What is the value of nature and wildlife tourism? You might be surprised to learn that it is one of the world's leading and fastest growing industries, bringing socio-economic benefit to places as diverse as the United States and Uganda. The benefits of wildlife tourism also include species conservation - and lower blood pressure for the participants.
Read MoreGetting kids and families unplugged and out experiencing nature is only part of the mission at Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut. Halting both human and wildlife trafficking, encouraging the arts and personal contemplation, and creating stronger communities are all on the agenda. It's a tall order, but one step at a time, who knows what this peaceful place will inspire?
Read MoreA reader shares his experience trekking mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda the gorillas had a surprise for everyone - including the professional trekkers!
Read MoreA group of Boy Scouts steeped in responsible outdoor practices, a retired geologist and wildlife conservationist with 24 years experience leading weekend trips for volunteers, and Baldy Mountain, one of the most iconic landmarks at the Philmont Scout Camp. What could possibly go wrong? BEAR!
Read MoreBrazil's Cerrado is a unique, ancient, and rapidly disappearing ecosystem filled with unique and threatened wildlife including maned wolf, hyacinth macaw, a remaining few grassland jaguar, and a single troop of tool using capuchin monkeys. Dryer than the rain forest, the Cerrado's rivers provide life to the mighty Amazon.
Read MoreUpdated Sept 2021. Can safari be safe in the time of COVID? Planning and flexibility is everything! Naturalist and field guide Marc Cronje's day is full of lions, elephants, painted dogs, rhinos, and exotic birds - and right now, very few people. A professional wildlife field guide, Marc grew up in his family’s world of wildlife conservation. He shares his passion for wildlife and habitat conservation and the secrets of South Africa's Kruger National Park with his safari guests - and us - for the experience of a life-time.
Read MoreShy, intelligent, and playful, wolves usually prefer to fade into their surroundings, not to expose themselves to humans. Still, they have been hunted almost to extinction. Today, through hard-won conservation efforts and the miracle of luck, some pockets of wolves are returning, still others are in steep decline and the verge of extinction. Before they are gone, start a wolf discovery life list! From the Ethiopian wolf, to the Maned wolf in Brazil, to Arctic gray wolves and the final few wild red wolf individuals, learn the best destinations for your wolf trekking trip around the world. Includes new updated information on the red wolf, Tibetan wolf, and Mexican grey wolf conservation & population.
Read MoreClimbing Big Daddy in Sossusvlei’s desert heat is tough, and I was fading fast, but rescue by a wild orex? Even in Africa’s Namibia I could not have imagined that.
Read MoreWildlife photographer Anette Mossbacher's images of lion, rhino, oryx, and other animals feel like personal introductions - but what is behind the scene? Crazy tourists, angry elephants, and leopards ready to leap, not to mention keeping balance in rough, Arctic waters, are all in a day's work. Oh, and then there are the technical secrets.
Read MoreThe only certainty is surprise when you are out in nature to see wildlife. No amount of planning will guarantee the desired birds or animals – but sometimes you get butterflies, monarch butterflies. Wave Hill in Queens, New York is the perfect place for the kids, the grandparents, the whole family to enjoy a day on the Hudson River.
Read MoreJohn Williams was writing and advocating for responsible tourism even before the phrase was coined. But there is little "tourism" without "travel" and transportation has a high environmental cost. As many (most?) carbon off-setting schemes are proving at best to be ineffective, when and how can travel's carbon cost be balanced with its benefits? John is known in the Twitter-sphere as @Eurapart,
Read MoreThe best places to responsibly swim with whale sharks. Updates 2023, from Mozambique to Belize, discover the best times, best places and best ways to experience whale sharks around the world.
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