--- title: "Wildlife: Destinations & Places" url: "https://viatravelers.com/activity-type/wildlife/" type: "archive" --- # Wildlife: Destinations & Places > Wildlife travel guides covering safaris, whale-watching seasons, primate treks, and responsible viewing operators across Africa, the Arctic, the Galápagos, and Southeast Asia. - [Old Faithful Area](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/old-faithful-area-yellowstone-national-park/) — Yellowstone's most visited hub, built around Old Faithful — the predictable geyser, the historic Old Faithful Inn, and the largest concentration of geysers on Earth in the Upper Geyser Basin. - [Laganas Zakynthos](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/laganaszakynthos/) — Zakynthos's busiest beach resort — a long sandy bay on the island's south coast, lively nightlife, and a gateway to the loggerhead turtle nesting grounds of Marathonisi and the Bay of Laganas. - [Whistler Village Whistler](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/whistlervillagewhistler/) — Whistler's car-free, alpine-style Village Stroll — a cobblestone pedestrian core of 100+ shops and restaurants at the base of Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. - [Downtown Tucson Tucson](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/downtowntucsontucson/) — Tucson's walkable downtown — a Sonoran-desert city center of adobe and Art Deco architecture, a celebrated Mexican-rooted food scene, and the Hotel Congress music venue. - [Tamarindo Beach Tamarindo](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/tamarindobeachtamarindo/) — Costa Rica's most popular Pacific surf town on the Guanacaste coast — a long golden beach, reliable waves for all levels, and a lively beachfront dining and nightlife strip. - [Downtown St John S](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/downtown-st-john-s/) — The walkable core of St. John's, Newfoundland — famously colorful 'Jellybean Row' houses, the pubs of George Street, and a working harbor beneath Signal Hill. - [Uptown Sedona Sedona](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/uptownsedonasedona/) — The walkable shopping and dining heart of Sedona along Highway 89A — gift shops, art galleries, and red-rock views, with the Sedona Trolley departing from its center. - [Little Italy](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/little-italy-san-diego/) — A italian, foodie, waterfront neighborhood ideal for Foodies, couples, urban explorers. - [North Park](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/north-park/) — A hipster, brewery-rich, diverse neighborhood ideal for Beer enthusiasts, hipsters, foodies. - [Gaslamp Quarter San Diego](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/gaslampquartersandiego/) — San Diego's 16-block Victorian historic district — gas-lamp-lined streets of restored 19th-century buildings now packed with restaurants, rooftop bars, and nightlife. - [Rocky Mountain National Park](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/rocky-mountain-national-park-cm5qrd9xc00f176xyb2xq1zxc/) — Colorado's high-alpine national park above Estes Park — crossed by Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous paved road in the US, with glacier-carved valleys, elk, and the Continental Divide. - [Manuel Antonio Quepos](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/manuelantonioquepos/) — Costa Rica's most popular national park near Quepos — white-sand beaches backed by rainforest, home to sloths and the endangered Central American squirrel monkey. - [Downtown Reykjavik](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/downtownreykjavik/) — The compact heart of Iceland's capital — the shopping and nightlife of Laugavegur, the basalt-inspired Hallgrímskirkja church, and whale-watching boats at the Old Harbour. - [Downtown Quepos](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/downtown-quepos-quepos/) — The working-town gateway to Manuel Antonio National Park — a Costa Rican Pacific port with the Marina Pez Vela, a seafront Malecón, fresh seafood, and budget-friendly Tico eats. - [Sellwood-Moreland](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/sellwood-moreland/) — A family-friendly, antique-rich, residential neighborhood ideal for Families, antique hunters, nature lovers. - [Lake Eola Heights Orlando](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/lakeeolaheightsorlando/) — Orlando's first designated historic district (1989), a leafy residential neighborhood just north of Lake Eola Park with craftsman bungalows and revival-style homes built mostly 1905-1925 on brick streets. - [Waikiki Honolulu](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/waikikihonolulu/) — Honolulu's famed beachfront neighborhood on Oahu's south shore, birthplace of modern surfing, lined with historic resorts along Kalakaua Avenue beneath the Diamond Head crater. - [Geirangerfjord Geiranger](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/geirangerfjordgeiranger/) — A UNESCO World Heritage fjord in western Norway, framed by sheer cliffs and the 410-metre Seven Sisters waterfall, with the small village of Geiranger at its head. - [Tribschen](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/tribschen-lucerne/) — A lakeside district of Lucerne on a peninsula in Lake Lucerne, home to the villa where Richard Wagner lived from 1866 to 1872, now the Richard Wagner Museum. - [Karen Kenya](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/karenkenya/) — Karen is an upscale low-density suburb in southwest Nairobi, Kenya, known for the Karen Blixen Museum, Ngong Hills views, and spacious colonial-era estates. - [Thamel Kathmandu](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/thamelkathmandu/) — Thamel is Kathmandu's primary tourist district in the city's north, packed with trekking outfitters, budget guesthouses, Newari restaurants, and live-music bars along its dense medieval-street grid. - [Hanalei Kauai](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/hanaleikauai/) — Hanalei is a small North Shore town on Kauai fronting a half-mile crescent bay backed by Na Pali cliffs, taro fields, and a National Wildlife Refuge. - [Riverside Jacksonville](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/riversidejacksonville/) — Riverside is a historic neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida, known for its early-20th-century architecture, the boutique shops and restaurants of Five Points, and proximity to the St. Johns River. - [Maboneng Precinct Johannesburg](https://viatravelers.com/neighborhoods/mabonengprecinctjohannesburg/) — Maboneng Precinct is a post-industrial creative district in eastern Johannesburg anchoring Arts on Main, the Market on Main street market, and a dense strip of galleries, studios, and cafés along Fox Street.