Uncover Nat Hab’s Wild New Adventures for Ladies

Tundra Lodge & Churchill Highlights

Be a part of this all-female fleet to witness the Queen of the Arctic—aka the enduring polar bear, a robust image of power and endurance—on our city and tundra tour! You’ll come away awed by encounters with these magnificent marine mammals and empowered by the exploits of girls who’ve made essential contributions within the Canadian North.

Keep at our unique Tundra Lodge, positioned seasonally for unparalleled proximity to roving polar bears—then spend two nights within the frontier city of Churchill for an immersive cultural expertise.

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Your polar bear Expedition Chief is a consummate naturalist and outside explorer, desperate to share her data of this regal apex predator that may be a bellwether species for monitoring the impacts of local weather change. As you head out on the tundra in the hunt for polar bears, Arctic foxes, Arctic hares and different tundra dwellers, you’ll obtain skilled interpretation from the consolation of our customized Polar Rover automobile.

As one of many first firms to function polar bear adventures in Churchill beginning within the Eighties, Nat Hab has develop into intimately acquainted with the colourful communities of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and our friends have the privilege of assembly with revered elders and representatives. You’ll have the chance to talk with inspiring matriarchs who go on conventional data to their daughters by means of oral storytelling, looking and crafting.

Try our different women-only departures in Churchill:

Nat Hab’s Alaska Bear Camp 

Comply with within the footsteps of Alaskan frontierswomen and conservationists to expertise an unparalleled immersion in pristine brown bear habitat from our personal fly-in camp in Lake Clark Nationwide Park. Constructed on the location of a historic homestead, Alaska Bear Camp occupies a personal inholding surrounded by 4 million acres of protected wilderness. These are the ancestral homelands of the Dena’ina folks, preserving an intact ecosystem on the headwaters of the most important sockeye salmon fishery on the earth.  

Company are welcomed by our Alaska Bear Camp supervisor, Caprice Stoner, a youthful grandmother of 5 who has passionately guided operations right here for practically twenty years. With the assist of different sturdy ladies naturalists—our Nat Hab Expedition Leaders—Caprice will put together you for the journey of a lifetime. 

Every of our deluxe tent cabins is known as after an individual of significance to Alaska, conservation, or Nat Hab’s historical past. We proudly honor ladies like Margaret Murie, endearingly known as the “Grandmother of the Conservation Motion.” In testimony to Congress in assist of the Alaska Nationwide Curiosity Lands Conservation Act, “Mardy” famously stated, “I’m testifying as an emotional lady, and I wish to ask you, gents, what’s fallacious with emotion? Magnificence is a useful resource in and of itself. Alaska have to be allowed to be Alaska. That’s her biggest economic system.” 

Learn concerning the different ladies who impressed our Expedition Camps, together with Ada Delutuk Blackjack, an Inupiat seamstress turned survivalist for the ill-fated Arctic expedition led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson to settle Wrangel Island in 1921.

East Greenland Arctic Journey 

Situated simply south of the Arctic Circle, Base Camp Greenland overlooks a protected bay off Sermilik Fjord the place icebergs, spawned by large glaciers, glitter within the late sundown mild. Summer time right here is magical! Whales and seals frequent the fjord, and miniature wildflowers and cotton grass dot the tundra.

Nothing compares to East Greenland for an epic Arctic expedition, with a possibility to witness dramatic shifts on the entrance traces of a quickly altering local weather—and there’s no extra inspiring approach to expertise it than with an all-women workforce from the consolation of our wilderness Base Camp! 

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Every deluxe tent cabin is known as after an individual of historic significance. We proudly honor ladies like Louise Arnar Boyd, who was the primary lady to fly over the North Pole. Find out about Greenland’s Navarana Fjord, honoring Inuit Greenlandic explorer Navarana Mequpaluk, who died at 23, simply earlier than becoming a member of the Fifth Thule Expedition along with her husband, Peter Freuchen. 

Throughout our time in Tasiilaq, we’ll additionally go to Neriusaaq, a bookshop based by LGBTQ+ activist Gerda Vilholm, who passionately contributed to the expansion of her city by means of political campaigns, fundraising initiatives and group occasions. 

