Updated Sept 2021. Can safari be safe in the time of COVID? Planning and flexibility is everything! Naturalist and field guide Marc Cronje's day is full of lions, elephants, painted dogs, rhinos, and exotic birds - and right now, very few people. A professional wildlife field guide, Marc grew up in his family’s world of wildlife conservation. He shares his passion for wildlife and habitat conservation and the secrets of South Africa's Kruger National Park with his safari guests - and us - for the experience of a life-time.
Read MoreWildlife photographer Anette Mossbacher's images of lion, rhino, oryx, and other animals feel like personal introductions - but what is behind the scene? Crazy tourists, angry elephants, and leopards ready to leap, not to mention keeping balance in rough, Arctic waters, are all in a day's work. Oh, and then there are the technical secrets.
Read MoreJohn Williams was writing and advocating for responsible tourism even before the phrase was coined. But there is little "tourism" without "travel" and transportation has a high environmental cost. As many (most?) carbon off-setting schemes are proving at best to be ineffective, when and how can travel's carbon cost be balanced with its benefits? John is known in the Twitter-sphere as @Eurapart,
Read MoreWildlife photographers Kate and Adam Rice, KAR Photography, specialize in the mammals and birds of the American West. They capture the animal's spirit in their images. In this interview they talk with us about their best teachers (owls), their passion (grizzly bears), their creative process, wildlife photography technical secrets, and their love of Yellowstone National Park.
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