Posted in Featured tours on Sep 29th, 2010 1 Comment »
We’ve rounded up some of the most unusual plants you could see on a WWF trip. Whether for their size, shape, smell or eating habits, an encounter with one of these plants won’t soon be forgotten. A scent you won’t soon forget The rafflesia arnoldii is only found in the rain forests of Sumatra and [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Sep 27th, 2010 6 Comments »
In 1914 the Panama Canal joined the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, changing international trade forever. The 50 mile-long pathway through the Isthmus of Panama created a significant shortcut for ships that previously had to make the perilous journey around the southern tip of South America. We’ve compiled 10 facts you might not have known about [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Sep 24th, 2010 No Comments »
Burbling, slow-moving streaks of neon orange goo flow down the sides of Costa Rica’s most active volcano like hot fudge on a scoop of ice cream. For geology lovers, Arenal volcano is a riveting sight to see. Since erupting in 1968 after nearly 400 years of dormancy, the volcano remains active, silently spewing clouds of [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Sep 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
Travel writer Bill Altaffer shared a portion of his travelogue on touring The Kimberley region in Australia with us. In this installment, he describes a marquis attraction in The Kimberley: the waterfalls of the King George River. In the morning, we arrived at the mouth of the King George River. Some travelers choose to take [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Sep 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
© Martin Harvey / WWF-Canon WWF offers two migration-oriented tours in East Africa in 2011– a springtime journey in Tanzania and a fall trip in Kenya. While wildlife sightings can never be guaranteed, both locales have generally offered thundering masses of wildebeest, zebras racing across the savannah and the drama that unfolds when predator encounters [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Sep 20th, 2010 No Comments »
Travelers on WWF’s Wild & Ancient China trips in 2011 will have the opportunity to see two American-born giant pandas that returned to their ancestral homeland last year. Three-year-old Mei Lan, who was born at the Atlanta Zoo, and 4-year-old Tai Shan from the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., relocated to China in February 2010. [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Sep 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Nowhere in the world will you see the variety and number of whales that you will in Baja California. On a voyage of this nature, it is not uncommon to see a dozen species of whales. When most people think of Baja and whales, they think of the California grays, which migrate yearly to the [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Sep 13th, 2010 10 Comments »
From a distance, the line of black bobbing forms in the waters just off the coast of Alaska look like flotsam, or driftwood entangled in kelp. But upon closer inspection, the almost comically adorable faces of a raft of playful sea otters pop up from behind cresting waves, their hind feet pointing toward the sky. [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Photography, Wildlife on Sep 10th, 2010 No Comments »
© Shelley Brodie “Taking photos here was ideal as the Kwitonda Group stayed put, finding some shelter amid the bamboo and waiting for the rain to pass. The young ones stayed close to Mom – nestled in her warmth and partly protected from the rain. We kept our distance, and the mother seemed relaxed. The [...]
Posted in WWF news on Sep 8th, 2010 1 Comment »
Now available: WWF’s 2011 tour lineup WWF Travel allows you to visit amazing destinations around the world and support important conservation work at the same time. Our 2011 lineup includes: New tours in the Philippines, Bhutan, Madagascar, Belize and more. Fresh itineraries to such popular destinations as the Amazon, Baja and Alaska. Return of favorites, [...]