Trip Report – Western Sahara’s Rare Mammals Tour – Royle Safaris – January 2026
This is the first of two trip reports from Western Sahara trips run by Royle Safaris trips in the first couple of months of 2026.
The itinerary is the same as our standard Western Sahara’s Rare Mammals Tour, with 5 nights spent in the desert, combining time at our desert campsite and a homestay in the small town of Assouard.
This trip was quieter than many of the trips we had run recently in terms of the target species (all the main species were seen, but either not by everyone or in lower numbers than usual). However we did manage to see 14 species of mammals including a nice diversity of rodents alongside Fennec Fox, Ruppells’ Fox, African Golden Wolf, African Wild Cat and Sand Cat.
We would be back there a few weeks after this trip and hoped for better sightings but the same number of species. This itinerary is still a very popular one with our clients and mammalwatchers in general and as a result we have sold out our November 2026 trip and also our January 2027 tour (as well as having a private tour also booked for this winter season), however we will be looking to run another trip in late 2027 and again in early 2028. So if you would like to join the trip and search for fennec foxes, sand cats, Libyan striped polecats and many other species then please get in touch (info@royle-safaris.co.uk) for more info.
Trip Report – Western Sahara’s Rare Mammals Tour – Royle Safaris – January 2026
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