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10 Tips for Gifting a Surprise Trip

Undoubtedly, the upcoming holidays are going to look a lot different this year. The coronavirus will keep us at home, and any sort of gathering will be mostly...

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Travel Videography 101 with WWF Video Experts

By Kelley Ashford & Irene Magafan, WWF WWF video specialists, Kelley Ashford and Irene Magafan, have both had the fortune to travel with Natural Habitat...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

10 Tips for Keeping Wanderlust Alive During the Pandemic

I traveled to Bryce Canyon National Park for the first time in 2007. Because I have a fear of “edges,” this park was challenging for me. But when I ventured...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Staff Book Recommendations: The Ultimate Reading List on Nature, Wildlife & Wanderlust

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” This observation from American novelist Jhumpa Lahiri could not be more apropos...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

How to Be a Better Environmentalist When Traveling

Like many of you, I suspect, I worry a lot about environmental issues: diminishing biodiversity, climate change, greenhouse gases and melting glaciers. Yet,...

Courtney Nachlas

Belize’s Barrier Reef, One of the Best Snorkel Spots in the World

Waiting impatiently on the edge of a dive boat, you breathe in the salty air and feel the anticipation building in your chest. Sparkling blue waters enchant...

Hannah Wagner

9 Nat Hab destinations from NYT’s 52 places to visit in 2020

Every year, the New York Times names 52 places as top destinations to visit. This year, nine Nat Hab destinations made the list. Some destinations are making...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Put Your Fears on Ice, and Travel to the Cold Places

A small ice rink, created by flooding a flat piece of ground in front of the elementary school that was just two blocks from my home when I was a child, never...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Create a Travel Journal That You’ll Read Again and Again

Where will your travels take you in 2020? It’s probably one of the most pleasant questions to ponder. I hope that you’ll go to places both far and near....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Holidays 2019: Finding Quiet in a Noisy Season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the most stressful time of the year. No matter where you tend to fall on that spectrum during the week...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

“Home for the Holidays” and Other Travel Conundrums

This week, we’ll celebrate Thanksgiving, kicking off what we call the “holiday season”: typically defined as the triumvirate of Thanksgiving,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

What You Need to Know about Carbon Offsets

When Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg made a recent visit to the U.S., she chose to sail here by an emission-free racing yacht instead of to fly....

Courtney Nachlas

Why Fall Is a Great Time to Visit Yellowstone National Park

Each season in Yellowstone National Park brings something new and fresh for visitors. In the winter, travelers can spot wolf packs navigating through...

Natural Habitat Adventures

New Zealand: Immerse Yourself in the Scenic Wonders of the South Island

Imagine a land where Hawaii, Alaska and Colorado have collided in an unexpected mosaic. Glaciers wind down into coastal rain forest filled with giant tree...

Hannah Wagner

Conservation-Minded Travel and 9 Tips to Get You Started

What unites travelers is our love of place. Most travelers want to help support the destinations they visit, but don’t know where to start. As tourism...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Traveling Small in the Big Outdoors

Being an inveterate introvert, I avoid large crowds—well, really, even groups of people numbering 15 or more—like the plague. Yet the places that call to me...

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Webinar Alert: The Amazing Migration of Monarch Butterflies

Mexico’s Amazing Monarch Migration Presented by Natural Habitat Adventures Watch Now Seeing a million butterflies take flight above forest groves and hearing...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Anticipation Is the Happiest Part of a Travel Journey

There’s a lot to be said for spontaneity. It allows you to take advantage of opportunities that pop up and opens the door for creativity, flexibility and...

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