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28 April 2025
Africa
AfrotropicalDjibouti

Djibouti

Check out Ian Thompson's report of 4 nights in Djibouti featuring 24 mammals including some megaspecies like Beira, Maned Rat, Somali Sengi and Ethiopian Genet.

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Gelada Baboon
17 February 2025
Africa
AfricaAfrotropicalEthiopia

Ethiopia

Check out Jon Hall’s report from December 2024 with 20 species including Rufous Sengi, Ammodile and Dibatag.

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Aye aye Daubentonia madagascariensis
10 October 2024
AfricaWorld’s Best Mammalwatching
AfrotropicalMadagascar

Madagascar

Like all self-respecting mammal watchers I had long wanted to visit Madagascar. But something had held me back. I think this was largely the fact that my Madagascar trip would be

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Giant Forest Hogs
10 September 2024
Africa
AfricaKenya

Kenya

Kenya, more than any other country, is responsible for my interest in mammals. Not that I had been there before 2011, but I watched a lot of wildlife documentaries on TV in the 70s

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Long tailed Pangolin Rolled Up
31 December 2023
Africa
AfrotropicalDemocratic Republic of CongoDRC

Democratic Republic of Congo

I haven't been to the DRC yet but have included reports from those that have.

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19 November 2023
Africa
AfricaCote D'IvoireIvory Coast

Cote D’Ivoire / Ivory Coast

I spent an excellent week in Tai National Park in 2024 with 32 species including Lesser Anomalure, White-bellied Pangolin and a Liberian Mongoose.

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20 May 2023
Africa
AfrotropicalChadTchad

Chad

I spent an adventure-filled three weeks in Chad in 2023. It is truly a spectacular place with some brilliant mammalwatching.

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19 February 2023
Africa
Bioko IslandEquatorial Guinea

Bioko Island, January 2023

Bioko Island, a part of Equatorial Guinea, has been a bucket list trip since I read a trip report from Bob Berghaier in 2010.This was an African Eden, filled with exotic beasts and

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19 February 2023
Africa
AfrotropicalBioko IslandEquatorial Guinea

Bioko Island

Bioko Island is not easy to get to, nor to travel around, but it still has some great mammalwatching including pretty much the only realistic chance of seeing wild Drills. I visite

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Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
2 October 2021
Africa
AfricaUganda

Uganda

I spent ten days here in July 2021 and loved the country and its mammals.

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  1. Paul Carter on Thermal Scope Country Restrictions15 May 2025

    Regarding the Nepal comments on thermal scopes in national parks (2022) note that it was only when I went into…

  2. Flemming058 on RFI Thailand13 May 2025

    Hi David, I have been to Vietnam and Cambodia in 2023 and the mammalwatching was quite frankly a bit of…

  3. Murray T on RFI Thailand13 May 2025

    Hi David, a little bit different is Khao Sok NP a couple of hours drive north of Phuket. It’s based…

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    Thanks Charles - super interesting. And great to know it is the first time this behaviour has been documented for…

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