Travel Tales

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 on from family members...

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WWF

A WWF Staff Members Journal of the Galapagos Islands

By Rachel McDevitt, Development Research Specialist at World Wildlife Fund Day One - Quito We are currently in the air flying to Quito, Ecuador, to the...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

When Huskies Call You Home: A Churchill Travel Tale

By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Kristina Disney If you’ve ever read the word cacophony in a book but not really understood the meaning, the huskies are happy to...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Brown Bears, Alaska Bear Camp and Being There

We were sitting quietly, the two of us, on a log in the forested and tall-grass wilds of Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Here, along the Cook...

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Rebecca Self

Water, Weather and Wildlife: Discover Western Australia’s Kimberley

The Kimberley, located in the northernmost part of Western Australia, is a region of unspoiled natural beauty that beckons adventurers and nature enthusiasts...

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Laura Kiniry

Meet Iceland’s Magical Creatures

While traveling along Iceland’s South Coast, our group came upon a rocky outcrop on the side of the road. “Over there is where the elves live,” said our guide...

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Megan Koelemay

Finding Magic in the Great Bear Rainforest: A Photo Journal

I’ve always thought of Dr. Seuss books as magical, transporting me to the most creative landscapes I’d ever known as a child. Winding shapes, curious plants,...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Alaska’s Bear Coast: A Shared Kinship and a Guide’s Legacy

By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Justin Gibson In the heart of Alaska's Bear Coast, where towering volcanoes meet intertidal sedge meadows fractured by braided...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Winter 2025 Will Bring The Best Northern Lights Display in 20 Years

By Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen  With summer on the horizon in the northern hemisphere, winter is probably the last thing on your mind. But if seeing the...

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Michelle Peters

Mythology Set in Stone: Get to Know the Ancient Artists of Australia’s Grampians

It’s the mid-1800s in southern Australia, and the soon-to-be first lieutenant governor of Victoria, Charles La Trobe, has given up the search. A ferocious...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Ride 4 a Woman Empowers the Women of Bwindi, Uganda

By Nat Hab traveler Ann Lauer In September 2021, my husband Ron and I traveled to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a mountainous region of Uganda bordering...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Nat Hab’s Mayella Krause Bikes the Iditarod: Tackling the World’s Toughest Race, Part 1

I've completed the Iditarod Trail Invitational 350 (ITI). It was the hardest challenge I've ever undertaken, and I'm incredibly proud of pushing through so...

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Joel Centano

Butterfly Effect: Eco-Educator & Monarch Scholarship Winner Brings Positive Change to Underserved Communities

Chat awhile with Princess Harris, one of two environmental educators to win Nat Hab’s 2024 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant, and it quickly becomes clear...

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Laura Kiniry

Meet Schoolteacher Stacey Leffler, a Recipient of Nat Hab’s Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant 

With its native wildflowers, paved bicycle trail, and two small lakes, Ohio’s Sylvan Prairie Park may not look like much to outsiders. But for seventh-grade...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Primates, Plains Game & Predators Galore: Guiding a Gorilla Safari

By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Richard de Gouveia Plains Game, Predators & Birdlife in Murchison Falls National Park Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda's...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

International Women’s Day: Spotlight on Nat Hab Guide Josy Cardoso

International Women’s Day, held each year on March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day...

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Cathy Brown

The Galapagos Islands with Kids: Where History, Geology and Conservation Come to Life

I have three kids whose interests could not possibly be more different. Trying to plan a successful family vacation for a fashion student/model only...

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WWF

Trailing Tigers in an Indian Wildlife Sanctuary

By Erin Waite, Senior Editorial Specialist, WWF-US  The air was dry and still, offering little respite against the sweltering summer heat. "Chalo, chalo," our...

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