Posted in Active Adventures, Snorkeling on Aug 31st, 2010 1 Comment »
Snorkeling gives travelers the best of all worlds: The chance to see brilliant and vibrant seascapes without the expense and special training that scuba diving requires. In fact, many of our snorkeling guides no longer strap on their air tanks and descend deep below the surface in scuba gear, because there’s so much to see [...]
Posted in WWF news on Aug 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Courtesy Charles and Karen Goetz WWF members Charles and Karen Goetz recently hit a milestone—their 10th WWF Travel tour, this one to Alaska. “Everyone asks us, ‘What’s your favorite trip’,” says Karen, a retired school teacher from Northport, N.Y., who has been a WWF member since 1972. “How can you pick your favorite? Each new trip [...]
Posted in WWF news on Aug 26th, 2010 No Comments »
© Emily Supernavage Since 1983, the WWF Travel Program has taken curious travelers on wildlife-viewing expeditions throughout the world. We plan our tours with conservation and the environment in mind. The right partners. We only work with tour operators that share our mission. As a result, we’re collaborating with some of the top U.S.-based leaders [...]
Posted in Special offers on Aug 24th, 2010 1 Comment »
Nothing can prepare you for the moment when you first see a whale. And even after hundreds of sightings, these enormous creatures of the sea never cease to amaze. Seeing a giant tail flip up through the water or watching an entire 30-ton animal leap above the surface in a surprising breach highlights the sheer [...]
Posted in Photography on Aug 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family and among the world’s most threatened animals. It is universally loved and has a special significance for WWF as it has been the organization’s logo since 1961, the year WWF was founded. See pandas during WWF’s Wild & Ancient China tour.
Posted in Featured tours on Aug 19th, 2010 No Comments »
© Lazlo Ilyes Unquestionably, one of the major reasons why people are drawn to WWF’s Costa Rica & Panama expedition is to see and experience the Panama Canal. But if you were to ask any of them at random at the end of their journey about the highlights of their trip, they almost invariably will mention Granito [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Photography on Aug 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Filmaker Ken Burns discusses the beauty of Yellowstone National Park’s winter season in this short video. Join WWF’s Wolves and Wildlife of Yellowstone tour, scheduled, January 8-11, 2011. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like 7 reasons to visit Yellowstone in winter.
Posted in WWF news on Aug 13th, 2010 3 Comments »
Today, Namibia is emerging as a conservation success story. WWF’s Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) Project, in partnership with a range of Namibian civil and government organizations, has helped to make conservation a national imperative. As a result, numerous species are recovering. The LIFE Project is a model for the empowerment of communities who [...]
Posted in WWF news on Aug 11th, 2010 No Comments »
Gorillas are our closest living relatives after chimpanzees and bonobos; they are highly intelligent, charismatic and severely threatened. There are four sub-species of gorilla that live in 10 African countries. Three subspecies are critically endangered, and the fourth, the eastern lowland gorilla, is still listed as endangered because researchers cannot access a major portion of [...]
Posted in Featured tours, WWF news on Aug 10th, 2010 3 Comments »
The Philippines is a cluster of more than 7,000 islands, lying north of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia. From north to south, the archipelago extends more than 1,850 kilometers. The Philippines are of volcanic origin; a large part of the terrain is mountainous, with fertile soils and spectacular landscapes. It is generally accepted that [...]