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.
By Edward Moss and Mungla Sieck Male and female Snow geese. A Southern Wind At Last Following many weeks of bitterly cold north winds, at last a southern wind came, bringing with it the first pairs of geese. Slowly the numbers increased until thousands of these noisy summer migrants were arriving at Karrak lake solely […]
How to feed a hippo… (and live to tell the tale!) By Lucy Corne I’ve never been terribly fond of animals. It’s not that I don’t like looking at them; I just have an innate fear of anything with more legs than I have. So imagine my surprise when one sticky afternoon on the border […]
By Gabriel Constans The two-lane paved road kept climbing higher, past waterfalls, lush cultivated valleys and terraced hillsides. Kermit the Frog, from Sesame Street, would feel right at home with the abundance of green foliage that simmered before our eyes. The river that followed the road to Ruhengeri in the north of Rwanda provided a […]
Read Cindy-Lou Dale’s story about the Harnas Wildlife Sanctuary. Find further details on Harnas Wildlife Foundation.
A Snake Safari in Northwest Nevada By Andrew Kolasinski Rattling its tail in warning, a three-foot (.9 m) western rattlesnake rises up from the sand and strikes, but its venomous fangs miss their mark. “He doesn’t like you very much. I’ve never seen one get this aggressive,” says Jim, as he strides over to the […]
By Daryl Popper “We took the photos home in our cameras, but we took the people home in our hearts.” Lynne Leakey, a Silver Badge Naturalist Guide with the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA) is accustomed to hearing sentiments like these from visitors during the 30 years she has been escorting safaris throughout Africa. […]
By Sarah Freddie There are some fantastic hotels along the East Coast that are very dog-friendly. After all, our pets are like our family, and when we get a chance to bring them with us on vacation, we are happy. They go where we go! These hotels go out of their way to make sure […]
By Cindy-Lou Dale I crawled like a leopard after the still clenched fist ahead of me and received the signal to rise slowly to my knees. As I began to lift myself up, a copper colored snake slithered across my splayed hands. I stifled a scream by sinking my teeth into the quilted collar of […]
By Matt Scott The fin was directly in front of me, perhaps thirty meters away as it broke the surface of the water. Behind the fin a tail slowly moved from side to side, propelling the shark forward. The boat I had been in was a short distance away and everyone on board was shouting […]
Singapore Sling: A Wild Time in Singapore By Lauryn Axelrod Singapore was a 3-day layover: another stopping point in which to recoup and relax for a few days before heading to Bali for the next month. But the real reason for stopping in Singapore was the zoo: the Singapore Zoological Gardens is one of the […]
How to adopt an elephant in Thailand to help preserve their habitat with World Wildlife Federation, a symbolic gesture that helps fund elephant research.
Rajasthan Romping: The Thar Desert of India allows us to experience a journey on a camel, which is not at all like riding a horse, jumpier.
