Travel Tales

Why Greenland Stirred My Soul

This Greenland travel tale was written by Don Martinson, Director of Travel Industry Relations at Nat Hab. In the summer of 2014, I visited a place that truly...

Emily Deemer

Colonel Angel | Olaf's Corner

Twenty-five years ago, long before he became Chief Exploratory Officer of Natural Habitat Adventures, Olaf Malver pioneered a new sea kayaking route along the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Travel Tale: Glacier National Park and the Promise of a Highway

Before I took my first trip to Glacier National Park, I had pretty high expectations for one of its most famous features, Going-to-the-Sun Road. I would think...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Uganda Travel Tale: A Safari Full of Smiles (Even from a Gorilla!)

By Sarah Raby, Africa Adventure Director and Group Specialist, who just returned from Nat Hab’s Great Uganda Gorilla Safari. Read on to find out how Uganda...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Tales from the Tundra – Sometimes the Best Wildlife Experiences are Heard and Not Seen

In honor of Polar Bear Week and International Polar Bear Day, Nat Hab staffers are sharing their tales from the tundra of Churchill. Today, Kit Longnecker...

Kendal Bower

Celebrate International Polar Bear Day with Nat Hab Tales from the Tundra

In honor of Polar Bear Week and International Polar Bear Day, Nat Hab staffers will be sharing tales from the tundra of Churchill. Today, Kendal Yoakum...

Emily Deemer

Yuko in Action – An Antarctica Travel Tale | Olaf's Corner

I had a client called Yuko. Tough in action, sweet in demeanor. Big on doing, little on small talk. Those are my favorite kind of clients on expeditions. I...

Ben Bressler

Gout Convinced Me to Travel | Ben's Musings

Our founder Ben Bressler likes to reflect periodically on his experiences in nature. Ben's Musings is a fun and thoughtful look at the people, places and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Travel Tale: High Hopes in the Southwest Canyons

Say the words “American West” and right away you imagine vast, open plains, deep canyons and starting over. What is it about going West that has always meant...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Traveling in New Zealand: Separated by the Same Language

When you first start exploring beyond your home ground, you tend to see everything in relation to where you live: what’s different, what’s similar, what’s...

Natural Habitat Adventures

On Safari in Zambia – Africa as it Used to Be

This Travel Tale comes to us from Wendy Klausner, Senior Adventure Specialist at Nat Hab. I have been planning trips to Africa for almost 20 years. I didn’t...

Ben Bressler

Every fall I am reminded that I really love polar bears! | Ben's Musings

Dear Traveler, Each and every fall, as a cold snap in the air crosses North America, I pack my warm boots and parka and head northward, returning to one of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Traveler Story: Lost in Time in Yellowstone National Park

There are a few rare places in the world where time as a linear construct just doesn’t seem to make much sense; places where the past, present and even the...

WWF

Q-and-A: Going to Polar Extremes

When WWF Partner in Conservation Elizabeth Bullitt retired, she decided she was going to see the world’s wild places. Her first trip was a journey to Botswana...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Ode to the Land of the Polar Bear

Seeing the polar bears is a magical experience that prompts joy, awe, and sometimes even poetry! On a recent Tundra Lodge & Town Adventure to experience...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Great Bear Rain Forest Rambles and Spirit Bear Sightings

Running 250 miles down the British Columbia, Canada, coast, the Great Bear Rain Forest is a wild expanse of western cedars, hemlocks and spruce trees. This 21...

Maddi Higgins

A Guide's Journey Through South Africa

“I love their eyes,” said Gavin Lautenbach, Natural Habitat Adventures guide. “To capture a photograph of any cat in the wild, it’s about their eyes. I love...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Travel Tale: Getting Down to the Bones in Patagonia

Bones are everywhere in Patagonia. They dry on the brown steppes and jut up from the desert’s gray floor. They protrude like blue spikes through the surface...

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