Stories from the wild.

Destination guides, expert advice and the true stories of the explorers who went first, with how to follow them today.

The Hieroglyphic Stairway at Copán in western Honduras under its protective canopy, with a carved stela at its foot. Explorer stories

The Maya City That Sold for Fifty Dollars: What John Lloyd Stephens Bought at Copán, and How to See It Now.

8 mins read
A lone bison grazing in a wide golden valley below forested slopes and cliffs in Yellowstone. Destination guide

How to plan a trip to Yellowstone like Hemingway

4 mins read
Two jaguars on a sandy riverbank in the Pantanal, Brazil's great wetland and the best place in the world to see the cat in the wild. Destination guide

How to See Jaguars in the Pantanal: Where Roosevelt Hunted Them, and the Lodges That Now Protect Them.

7 mins read
A blue-footed booby standing on black lava rock by the sea. Destination guide

How to visit Floreana, the Galápagos island with an unsolved mystery

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The lantern-lit entrance to Wilderness Mombo, a luxury safari camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta, at dusk. Expert advice

What to expect at a luxury safari camp

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An elephant bull walking through green bush toward the camera. Explorer stories

The week Hemingway read his own obituary, and Uganda's Nile today

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A young mountain gorilla chewing a bamboo stem in dense green forest. Destination guide

How to plan a gorilla trek in Rwanda, and the hunter who saved them

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A zodiac of travelers in red and navy parkas motoring past a blue glacier front. Destination guide

Svalbard by expedition ship, in the wake of a balloon that vanished

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