moments in Botswana

    Aug 8, 2026 · WWF

    Botswana encompasses a wide range of ecosystems, from the seemingly barren Makgadikgadi Pans to the Okavango Delta’s intricate network of wetlands and waterways. This part of Africa supports a wide array of wildlife. As I traveled through Botswana with a friend, I witnessed wildlife interactions that continue to fuel my passion for conservation.

  • African Safaris

    Exploring Madagascar’s Wild West: Lemurs and Life Beyond the Forests

    Jun 22, 2026 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    By Jordy Oleson Madagascar is the most unique place I’ve ever been. Geographically, biologically, culturally—it is so isolated and truly seems to operate in a vacuum. This African island was once blanketed almost entirely by forest, and it’s home to countless endemic species.

  • African Safaris

    6 Reasons to Go on a Botswana Safari During the Green Season

    Dec 30, 2025 · Jon Jared

    A Botswana safari during the green season ticks all the right boxes: optimal wildlife viewing, stays in secluded and luxurious safari camps and opportunities to photograph Southern Africa at its most lush.

  • African Safaris

    Chasing Dreams and Wild Dogs in Botswana: A Safari Travel Story

    Dec 3, 2025 · Valerie Gleaton

    Jan Cochran’s love of travel was evident from a young age. As a child, she was particularly fascinated by Africa, and at the age of 17, she embarked on her first trip to Kenya through a student exchange program.

  • African Safaris

    Traveling to Victoria Falls—5 Facts to Know Before You Go

    Aug 5, 2025 · Emily Goodheart

    Victoria Falls: The Eden of Africa Scottish explorer David Livingstone first recorded Victoria Falls in 1855, writing that he was struck by “scenes so lovely they must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight.” Rising spray creates shimmering rainbows and sustains a lush rainforest microclimate along the basalt canyon walls.

  • African Safaris

    Desert-Adapted Lions: Celebrating Namibia’s Sentinels of Sand

    Apr 8, 2025 · Megan Brief

    Within Africa’s second-youngest country lies the world’s oldest desert, with more than 55 million years of history buried in its shifting sands. The vast Namib Desert extends for 1,200 miles along the Atlantic coast—from Angola southward across Namibia—to the Olifants River in South Africa.

  • African Safaris

    Privately Caring for Rhinos and Publicly Tolerating Tigers

    Mar 14, 2023 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Often, the numbers seem to look bad for African rhinos. Right now, the statistics show that these animals are rapidly declining in core, state-run reserves, such as South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Currently—much like with tigers—more than half of the continent’s remaining rhinoceroses are now on private lands.

  • African Safaris

    The Coolness of Zebra Stripes

    Jan 30, 2023 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Why zebras have stripes has been a matter for scientific debate for decades. A lot of theories have been put forth, such as they’ve evolved for camouflage, to confuse the vision of biting flies, to bewilder predators with “motion dazzle” or that they’re a means of identification among zebras themselves.

  • Conservation

    Black Rhinos and White Rhinos: Counts, COVID and Conservation

    Sep 6, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    As caregivers, parents and teachers of children, we try to encourage and respect every youngster’s individuality. We tell them that they are each unique and that every one of them has something separate to give, something different to learn and something distinct to create.