Iceland: Circling the Land of Fireplace & Ice 

Constantly cited as one of many finest locations on the earth to be a girl, the nation of Iceland beckons female-empowered exploration. Take it from Viking Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir—higher generally known as “The Far Traveler.” As her nickname suggests, Gudrid ventured to Norway and Greenland and even made a pilgrimage to Rome. Her biggest exploit, nonetheless, was crusing throughout the Atlantic to the Americas some 500 years earlier than Christopher Columbus stepped foot in The New World.

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Impressed by Gudrid’s spirit for journey, our vacationers make an entire circle round Iceland by personal mini bus, chartered aircraft, boat and 4×4 Tremendous Jeep. Led by our seasoned Expedition Chief and a neighborhood information, our all-women fleet will witness whales within the far-flung Westfjords, see hovering Atlantic puffins and hike from volcanic fields to glacial precipices.

Right here, the place the North American and Eurasian plates collide, geothermal forces create a dynamic and dramatic panorama—an expertise of pure nature at its strongest, matched solely by the grit of the ladies who stroll the nation’s black sands.

Kingdom of the Monarchs 

Journey to the highlands of Central Mexico and stroll the path blazed by Cathy Aguado, discoverer of the monarch butterflies’ overwintering website in 1975. Journey horseback by means of the oyamel fir forest, find out about monarch conservation efforts and expertise how ecotourism helps the agricultural mountain city of Angangueo.

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Your Expedition Chief is raring to share her ardour for this area’s pure and cultural heritage. Take heed to the sound of tens of millions of butterfly wings as you uncover how the feminine monarchs—every of which lays between 300-500 eggs—assist preserve an insect inhabitants that undertakes an unbelievable 3,000-mile annual migration from the northern U.S. and Canada to Mexico.

You’ll return house not simply awed by the monarch migration but in addition impressed by the numerous ladies whose heroic efforts have preserved Mexico’s butterfly sanctuaries and guarded North America’s monarch populations.

Pure Jewels of Costa Rica 

Costa Rica has emerged as a world trailblazer in recognizing the important function of girls in conservation. In collaboration with the United Nations Improvement Program, the Costa Rican authorities has taken vital strides to deal with gender disparities and make sure the full integration of feminine views and participation in environmental insurance policies, governance and sustainable growth.

Led by one among our best feminine Expedition Leaders, you’ll encounter the wild wonders of Costa Rica among the many collegiality and luxury of fellow feminine vacationers and witness how touring with Pure Habitat Adventures & WWF helps financial growth and encourages environmental stewardship.

Enterprise by means of the jungle canals of Tortuguero, spot birds and monkeys amid the misty cloud forests of Monteverde, and see sea turtles on Corcovado’s wild seashores. Alongside the way in which, we’ll observe how women-led initiatives shield Costa Rica’s cultural and organic treasures.

Secluded South Africa 

In lots of wildlife-rich African nations, there are gender-based cultural practices that discourage ladies from proudly owning and managing property, going to high school and taking on management roles. Analysis reveals that offering ladies with equal alternatives for schooling, household planning and decision-making is without doubt one of the best options in combating international local weather change.

Because the African proverb goes: “You educate a boy, and also you’re educating a person. You educate a woman, and also you’re educating a village.”

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Along with our conservation journey companion, WWF, Nat Hab empowers ladies by creating employment alternatives within the safari business, together with working as naturalist guides, safety officers, head cooks and camp managers. And, by means of beneficiant donations from our vacationers, we assist present ingesting water, sanitation, meals safety, and household planning and reproductive well being to folks in lots of distant communities.

Scout for the Massive 5 and Secret Seven on this intimate safari throughout South Africa’s savannas. Guided by a high lady Expedition Chief, find out about various ecosystems and the intrepid ladies who shield them by means of conservation and anti-poaching efforts. Return to our luxurious bush camps and benefit from the sundown over high quality wine together with your fellow vacationers.

U.S. Nationwide Parks

Hidden Yellowstone & Grand Teton Safari

Be a part of two of our best feminine Expedition Leaders on this empowering expedition underneath the large sky of the Northern Rockies. Our guides are consummate naturalists and outside explorers desperate to share their intimate data of the world’s first nationwide park.

