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My Favorite Trip: The Great Alaskan Grizzly Encounter
“What is your favorite trip?” Well, I get asked that quite a bit after 22 years of planning trips for Natural Habitat Adventures, and I have done most of them. My answer was always
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Carnivore Stories from Botswana
Botswana is one of five adjacent countries within whose borders lies KAZA, the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, the world’s largest transboundary conservation area. While KAZA is important as the stronghold of half of Africa’s
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Traveler Story: Classic Polar Bear Adventure
“Loved seeing the polar bear cubs with mama bear, especially when the cub was playing with the frozen kelp. It was like a frozen block: he tossed it up in the air, threw it
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Tune In: A Galapagos Binge
Extinction is a pandemic. It’s not just species the planet loses every day. We’re abandoning quiet spaces and undisturbed places. And, perhaps saddest of all, as we surrender these finite treasures, humanity loses its
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Learning the Art of Slow Travel: Sunbathing in Greenland
On a big rock above a crystal-blue and iceberg-filled bay in wild East Greenland, I realized that travel sometimes can mean not moving at all. For several days on my Natural Habitat Adventures group
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Traveler Story: Churchill Polar Bears on Halloween
“Our trip to Churchill was beyond unbelievable. One of the most memorable moments was on Halloween. Drew Hamilton, our guide, became a Viking warrior. Besides dazzling us with his endless bear knowledge, Drew was
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