Skip to the content
logo mainlogo darklogo light
  • Places
  • Community
    • Getting started
    • Community forum
    • The mammal list rankings
    • Join a trip
  • Resources
    • Conservation
    • Primates
      • South America
      • Madagascar
    • Trip providers
    • The mammal list rankings
    • Global mammal checklist
    • Mammalwatching gear
    • Mammal vocalisations library
    • World’s best mammalwatching
    • IUCN newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Login
  • Register
logo main
  • Places
  • Community
    • Getting started
    • Community Forum
    • The mammal list rankings
    • Join a trip
  • Resources
    • Conservation
    • Primates
      • South America
      • Madagascar
    • Trip providers
    • The mammal list rankings
    • Global mammal checklist
    • Mammalwatching gear
    • Mammal vocalisations library
    • World’s best mammal watching
    • IUCN newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Login
  • Register

Africa

HomeAfrica(Page 2)
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

Read More
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
2 October 2021
Africa
AfricaUganda

Uganda

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

Read More
Giant Pangolin Smutsia gigantea
30 September 2018
AfricaWorld’s Best Mammalwatching
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.

Read More
Etosha Lion
25 November 2017
Africa
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

Read More
Lord Derbys Anomalure Anomalurus derbianus
13 April 2017
AfricaWorld’s Best Mammalwatching
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

Read More
7 August 2016
Africa
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

Read More
7 August 2016
Africa
AlgeriaPalearctic

Algeria

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

Read More
6 August 2016
Africa
AfrotropicalZimbabwe

Zimbabwe

I lived in Zambia throughout 1991 and visited Zimbabwe several times. Back then, Zimbabwe was very much a second world nation, to Zambia’s third world status. There was a marked

Read More
3 August 2016
Africa
MoroccoPalearcticWestern Sahara

Morocco

I spent 3 weeks in Morocco in 1990 on holiday and returned in 2019 for a short and productive visit to the Anti Atlas and Western Sahara.

Read More
3 August 2016
Africa
PalearcticTunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia is the most liberal of the North African countries I have visited - or perhaps I mean the most tolerant. In any case, it was good to see a mixture of young women wearing

Read More

Posts pagination

01 02 03 … 05

Community

8 December 2025
World Trip
8 December 2025
Western Ghats Endemics, Late Oct and Nov
6 December 2025
Madagascar in the Rain

Latest comments

  1. Moses Swanson the XVI on Rare mammals and riots in southern Tanzania11 December 2025
  2. CarlosBocos on Rare mammals and riots in southern Tanzania10 December 2025
  3. Jon Hall on Listers of the World Rejoice: Here’s a Mammal Taxonomy Update10 December 2025

Subscribe to updates

Enter a few details to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of new Community posts by email.

Create Subscription

Follow us

%%tb-image-alt-text%%

Offset your Greenhouse Gases when you fly - and protect Gola Rainforest

Special thanks to
rewild logo
Zeiss Seeing beyond

About Jon Hall

Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. I’ve also lived and worked in London, Canberra, Paris and Lusaka, and visited almost 120 countries.

More about Jon
About mammalwatching.com
Terms and conditions
Get in touch
Buy me a coffee

Latest comments

  1. Moses Swanson the XVI on Rare mammals and riots in southern Tanzania11 December 2025

    Just as things go left

  2. CarlosBocos on Rare mammals and riots in southern Tanzania10 December 2025

    Awesome report! Now I have to go and see it with my own eyes

  3. Jon Hall on Listers of the World Rejoice: Here’s a Mammal Taxonomy Update10 December 2025

    Polar bears will add a little more dimensionality too.

  4. JanEbr on Listers of the World Rejoice: Here’s a Mammal Taxonomy Update10 December 2025

    The fact that the water is deadly after 3 minutes of exposure would surely give the "not wanting to capsize"…

Community

6 December 2025
Madagascar in the Rain
5 December 2025
A Long Weekend in California, August, 2025.
5 December 2025
Kenya, October 2025
3 December 2025
The Weekly Recap

© 2023 Jon Hall. mammalwatching.com | Privacy Policy

Have a question?

Get in touch!

Our info

+0011 22 344 45

jon@mammalwatching.com

Brooklyn,
New York USA

Follow us