Travel Tips
When I pack for any adventure focused on nature and wildlife, there is one thing that always goes into my bag first. One thing that I refuse to leave behind. The one non-negotiable item that I know will make or break my trip. High-quality binoculars.
Galapagos Islands
A week on a boat is a daunting proposition for anyone who has ever experienced a serious bout of Mal de Mer—or “sickness of the sea.”
Travel Tips
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the most stressful time of the year. No matter where you tend to fall on that spectrum during the week preceding the end-of-the-year holidays, almost all of us hope for a quiet and peaceful season. But how do you go about achieving that silence?
Travel Tips
What unites travelers is our love of place. Most travelers want to help support the destinations they visit, but don’t know where to start. As tourism developed, emphasis grew around visiting natural sites. By the 1980’s ecotourism as a trend came into the spotlight. Today, a myriad of terms describes a similar approach: travel with the least possible effect on the environment while supporting local communities. For now, we will focus on Conservation Travel.
Conservation
They criss-cross the globe in an effort to protect the planet’s wild places, so WWF staffers know how to travel responsibly. Here are 10 conservation-minded travel tips from members of our team. “Keep your boots clean!
Galapagos Islands
“Life takes on new meaning away from civilization,” said our naturalist guide, Roberto Plaza, as we walked down a quiet Galapagos Islands path on the first day of our Natural Habitat Adventures/World Wildlife Fund (WWF) trip.
Conservation
We know that Natural Habitat Adventures travelers are passionate about our planet’s wild places, because that’s where you find your inner sustenance. Well, there are plenty of things you can do as a traveler to help sustain those very places!
Travel Tips
Marsea Nelson traveled to the Galapagos on the Classic Galapagos Adventure. She shared what she learned with us. 1. Land iguanas are the supermodels of the Galapagos. They seemed to love posing for photos. I felt a bit like a fashion photographer, getting shots from different angles and different sides.
Galapagos Islands
This is a guest post by Julie Waggoner, Marketing Intern at Natural Habitat Adventures. So after months of admiring photos and looking for the right trip, you’ve decided to take the plunge and booked a fabulous trip to the Galapagos Islands. Congratulations! One of the world’s most unique ecosystems awaits you.
Galapagos Islands
Would you actually consider taking your kids to one of the most renowned “living” natural history museums on Earth – and then cut them loose? Well, if it’s the Galapagos Islands then…heck yeah you would!
Galapagos Islands
People often ask me when the best time to visit the Galapagos Islands is. The answer, truthfully, isn’t that there really isn’t a “best” time to go. This isn’t a very satisfying answer, but it’s true; the Galapagos is one of those rare, can’t-miss, year-round destinations.
Travel Tips
We wish we could spend every moment kayaking among the glaciers of Alaska or trekking the savannas of Tanzania. But since most of us have day jobs that require a different sort of landscape, we plan many weekends around how to make the most of exploring wilderness closer to home.
