Posted in Featured tours, Snorkeling, Wildlife on Mar 8th, 2010 1 Comment »
Just how large is a whale shark’s mouth? Abraham Cantu, who lives on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, found out first hand, during one of his many experiences swimming with the world’s largest fish.
Cantu shared with WWF this stirring video he made while observing whale sharks feeding underwater near Holbox Island.
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Posted in Featured tours, Q-and-A on Feb 17th, 2010 No Comments »
WWF’s Elissa Poma accompanied our most recent Costa Rica for Families tour. For more than a week, she and families with children ranging from 8 to 17 explored Poas Volcano, the Monteverde cloud forest and beaches at Guanacaste in the eco-friendly Central American nation. We sat down with Elissa to talk about her experiences.
Why is [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Feb 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Tour lecturer Kim Jane Saunders traveled to the Tanimbar Islands during a 2007 expedition. Here’s how she describes these stunning Indonesian islands.
“The turquoise blue waters that surround coconut fringed white coral beaches and atolls in this area envelop a wondrous array of marine life. Yamdena is one of the major islands in the Tanimbar group [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Feb 12th, 2010 No Comments »
From the sky, the Amazon looks like a lush, green blanket stretching as far as the eye can see, with silver ribbons snaking across it. But on the ground, the world’s largest rain forest and its rivers comprise a complex realm where even the teeniest insect, seemingly invasive vine and inhibited bird all serve important [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Feb 8th, 2010 No Comments »
During a week spent in Baja California on the Where the Desert Meets the Sea cruise, I swam, snorkeled, hiked and kayaked. I soaked up the sun, practiced my Spanish with locals and saw incredible marine and wildlife including whales, dolphins and even a black jackrabbit.
Here are some of the things I learned during my [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Feb 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
Brooke Edwards knows a thing or two about wildlife. As a former sea kayaking guide, rafting master and trail builder, the safari program director for Alaska Wildland Adventures has spent practically every day of the past dozen Alaskan summers fully immersed in nature.
Edwards could speak for hours about all of the wildlife she’s spotted over [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Jan 25th, 2010 No Comments »
Stacy Fiorentinos has been on dozens of wildlife safaris, but she remembers the first night she slept on the plains of Africa as if it happened last night, not 22 years ago.
Stacy was on her first outing in the Maasai Mara Reserve in southwestern Kenya. She spent the day rumbling across the dusty savannah in [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Jan 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Moving through the bush in complete darkness, a leopard’s hunting success depends on utter silence – something that John Chibwantu learned first-hand one cool August night after dinner.
Chibwantu is one of the top safari leaders in Zambia’s Kafue National Park. Having led tours there for more than a quarter-century, he shared an excerpt from his [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Jan 13th, 2010 No Comments »
Wildlife viewing on safari is one of the few activities that knows no cultural or generational bounds. Few experiences bond travelers of all ages like watching a herd of zebras pass by or a lion on the hunt. Every member of the family will discover fascination, humor and wonder each day.
Here are a few other [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Jan 11th, 2010 No Comments »
Naturalist Berit Solstad traveled to Scotland’s Orkney Islands during a 2009 expedition. Here’s what she wrote about this remote archipelago.
Today was a study in contrasts: Neolithic dwellings, a castle, a circle of standing stones and a beautiful cathedral. Regardless of era, people build shelters, and many worship.
The Orkney Islands are currently home to 20,000 people [...]