Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “wildlife”
Visiting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is on most traveler bucket lists. The GBR is not just for divers or backpackers or adventure seekers. We visited as a family with young kids and had an amazing day on the Great Barrier Reef with kids. We have all heard how climate change and ocean acidification are threatening our coral reefs throughout …
Cairns in far north Queensland, is the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest and the beautiful Atherton Tablelands. It is a tourist town that we had no real expectations about. We figured we would go see the Reef and relax at our resort, but there were so many wonderful things to do in Cairns with kids that …
While it was the trekking that brought us to Nepal, we were looking forward to a well-rounded itinerary that included culture, wildlife, history and adventure. To hit the wildlife component, we planned to visit Nepal’s most well known National Park – Chitwan National Park. Once we arrived in Nepal, we started to doubt if it was worth the effort and …
We have been based in Melbourne for over a year now and have explored most of the regular weekend getaway spots. I am not sure why it took us so long to visit Phillip Island, just 90 minutes from Melbourne. Like many, I thought it was simply the tourist place you went to see the little fairy penguins. I had …
With January being summer school holidays over here we knew we wanted to go somewhere, but where to go? Melbourne is nicely positioned right across the Bass Strait from Tasmania, a place I really hadn’t ever thought much of visiting. Tassie, as it is universally and affectionately called over here is an island state in Australia known for its rugged …
I really wanted to see elephants in India. Of course I had seen lots of them in zoos and even in the wild in Sri Lanka and throughout Africa, but I was determined we would see them in India. On our trip we were visiting two wildlife area. We visited Periyar Tiger Reserve, which was a total bust for seeing wildlife, although we …
