Travel Tales

Cuba: A Caribbean Paradox

I’ve traveled throughout the Caribbean, so I before I left for Cuba, I kept wondering if it would be like the other places I’ve been in the region or like no...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Finding the Sound of Silence in Glacier Bay National Park

The quietest place you may ever experience is next to a little pond off the Forest Trail in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. Hiking there just a couple of...

Emily Deemer

Wild Lemurs & More in Madagascar

I have wanted to travel to Madagascar ever since I first learned about it in third grade. In July 2015, I finally had my chance to tour this large island off...

Emily Deemer

A Whale of a Journey: Kayaking Baja’s Sea of Cortez

During the spring of 1995, I joined a Natural Habitat Adventures kayaking trip in search of Pacific gray whales in Baja’s Sea of Cortez. We zigzagged from one...

Emily Deemer

Green Glimmer of the Northern Lights

There are a variety of categories on one’s bucket list — things you know you will experience this year ("the low-hanging fruit”), things you might get to...

Emily Deemer

Exploring Alaska’s Inside Passage

Last August, I was fortunate enough to spend an entire week cruising Alaska’s famed “Inside Passage” aboard the Safari Quest. This was my first visit to the...

Olaf Malver

The Lion’s Share | Olaf’s Corner

A muscular straw-yellow lioness suddenly appeared in the headlights of the old Peugeot, forcing us to a halt. She nonchalantly glanced over her shoulders with...

Emily Deemer

Churchill Without Expectations

I’m one of those people who tends to travel with zero expectations. This isn’t because I have some overly pessimistic worldview or have had some unfortunate...

Julie Waggoner

Farewell to a Lifelong Adventurer and Nat Hab Guest

At age 100, Elsa Bailey became one of Nat Hab’s most memorable guests when we invited her to join our Tundra Lodge and Town Adventure to Churchill, Manitoba...

Emily Deemer

A Boyhood Dream Comes True in Churchill

Growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, you know about the Churchill polar bears. After all, they are a big part of the Canadian province’s unique identity. Every...

Emily Deemer

Only-in-Ethiopia Travel Moments to Savor

“Ethiopia? What’s in Ethiopia?” When I mention that I’ve spent the past ten months living and working in this mountainous country in the Horn of Africa, most...

Olaf Malver

Saving Giant Turtles in Indonesia | Olaf’s Corner

“Kura-kura!” yelled the little village boy as he came running out of the dark tropical night and into our jungle camp. Two of our Papuan boatmen from our...

Emily Deemer

Nat Hab Standards and the Search for New Destinations

Borneo. Greenland. Bhutan. These incredible assignments should be in any adventurer’s short list of amazing destinations. Having had the opportunity to travel...

Kendal Bower

Encounters with the Wild Patagonian Puma

It was our first evening at EcoCamp Patagonia when we saw it—our first puma. Relaxing on a cool evening, a female puma lay at the bottom of a large hill...

WWF

Unplugged, Unreachable and Overjoyed

“Life takes on new meaning away from civilization.” When our naturalist guide Roberto Plaza spoke those words as we were walking down a quiet Galapagos...

Megan Koelemay

Natural Jewels of Costa Rica

As I settled into my room at the Evergreen Lodge near Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park, I soon discovered that it wasn't just a room. Tucked away in the...

Olaf Malver

Shipwrecked in Myanmar—No Problem! | Olaf’s Corner

Myanmar’s tropical sun laughed from a happy blue sky, but the mood of our travel group was introverted to the point of being somber. This was fair enough,...

Olaf Malver

Pushed Around on South Georgia Island | Olaf’s Corner

The persistent nudge was annoying. A very large body was trying to push me off the camping mattress. Snugly wrapped in my sleeping bag, I drowsily realized...

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