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Malawi: The Lake of Stars and Africa's Greatest Wildlife Comeback Story

Malawi: The Lake of Stars and Africa's Greatest Wildlife Comeback Story

Malawi is a long, thin country wrapped around a long, thin lake, squeezed between Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique. It has no Victoria Falls, no Serengeti, no famous anything, which is precisely why it has stayed cheap, uncrowded, and disarmingly fri...

Alligators and Adventures: The Complete Wildlife Travel Guide to Tampa

Alligators and Adventures: The Complete Wildlife Travel Guide to Tampa

Most visitors come to Tampa for Busch Gardens, the Riverwalk, or the beaches of St. Pete. What they often discover — sometimes with a jolt — is that Florida takes its wildlife seriously, and Tampa's surrounding landscape is one of the best places in ...

The Galápagos Islands: Darwin, Evolution, and One of the World's Great Wildlife Encounters

The Galápagos Islands: Darwin, Evolution, and One of the World's Great Wildlife Encounters

In September 1835, a 26-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin stepped ashore on the Galápagos Islands and began making observations that would, over the following decades, reshape humanity's understanding of life on Earth. Nearly 200 years later...

Papua New Guinea Wildlife: Birds of Paradise, Coral Reefs, and the Last Unknown

Papua New Guinea Wildlife: Birds of Paradise, Coral Reefs, and the Last Unknown

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the last truly wild frontiers on Earth. Covering the eastern half of the world's second-largest island plus over 600 offshore islands, PNG contains some of the most extreme biodiversity on the planet — much of it bare...

Angola's Wild Side: National Parks, Wildlife Safaris, and Natural Wonders

Angola's Wild Side: National Parks, Wildlife Safaris, and Natural Wonders

For wildlife enthusiasts, adventure travelers, and anyone searching for Angola safari options or Angola nature experiences, the country delivers far beyond expectations. Despite its low tourism profile, Angola contains some of Africa's most dramatic ...

Nepal's Monkeys: The Sacred Macaques of Pashupatinath and Swayambhunath

Nepal's Monkeys: The Sacred Macaques of Pashupatinath and Swayambhunath

In Kathmandu Valley and throughout the hills, rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) move through the temples, rooftops, and periphery of the forest. At two of Kathmandu's most important religious sites, they live alongside worshippers visiting these templ...

Guyana's Rupununi: Wilderness Travel in South America

Guyana's Rupununi: Wilderness Travel in South America

Guyana is sought out mostly by major nature travelers. It is located in northeastern South America and is roughly 85% tropical rainforest, which is one of the highest percentages of forest cover in the world. There are no massive high-rise beach reso...

Algeria's Stunning Natural Landscapes: From the Mediterranean to the Sahara

Algeria's Stunning Natural Landscapes: From the Mediterranean to the Sahara

Most people imagine the desert when they think of Algeria, and they're not wrong since the Sahara does cover 80% of the country. But Algeria's natural diversity goes beyond sand dunes. From lush coastal forests to snow-capped mountains to volcanic ro...

Puerto Rico's Jungle: El Yunque, and Are There Venomous Snakes or Spiders?

Puerto Rico's Jungle: El Yunque, and Are There Venomous Snakes or Spiders?

Puerto Rico is not just beaches. The northeastern corner of the island is covered by El Yunque National Forest — the only tropical rainforest in the entire United States National Forest system. It receives up to 200 inches of rain per year, suppo...

Should You Be Scared of Bears in Alaska?

Should You Be Scared of Bears in Alaska?

Alaska is home to approximately 30,000 brown (grizzly) bears and 100,000 black bears – the highest densities of both species in North America. Polar bears patrol the Arctic coast. It's one of the few places on Earth where you can encounter a large ap...

Is It Hard to See Sloths in Panama When You Travel?

Is It Hard to See Sloths in Panama When You Travel?

Panama is one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth — a narrow land bridge between two continents where species from North and South America overlap. Among the most coveted wildlife sightings for visitors are sloths. Here's everything you need to...

Wild Horses on the Beach in the USA: Where to Find Them, How to See Them, and Why They're There

Wild Horses on the Beach in the USA: Where to Find Them, How to See Them, and Why They're There

There are places on the American East Coast where you can walk along the ocean and see horses — genuinely wild, unmanaged, government-protected horses — grazing in the dunes, standing belly-deep in the surf, or trotting across the sand with the Atlan...

Why You Should Go to Cameroon: Africa in Miniature Awaits

Why You Should Go to Cameroon: Africa in Miniature Awaits

Cameroon is called "Africa in miniature" — and the nickname earns its keep. Within the borders of a single country you'll find dense equatorial rainforest home to gorillas and forest elephants, an active stratovolcano that towers over the Atlanti...