Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Jan 30th, 2012 No Comments »
Get a sense of what it’s like to experience our Southeast Alaska expedition during this video by Lindblad Expeditions, our tour operator for the program. Join WWF’s Alaska’s Coastal Wilderness tour: May 12-19, 2012 and June 9-16, 2012.
Posted in Wildlife on Jan 26th, 2012 1 Comment »
No trip to China is complete without a visit to see the giant panda, the country’s unofficial symbol. But dozens of other wildlife species are found in China too, including these five that you may spot while on WWF’s tour. Red panda: The bear-bodied, thick-furred species has little resemblance to its distant cousin except for [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Jan 17th, 2012 No Comments »
Imagine a huge soup plate that slowly fills up with water and overflows in the rainy season, gradually empties during the dry season and then starts to fill up all over again. That image gives a good idea of what the Pantanal is like; a unique, rich, but threatened ecosystem located in Brazil, Bolivia and [...]
Posted in Special offers on Jan 9th, 2012 No Comments »
Just announced: Join WWF’s spring voyage to the Peruvian Amazon, scheduled for March 16-25, 2012, and receive free roundtrip airfare between Lima and Iquitos; a $368 value. Cruise down the Amazon River on one of WWF’s most popular tours, in search of primates, monkeys, pink river dolphins and myriad bird species. You’ll also have the [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jan 6th, 2012 No Comments »
The Galapagos Islands continue to call to increasing numbers of visitors — from a few thousand annually in the 1960s to more than 170,000 today. The purpose of the Galapagos National Park authority’s new regulations that will go into effect on February 1, 2012, is to enhance those travelers’ experiences while protecting the fragile ecosystems [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jan 4th, 2012 No Comments »
In 2011 we discussed destinations, interviewed experts and highlighted WWF’s work around the world. Here are 10 of the most read blog posts of the year. 10. Kenya or Tanzania: Which to choose? We discussed the similarities and differences between these two classic safari destinations. 9. Q-and-A: Northern Great Plains WWF Program Officer Dennis Jorgensen [...]