Posted in Wildlife on Nov 29th, 2011 1 Comment »
Part II in a series. The flightless cormorant is one of the world’s rarest bird species, with fewer than 1,000 individuals remaining in the Galapagos. During a morning playing tourist on Fernandina Island, travel conservation blogger Bret Love of Global Green Travel shot this video of flightless cormorants doing their mating dance and shared it [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Nov 25th, 2011 No Comments »
WWF tours take you to exotic places around the world, and some of the spots where we lay our heads are even more interesting! Here’s a roundup of articles in our series on the most unusual accommodations on WWF tours. Ecocamp Patagonia: A model for ‘green’ lodging The Tundra Lodge, Canada: Sleeping with the polar [...]
Posted in Special offers on Nov 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Join WWF on our Exploring Alaska’s Coastal Wilderness expedition, June 9 – 16, 2012, and receive free round-trip airfare between Seattle and Alaska. Tour highlights include: Traveling aboard the Sea Lion, a small, specially outfitted, expedition ship. Exploring by foot, Zodiac and kayak. Searching for wildlife, including whales, sea otters and bald eagles. Learning about [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Nov 21st, 2011 No Comments »
Where: Deep, deep, deep in the rain forest of central Guyana, in South America. What’s there: A 741-foot, high-volume single-drop waterfall sitting atop an ancient plateau that’s considered the oldest layer of rock in the world (more than 2 billion years). Why it’s notable: Sure there are taller waterfalls in the world. But the combination [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Nov 16th, 2011 No Comments »
Seldom considered a tourist destination, the coastal East African nation of Mozambique has a great deal to offer to the nature traveler. Here are ten reasons among the many to visit the “land of smiles.” 1. Pink sand and turquoise waters. Mozambique’s beaches are the definition of paradise, yet so few tourists visit them. Many [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Nov 10th, 2011 1 Comment »
The third largest island in the world, Borneo is home to the oldest rain forests in the world – 130 millions years old, to be exact. That’s a good 70 million years older than the Amazon. Other aspects of Borneo are equally impressive: 3,000 tree species, 220 different mammals, 420 resident bird species. And more [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Nov 7th, 2011 1 Comment »
A glimpse into the journal of National Geographic Explorer naturalist and photographer Jack Swenson during his June 2011 expedition in Arctic Norway … Through the sun-filled hours of the night we made our way southward from Isfjord along the western side of Spitsbergen Island. We were blessed with continued clear skies and calm seas that [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Nov 4th, 2011 5 Comments »
Our conservation travel friend Bret Love over at Green Global Travel recently cruised through the Galapagos and spent a lot of time in the water, snorkeling to observe various species. The water may have been brisk, but the animals were active, and Love, of Atlanta, was able to capture their antics. With a waterproof video [...]
Posted in Q-and-A on Nov 1st, 2011 No Comments »
Dennis Jorgensen is a WWF Program Officer in Montana, working to save the species of the Northern Great Plains and the habitat where they live, and we’re thrilled he’s able to join part of our new Exploring Montana’s Prairies tour. Q: What originally attracted you to the Northern Great Plains? A: My first experience in [...]