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Aye aye Daubentonia madagascariensis
30 November 2022
AfricaCountriesTrip Reports
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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Campbells monkey
24 May 2022
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AfricaCote D'IvoireIvory Coast

Cote D’Ivoire / Ivory Coast

I haven’t been to the Ivory Coast yet.

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Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
2 October 2021
AfricaCountriesTrip Reports
AfricaUganda

Uganda

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

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Giant Forest Hogs
28 August 2021
AfricaCountriesTrip Reports
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 did watch a lot of wildlife documentaries on TV in the 7

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Giant Pangolin Smutsia gigantea
30 September 2018
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AfricaGabon

Gabon

I visited central Gabon for a spectacular two weeks in August 2018 focussed on Lope National Park, plus Tsam Tsam lodge and a couple of sites near Libreville.

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Etosha Lion
25 November 2017
AfricaCountriesTrip Reports
AfricaNamibia

Namibia

My first trip to Namibia was a family holiday, so I needed to try to fit mammal watching around two small children. I guess the trip was quite successful in that the kids enjoyed i

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Lord Derbys Anomalure Anomalurus derbianus
13 April 2017
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AfricaSierra Leone

Sierra Leone

The mammal watching far exceeded expectations both in terms of the diversity of species we encountered but also the rarity of many of the species we found, with mega mammals like W

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Hippo Pilanesburg
15 January 2017
AfricaCountriesTrip Reports
AfricaSouth Africa

South Africa

I like South Africa. The crime problems I’ve heard so much about aren’t apparent out of the cities (or perhaps I am just blissfully naive); the national parks in the south were

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7 August 2016
AfricaCountriesTrip Reports
EgyptPalearctic

Egypt

I've been to Egypt twice, but for reasons other than mammals. In 1995 I spent a week on a boat out of Hurghada, where I was diving in the southern Red Sea. The diving was fabulous

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7 August 2016
AfricaCountriesPlacesTrip Reports
AlgeriaPalearctic

Algeria

I haven't been to Algeria yet, but I've included community reports from those that have.

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Southern Elephant Seal near Melbourne, Australia

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