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Be mesmerized by wolves, grizzlies and elk that roam amongst geothermal wonders. Cease to think about the awe that pioneer ladies will need to have felt after they stumbled upon this panorama. Think about the legacy of Marguerite Lindsley, the primary full-time everlasting feminine park ranger not solely in Yellowstone however in America’s nationwide park system. Meet ladies from Grand Teton to the Gallatin Vary who’re forging their very own paths as biologists, explorers and entrepreneurs. 

Yellowstone: Final Wolf & Wildlife Safari

This delicate ecosystem has been restored to steadiness due to the reintroduction of wolves just like the alpha feminine generally known as ’06, one among Yellowstone’s most well-known wolves, the “once-in-a-generation hunter” memorialized within the bestselling ebook American Wolf.

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You’ll come away not simply awed by wild wolves, lumbering bison and erupting geysers, however impressed by the exploits of girls who’re making essential contributions to conservation within the Higher Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Grand Canyon, Bryce & Zion 

There’s a lengthy historical past of girls dwelling, exploring and dealing among the many dramatic pink rock terrain and desert wildlife of the American Southwest. Their lives as artists, writers, naturalists, rangers and adventurers have formed Bryce, Zion and the Grand Canyon into the famend parks they’re in the present day.

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Our ladies Expedition Leaders are consummate naturalists and outside explorers desperate to share their data of the colourful pure and cultural historical past of America’s canyonlands. They’ll share tales of girls pioneers and up to date conservationists whose imaginative and prescient and contributions have been integral to the exploration and preservation of this area.

An Insider’s Journey into Yosemite  

The appearance of the railroad and the Gold Rush within the 1800s gave rise to an entrepreneurial spirit, which ladies capitalized on to develop their conventional roles. Clothes reforms, such because the design of “bloomers,” allowed ladies to take part in outside pursuits, whereas the work of feminine artists and writers beckoned courageous ladies to the West.

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Climbers Sibylle Hetchel and Bev Johnson achieved El Capitan’s first feminine ascent in 1973. “Being up there with one other lady will be extremely snug, relaxed, and hilariously humorous…There may be at all times a sure strain to show that girls can do issues,” Hetchel famous.

Canoe historic Mono Lake at dawn, hike by means of subalpine meadows and go to with ladies who’ve been integral to preserving California’s Excessive Sierra. Let the brave, passionate and revolutionary ladies of Yosemite encourage you to succeed in new heights. If they will climb Half Dome in petticoats and voluminous skirts, then you’ll be able to definitely do it in mountaineering boots and zip-off pants!

Glacier & Waterton: An Worldwide Treasure 

Stroll amongst wildflowers and wildlife on this women-only journey within the Northern Rockies. Discover adjoining nationwide parks in Montana and Canada, and study concerning the pure and cultural historical past of this dramatic terrain, together with ladies who’ve helped to form and shield it. 

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Our passionate Expedition Leaders will share tales about the whole lot from the wildlife to Indigenous traditions and women-specific considerations within the backcountry. Touring with two guides permits us to divide our small group even additional for various hikes and intimate wildlife encounters.  

Maine: Coastal Explorer

Uncover the place Maine’s magic lies on this female-powered fall foliage journey Down East! Guided by a girl Expedition Chief, we’ll wander trails by means of flaming forests, sail from picturesque harbors on chartered boats and witness how women-led conservation initiatives shield New England’s wildlife. 

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We’ll enterprise on foot and by boat by means of the Coastal Islands Nationwide Wildlife Refuge, a fancy of reserves that span the coast of Maine and assist an unbelievable variety of habitats, together with rocky islands, forested headlands, estuaries and freshwater wetlands.

Our tour is enriched by skilled interpretation supplied by ladies naturalists and a feminine fisher and lobster skipper. You’ll additionally meet locals like Lindsay Schmurr, proprietor and supervisor of Pilgrim’s Inn, our lodging on the idyllic Deer Isle.

