Essential Packing Tips for Your African Safari
We spotted him during an early morning game drive through South Africa’s Madikwe Reserve: a male lion resting in the grasslands, his thick mane touching th...
Laura Kiniry
Africa Stories
6 Nature Trips to Celebrate Spring
Spring forward from so-called winter woes into a season full of possibilities! From wildflowers to wildlife, this time of year offers travelers great weath...
Ruksana Hussain
Top 5 Places to Spot Giraffes in Their Natural Habitat
A female spotless reticulated giraffe was born in northeastern Tennessee on July 31, 2023, and then a young Angolan spotless giraffe was photographed on a ...
Rebecca Self
Dynamic Duos of the Animal Kingdom: From Zebra & Wildebeest to Oxpeckers & Rhinos
When it comes to on-screen wildlife friendships, the bond between Timon and Pumbaa from Disney’s The Lion King is a classic. The wise-cracking meerkat and ...
Laura Kiniry
Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater: The Eighth Wonder of the Natural World
By Gary Balfour and David Bygott Twenty million years ago, in what is now Tanzania, a mountain that never had a chance to be named led to the creation of o...
Natural Habitat Adventures
The Singing Lemurs of Madagascar
Often referred to as the “eighth continent,” the island nation of Madagascar has developed its own distinct ecosystems and extraordinary wildli...
Megan Brief
Women in Conservation: 5 Primatologists You Should Know
Follow in the footsteps of five trailblazing women who transformed primatology and became powerful forces in the fight to protect great apes. Jane Goodall ...
Emily Goodheart
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi: A Nature Travel Writer’s Bucket List Adventures
When I was eight, I set up a museum in our linen closet. In my mind’s eye, the curiosities collected over time and passed lovingly down from family members...
Emily Goodheart
Hope in Action: 20 Wildlife Comebacks That Prove Conservation Works
Need some good news? Here’s cause for hope and celebration: 20 species have moved further from extinction according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threaten...
Rebecca Self
Conservation and the Big Five on a South Africa Safari
At Natural Habitat Adventures, conservation isn’t just a mission statement—it’s the guiding principle behind every journey we design. On our Secluded South...
Jon Jared
Morocco’s Hidden Water Architecture: Oases, Khettaras and the Life of the Draa Valley
In southern Morocco, the most important architecture is one you feel more often than see. You feel it as the air cools under a date-palm canopy. You feel i...
Rebecca Self
I Took My Mom on Her Dream East Africa Safari—And the Serengeti Changed Everything
Since I was a toddler, I remember my mom expressing one dream for herself: to go on safari in East Africa. My heart would lift every time she talked about ...
Cathy Brown
Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them
From the soaring Andean condor in Patagonia to the rainbow flash of a lilac-breasted roller on safari, birds are a highlight of Nat Hab trips across the gl...
Cathy Brown
Across the Serengeti: East Africa’s Great Migration
Every year, a pulse begins in the heart of East Africa. It starts as a low vibration on the open plains, a sound like distant thunder rolling across the gr...
Chinwe Kalu
Advancing Wildlife Conservation at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta: Gundi’s Technological Breakthrough at Nat Hab’s Rhino Camp
Natural Habitat Adventures’ Kenya Rhino & Elephant Conservation Safari is the ultimate launching point for exploring northern Kenya and the rich,...
Samantha Miller
When We Were Just Kids in Kenya
While it’s not a terribly short list of people who have toured the United Nations in Nairobi, I like to think I’m on the shorter list of those who have fal...
Natural Habitat Adventures
Mouths of Africa’s Maasai Mara: 9 Winning Wildlife Smiles
The grasslands of Kenya’s Maasai Mara sweep you off your feet with surreal scenery and celebrated wildlife. During the Great Migration, millions of w...
WWF
4 Reasons to Visit Zimbabwe: Striking Landscapes, Rich Wildlife, Resilient People and Conservation
Zimbabwe is a land of striking contrasts, where ancient and recent, natural and built environments coexist. In the news, we hear and read about Zimbabwe as...
Rebecca Self
