Awards, Media & Press

Nat Hab's Alaska Bear Camp
The Sunset Travel Awards celebrate the best in travel in the West, and this year we had another record-breaking number of entrants of the highest level across all categories. These camps, lodges, and hotels are the 2024 winners of the Where to Stay: Nature Lovers Lodging category.

Favorite Tour Operators of 2024
Travel + Leisure readers have selected their top tour operators for 2024. Check out which companies made the cut in the annual “World’s Best Awards” survey.

Best Adventure Travel Companies
Newsweek's list of the top 10 adventure travel companies was selected by expert panelists and contributors and voted on by readers. Nat Hab was chosen for combing "epic wildlife-focused adventures with diligent ecological conservation."

Winner: Best Nature Travel Company
TripSavvy recognized Nat Hab as the Best Nature Travel Company of 2023 and praised the company for putting "conservation at the heart of its travel experiences."

Nat Hab Chosen as One of Top 14 Sustainable Travel Companies
Conservation through exploration is the credo of Natural Habitat Adventures, the official travel partner of the World Wildlife Fund.

Winner: Trips & Tour Operators
Newsweek's expert panel chose Nat Hab as a Future of Travel Award winner in recognition of our pioneering World's First Zero-Waste Adventure and positive impacts on local communities.

Travelers’ Choice Finalist: Best Wildlife Encounters & Best Photography Expeditions
AFAR chose Nat Hab as a finalist for "Best Wildlife Encounters" and "Best Photography Expeditions."

Readers’ Choice Finalist: Best Adventure Travel Company
USA Today 10Best chose Nat Hab as a finalist for "Best Adventure Travel Company" in recognition of our partnership with World Wildlife Fund and our leadership in responsible adventure travel, ecotourism and sustainability.

Travelers’ Choice Award: Best Wildlife Encounters
AFAR readers chose Nat Hab in recognition of the company's sole focus on the outdoors for 35 years and travel partnership with World Wildlife Fund since 2003.

Transformative Travel Award: World's First Zero Waste Adventure
"An immersive, perspective-shifting itinerary that challenges and inspires the sophisticated traveler on a deeply personal level...transforming their life for the better."

Safari America: Yellowstone Country
"On Natural Habitat Adventures’ new seven-day Yellowstone safari, composting is as essential to the experience as camping or hiking...the hope is that the trip will inspire you with the landscape and wildlife while fostering habits you can take home."

Readers’ Choice Finalist: Best Adventure Travel Company
USA Today 10Best readers​chose Nat Hab as a finalist for "Best Adventure Travel Company" in recognition of our partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, and leadership in responsible adventure travel, ecotourism, and sustainability.

2019 Sustainable Tourism Leadership Award Finalist
International luxury travel network Virtuoso selected Nat Hab as a finalist for its prestigious Sustainable Tourism Leadership award.

Best Place to Work 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019
Natural Habitat Adventures has been named one of the world's best places to work by Outside magazine eight times in the past 12 years.

Most Innovative Adventure Experience
International luxury travel network Virtuoso recognizes Natural Habitat Adventures for its innovative Churchill polar bear adventures.

1st Place Winner: The Most Exciting Company in Colorado
"Natural Habitat was chosen as 'the most exciting company in Colorado' during a sold-out Colorado Companies to Circle awards hosted by Luke’s Circle (a Denver-Boulder professionals’ community)."

Sustainable Tourism Leadership Winner
International luxury travel network Virtuoso grants Natural Habitat Adventures its prestigious Sustainable Tourism Leadership award.

Nat Hab's Base Camp Greenland Named Best Splurge
"Natural Habitat Adventures’ brand-new eco base camp...is as close to a luxurious safari-style camp as you can get in these parts."

Kingdom of the Monarchs Named Best Winter Trip
"Natural Habitat Adventures' Kingdom of the Monarchs tour...includes ground transportation, lodging and meals, and naturalist-led butterfly hikes."

Kingdom of the Monarchs: Best Travel Strategy in the Go Wild Category
"A six-day adventure on foot and horseback into the forested Sierra Madre of central Mexico looking for monarch butterflies in their wintering grounds."

Best Outfitter
"The...company's goal has been to immerse clients in wilderness and employ naturalists to show them the world's most charismatic megafauna."

Natural Habitat Adventures Voted as Top Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter
Natural Habitat Adventures was voted as a "Top Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter" by Travel + Leisure readers in 2011.

Grizzlies: From Kodiak to Katmai
Natural Habitat Adventures' Grizzlies: From Kodiak to Katmai was voted a "Tour of a Lifetime" by National Geographic Traveler readers.

Best Adventure Travel Company
Natural Habitat Adventures was voted Best Adventure Travel Company by National Geographic Adventure readers.

New Zealand Nature Explorer
"Led by a seasoned naturalist, search for the elusive Brown Kiwi on Stewart Island and trek to Westland National Park—a World Heritage Area."

Top Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter
Natural Habitat Adventures was voted as a "Top Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter" by Travel + Leisure readers in 2009.

Top Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter
Natural Habitat Adventures was voted as a "Top Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter" by Travel + Leisure readers in 2008.

Best New Trip: Sailing to Antarctica
"In 2008, [Natural] Habitat will offer the first carbon-neutral voyage to Antarctica."

Natural Habitat’s Polar Bear Expedition Voted One of 25 Best Trips on Earth
Natural Habitat’s polar bear expedition was voted one of the "25 Best Trips on Earth" by National Geographic Adventure readers in 2006.

Wolves of Yellowstone Expedition
Natural Habitat's Wolves of Yellowstone Expedition was voted one of National Geographic Traveler's "Trips of a Lifetime" in 2006.

Number One Green Eco Travel Company in the World
Natural Habitat Adventures was honored by for its work in green practices by Conde Nast Traveler in 2006.