Panda hugs and 14 more unusual travel activities for animal lovers

If you love animals and secretly dream of running away from people in order to get plenty of panda or sleep long and hard after meeting with sloths, then we have found ideal places for you to do this. Catch the best ideas on how to combine two of your favorite things: love of travel and love of animals.

Polar Bear Party in Canada

Every fall, polar bears migrate in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In the depths of the Canadian tundra, the Tundra Lodge has long been operating, where you can watch these animals in comfortable conditions. There are many bears, and sometimes they even go to the hotel terrace.

Horseback riding in Iceland

Stunning horses and idyllic landscapes - the perfect combination!

View manatees in the USA

Take a walk with cheetahs and help preserve the look

In South Africa, there is a unique place Cheetah Outreach - a nature reserve where cheetahs live. Visitors can stroll with little spotted kittens and see adult animals.

Take a dog from a Hawaiian shelter for a walk

The Kauai Humane Society in Hawaii offers an excellent program for those who love dogs: take the dog from the shelter and go for a walk! This is especially useful for dogs: they sit for hours in tiny spaces, so fresh air will do them good. And also a vest is put on a dog with an appeal to adopt an animal. And the program works: in this way, not one new home was found.

Paragliding with vultures in Nepal

There is one extreme entertainment in the Himalayas - parachocking. The traveler can get closer to the birds and fly with specially trained vultures on a paraglider in The Parahawking Project. And the company donates part of the money from each flight to animal assistance groups.

Swim with the pigs in the Bahamas

In the Bahamas live charming pigs who are happy to swim with tourists right in the sea.

Serengeti Safari

Several million animals migrate through Serengeti Park in Tanzania, and this is the largest mass migration of our planet. Giraffes, lions, leopards, antelopes, zebras, elephants, hyenas, hippos - they all live in this unique place. And they can be seen going on a safari.

Make friends with pandas

Of course, the main place where you can see pandas is the reserve of big pandas in Chengdu, China. You can also embrace the panda in the United States, taking for 6 thousand dollars a private audience with Bao Bao, the pet of the National Zoo of Colombia.

Sip coffee with cats

Kotokafe today can be found in any country, including St. Petersburg and Moscow. What could be nicer than drinking coffee surrounded by a few purring creatures?

Spend time with tarsiers in the Philippines

These charming gremlins are one of the smallest primates in the world. They live in the Philippines, and, like many other animals, tarsiers have hard times - their habitat is significantly reduced. You can see animals whose eyes are larger than brains in the Philippine Wildlife Sanctuary.

Take a trip to Australia

Australia is unique for its animals. Penguins, koalas, cassowaries, wombats - all of them can be seen on the smallest mainland. And, of course, the main resident of these places is the kangaroo. You can watch them in the kangaroo nature reserve in Alice Springs.

Forward to the Galapagos

The World Wide Fund for Nature believes that ecotourism is one way to preserve the incredible diversity of animals in the Galapagos Islands. And is this really not the best reason to see the islands that inspired Darwin on the theory of evolution?

Learn more about sloths

Well, you can relax with the most leisurely animals in Costa Rica in The sloth sanctuary, where dozens of sloths live. Here you can not only learn about these animals, but also look into the backstage, where newborn babies live.

Listen to the howling wolves

There is an International Wolf Center in Ili, Minnesota. It includes a large area that has become home to these animals. And, of course, the center offers a huge amount of entertainment related to wolves, including night outings to listen to how animals communicate. And yes, in these territories not only wolves found a home, but also bears, moose and eagles.