The Cotswolds: Exploring English Nature

Be a part of us on a rural sojourn within the Cotswold Hills, a particular departure solely for ladies vacationers. Accompanied by one among our best feminine Expedition Leaders, we’ll wander scenic footpaths by means of Britain’s largest Nationwide Panorama, discover picture-postcard villages and keep at luxurious manor homes surrounded by lavish gardens, rivers and wildflower meadows. 

Hear untold tales about ladies’s roles in English society, from medieval queens to Nineteenth-century artists and WWI nurses to panorama architects, and study concerning the modern-day ladies defending England’s historic habitats, native wildlife, globally vital wetlands and rewilded farmlands. 

Get pleasure from unique entry to the countryside with a personal tour of Wytham Woods, the pure ecology laboratory of Oxford College, a personal canal cruise and a personal falconry expertise. We’ll additionally join with local consultants, together with natural farmers, gardeners, bat conservationists and cheesemakers, to enhance your appreciation for the area, its nature and its folks.

Paddling Portugal’s River of Wine

Savor Portuguese nature, tradition and delicacies on our Dionysian paddling odyssey by means of romantic wine nation – a novel journey solely for ladies! Kayak calm waters by means of wild mountains, granite canyons and centuries-old grape terraces as raptors circle overhead.

Tranquil mornings on the river give approach to afternoon hikes in hillside orchards and festive evenings at family-run quintas. Inside these hospitable inns, share heat revelry with our hosts and luxuriate in an inside view of latest rural life in Portugal. As our hosts say, A sua saude—To your well being! 

 
Get pleasure from a glass (or two) of Douro Valley’s best port and learn the way Antónia Adelaide Ferreira (1811-1896) modified the face of Portugal’s wine business as the primary lady to move a port firm. With imaginative and prescient, braveness and an enterprising spirit, Ferreirinha grew to become probably the most distinguished landowner within the Douro Valley and boasted one of many largest fortunes in Portugal at the moment.  

Wild Nature of Croatia & Slovenia

Uncover little-known corners of Europe on an intimate nature journey by means of two various Balkan nations amid the consolation and camaraderie of an all-women group. Discover Croatia’s rugged limestone landscapes and Slovenia’s wildflowers and waterfalls with visits to Plitvice Lakes, Triglav Nationwide Park and glacial Lake Bohinj. Cruise turquoise Adriatic waters amongst less-visited isles off Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast to go to a reserve defending endangered griffon vultures on the island of Cres.

Find out about Balkan tradition, together with the custom of giving flowers, presents and reward to ladies and women of all ages on Worldwide Ladies’s Day. Get pleasure from private connections with rural residents who combine sustainability into historic practices to develop grapes, increase bees, make cheese and press olive oil. Return house empowered by women-led conservation actions defending Mediterranean birdlife and holding Balkan rivers wild!  

Australia South: Tasmania, Kangaroo Island & Past

Comply with within the footsteps of Nat Hab’s fearless feminine Expedition Leaders on this women-only journey in southern Australia. From the distant fringe of Kangaroo Island to the rugged mountains of Tasmania, we’ll discover six spectacular nationwide parks, World Heritage Websites, wildlife sanctuaries, internationally protected wetlands and extra.  

We use personal chartered flights completely, providing you with extra time in nature to hunt out Australia’s intriguing native species, together with kangaroo, koala, cockatoo, wallaby, platypus, echidna, pademelon, wombat and the elusive Tasmanian satan.

We’ll additionally observe how women-led conservation initiatives have helped Australia’s landscapes thrive within the wake of the 2019 bushfires. They’re doing important work, reminiscent of reintroducing threatened species like Western Quolls and monitoring sea lion populations at Seal Bay Conservation Park. 

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“When ladies are concerned in conservation, we all know that it’s not simply the surroundings that advantages,” says Rosie Goslett-King, a proud Saltwater and Freshwater Budawang lady of the Yuin Nation. As a Ladies Rangers Community Coordinator at WWF-Australia, Rosie has noticed, “There are more healthy folks, more healthy households, more healthy communities, and that flows onto a more healthy economic system and a more healthy social panorama.” 

Wish to study extra? Discover all of our empowering Ladies within the Wild journeys!