Kate Wickers

A Unique Adventure: Mountain Gorilla Safari in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Up ahead, a L’Hoest’s monkey, distinctive for the snow-white ruff that frames a black face and deep-set orange eyes, is crossing the leaf-littered trail, first looking right then left, like a well-drilled school kid, before scampering off to catch up with the troop that is foraging on the...

Exploring Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park

Like a quill to an ink pot, I dip my paddle into jet-black liquid, sending licorice waves across an otherwise perfectly still surface. Peering over the side of my papaya-hued kayak, my face is a glassy reflection, framed by dense foliage so grasshopper green and verdant it looks sketched by...