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Like Africa’s ”Big 5” - Introducing India’s ”Magnificent 7” for Wildlife Tourism

March 26, 2012 Wild Navigator No comments

African Elephant, African Rhino & Cape Buffalo © Aditya 'Dicky' Singh Photography

ORIGIN OF AFRICA’S ‘’BIG 5’’ - When we start researching about the Africa savannah, the continent and its wilderness, the term ”Big 5” always seems to crop up. The establishment of the world’s first national park was not in Africa but at Yellowstone in the United States of America in 1872. This was much earlier

India’s ‘Cats in the Cradle’: Will Wildlife Tourism be its silver spoon?

November 15, 2011 Wild Navigator 7 Comments

Machali with Cubs - Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve

Recent reports have come from India where wildlife tourism could potentially be banned in India’s core critical tiger habitats. Wildlife activists, conservationists, tourism providers and travellers are all concerned about India’s future. This write-up has been waiting to be posted for a long time and nothing worse to come around a time when wildlife tourism in India’s tiger

Wild Navigator at TTG Tweetup & World Travel Market 2011

November 04, 2011 Wild Navigator 2 Comments

This month is going to be hectic with lots of travelling. Firstly, we have finally launched the official look of the new Wild Navigator blog. In our first day of opening we have created a positive vibe amongst people and very good reviews, comments have come through. We at Wild Navigator thank people for their

Will tiger tourism help conservation? CNN-IBN chats with Abhishek Behl

October 26, 2011 Wild Navigator No comments

I am attaching this chat I had many years ago (2008) with India’s News Channel CNN-IBN and their environmental team. The Topic of the chat was ‘Will Tiger Tourism help Conservation.’ At that time I was heading the Travel Operators for Tigers India Wildlife Association in India as their Executive Director. All views expressed were

Wild Shots of the Week: Aditya ‘Dicky’ Singh

October 25, 2011 Wild Navigator No comments

Wild Navigator starts this week with identifying some of the world’s renowned wildlife photographers and to add their profiles to our Wild Shots of the Week Gallery. We will be hosting one photographer weekly focusing on wilderness, travel and wildlife conservation. Their background and of course their images. This week we are hosting Wildlife Photographer Aditya ”Dicky” Singh

India’s Ecotourism Guidelines (review) on draft version

October 19, 2011 Wild Navigator No comments

The Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF), Government of India took out the first draft version of India’s Ecotourism guidelines for in and around Protected Areas: The full report can be viewed on attachment. Report Ecotourism Guidelines Draft version My comments (non Italic) are as follows: Having gone through the draft version and I am not sure

Wildlife Tourism - Indian Government sets up panel

September 15, 2011 Wild Navigator No comments

Of late “Wildlife Tourism” as a topic has been in the national / international press. This focus of India regulating its wildlife tourism practices in its last remaining tiger habitats, checking disturbances that occur to its remaining breeding population - whilst generating visitor experiences to these areas / mitigating impacts that come with the participating tourism industry.

The Elephant Family turns Edinburgh into a ‘Jungle City’

September 05, 2011 Wild Navigator No comments

Edinburgh, 5th September 2011 The capital city of Scotland ‘Edinburgh’ has been turned into a Jungle City by UK charity ‘The Elephant Family’. For the past one month following the start of the Edinburgh festival - artists from different spheres and talent have worked on 130 life-size animal sculptures unleashed in the Royal Botanical Garden - Edinburgh.

Meet Abhishek Behl

Hi, I'm Abhishek Behl - Founder & Chief Consulting Officer of Wild Navigator. In 2011 I launched Wild Navigator - THE site dedicated to the wilderness focused traveller. Wild Navigator highlights sustainable initiatives in wildlife tourism and biodiversity conservation by using wildlife travel blogging and social media. Wild Navigator also supports wilderness charities and their social campaigns. Our mission at Wild Navigator is to ensure you are an informed wilderness focused traveller. Read more....