Aruba: Rescuing Street Animals
Aruba: The author goes on vacation to a beach resort and meets the people who run Sgt Pepper’s Friends…and winds up adopting a cat to bring home.
Animals
Animals don’t travel like humans do, but they play a part in every human civilization on earth. Here are travel stories that involve animals and animal lovers.
Fifty Years of Exploring the Alaskan Arctic
Joe Wilkins made more than fifty trips into remote regions of the Brooks Range. In this excerpt from his new book, Gates of the Arctic, Twelve Years of Arctic Exploration, provides advice if you come across a bear.
Alaska’s Tongass National Forest: Hiking and Bear Watching
Pristine and beautiful, Wrangell, Alaska offers glaciers, seals, sea lions and orcas and hiking along the coast in Tongass National Forest…
Swimming with South African Sharks
In Gansbaai, South Africa, Shark Ventures takes tourists out into the ocean and places them in a shark cage, then tossed chum attracts great white sharks.
Down on the Farm: Farm Stays Around the World
Ann Weigand has prepared a guide to the many farms that allow guests to come stay with them and enjoy learning about life on a farm.
All Fish Faces: Volunteering in Oceans Around the World
A new children’s book, All Fish Faces,” shows what many different ocean fish look like and how they live, and a blogger traveled the world volunteering.
Kangaroo Cuddles in Kununurra, Western Australia
In Kununurra, Western Australia, there is a place you can go if you love baby Kangaroos, at the Kangaroo Haven Rescue, baby joeys are bottle fed and raised.
Tasmania’s Wild Animals: Platypuses and Many More!
A Tasmanian resident shares his island and its many interesting animals…from Duckbilled Platypus to Little Penguins and Pademelons, Kangaroos and snakes!
Animal Encounters Around the World
After many trips around the world interacting with different animal species, the author reflects on some of the best times she’s ever spent with animals.
Parc Omega: A One-of-a-Kind Canadian Safari
At the Parc Omega in Ontario, feeding and petting animals from all over the world, a drive-through zoo that also features a fantastic cheese shop.
Dances with Wolves in Narvik, Norway
Gain a once in a lifetime experience by visiting Norway and having a socialized encounter with some of the few wolves left in the country.
A River of Sheep to be Shorn in New Zealand
In Te Kuiti, New Zealand, every fall a river of sheep cascades down the main drag. It’s the running of the sheep, and shearers show their prowess too.