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Costa Rica is one of the world’s true trailblazers in responsible ecotourism, not to mention one of the most beautiful and biologically diverse countries on the planet. Despite its growing popularity as a travel destination, it’s also surprisingly pristine, with over 25% of its lands protected. It’s no wonder Costa Rica is perennially celebrated as the...
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Costa Rica is relatively tiny, as countries go. With a total area of around 19,700 square miles, it’s smaller than the state of West Virginia. That’s precisely what makes the ecotourism hotspot’s legendary biodiversity – which includes approximately 894 species of Costa Rica birds – so impressive. From the wet plains of the Caribbean coast around Tortuguero...
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The Pearl of Africa Uganda’s natural beauty has hardly escaped notice. In 1909, Sir Winston Churchill famously called it “the Pearl of Africa,” a sentiment echoed more prosaically today whenever contemporary travelers ooh and aah over the country’s diversity of people, wildlife and ecosystems. Uganda occupies a special geographical position, spanning the land where western and eastern...
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Ecotourism – “Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people”– wasn’t established as a firmly-defined travel philosophy until The International Ecotourism Society was founded in 1990, with International Expeditions as one of the organization’s founding members. But the core principle of conserving the natural environment and the wildlife that...
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Widely considered among the most remarkable natural attractions on the planet, the Amazon River Basin is home to the world’s largest tropical rainforest and at least 10% of its known biodiversity. There are around 30 million species in the 6.7 million square kilometer Biome, with thousands of new species discovered there each year. One acre of Amazon...
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Read time – 6 minutes Christmas and New Year traditions are what make the festive season so magical and comforting, from the angelic sound of carol singing to the bountiful feasts of roast turkey with all the trimmings. From country to country, the traditions of other cultures vary, but they are equally as exciting. So,...
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20 Nature & Wildlife World Heritage Sites You Need To See Now As of summer 2016, there were a total of 1052 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including 203 that were recognized specifically for their Natural Heritage. Trying to narrow that list down to a Top 20 is highly subjective, but here’s a look at some of our...
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One of the main reasons people love nature travel is the allure of seeing wildlife in its natural habitat. When traveling with Exodus, chances are you’re hoping to bring home a suite of stunning images that capture the essence of the place you’re visiting and the wildlife you encounter. You want images that help you...
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Ninety-eight percent. That’s the number you’ll read or hear about as you prepare for tracking gorillas in Uganda. In 2012, after four years of research, geneticists from the U.K.’s Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute published a study declaring a 98% overlap between the human and gorilla genomes. “Most of our genes are very similar, or even...
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Our List of the Top 20 South America Travel Destinations Encompassing 12 countries, French Guiana, and the Falkland Islands, South America has emerged in the last 20 years as a mecca for ecotourism and adventure travel. With nearly 7 million miles of rainforests (the Amazon), wetlands (the Pantanal), mountains (the Andes), and waterfalls (Iguazu), you...
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