Secrets of a Kruger Park Field Guide - Marc Cronje Tells All

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.

6 Indisputable Facts about Sossusvlei, Namibia

Climbing Big Daddy in Sossusvlei’s desert heat is tough, and I was fading fast, but rescue by a wild orex? Even in Africa’s Namibia I could not have imagined that.

Roberta KravetteMay 14, 2016Experience, African Safari, Africa, Namibia, Namib-Naukluft NP, GemsbokComment

The Awesome Adventures of Anette Mossbacher, Wildlife Photographer

Wildlife 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.

Birds, Bees, & Butterflies: Wave Hill, New York

The only certainty is surprise when you are out in nature to see wildlife. No amount of planning will guarantee the desired birds or animals – but sometimes you get butterflies, monarch butterflies. Wave Hill in Queens, New York is the perfect place for the kids, the grandparents, the whole family to enjoy a day on the Hudson River.

Roberta KravetteApril 2, 2016Experience, Family Travel, Local Patch, North America, United States, New York, Monarch butterflyComment

Eurapart's John Williams on Travel, Transportation & Responsibility

John 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,

Roberta KravetteMarch 19, 2016Interview, Eco-Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Sustainable TourismComment

Escape Winter! 8 Remarkable Places to Swim with Whale Sharks

The best places to responsibly swim with whale sharks. Updates 2023, from Mozambique to Belize, discover the best times, best places and best ways to experience whale sharks around the world.

Pterodactyl in the Backyard! What is a Pileated Woodpecker?

"A prehistoric bird tore up my tree!!!!" That's how I once heard a city-raised-recently-suburbs-expatriated friend describe his first sighting of a pileated woodpecker. Although I sincerely doubted that his new home was the scene of a Jurassic Park type incident, there was something about the wild look in his eye that caught my imagination - so I went to Saratoga National Historic Park in my quest to see one.

Wildlife Photographers Kate & Adam Rice: Catching the Animal's Spirit

Wildlife 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.