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6 April 2025
Asia
OrientalVietnam

Vietnam

I visited Vietnam in 2011. The country has some fabulous mammals - primates in particular - but there is still a heartbreaking amount of poaching.

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6 January 2025
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China

I have been to China four times but I have barely scratched the surface.  The country is huge, of course, and hugely diverse. The mammalwatcing is fantastic in Sichuan and Qinghai

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28 April 2024
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India

I have visited India six times. In June 1997 I spent a couple of weeks in Bandhavgarh, Kanha and Corbett National Parks. In February 2007 I spent a week in Gujurat, plus two days a

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10 January 2024
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OrientalThailand

Thailand

Thailand keeps getting better as a mammalwatching destination. There is a good network of national parks (though many can be very crowded), with some excellent mammals that seem to

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10 October 2023
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Borneo

This page covers both the Malaysian and Indonesian bits of Borneo, together with Brunei. I have visited Borneo four times and am sure I will return again and again. Per square kilo

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8 May 2023
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Sri Lanka

Imagine if you could see more than half of every country's mammal species in a week .... what a wonderful world it would be. What a wonderful mammal list I would have. Well, in Sri

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8 March 2023
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AfrotropicalOman

Oman

I first visited Oman in February 2018 on a 24 hour trip in search of a Blanford's Fox, which I saw in Wadi Muaydin, near Birkhat Al Mawz. I also saw a Red Fox there and a Small Mou

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14 February 2023
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Mongolia

Mongolia is a fabulous, empty adventure of a country. My 2 weeks here in September 2016 was one of my best ever trips, with 45 species in 15 nights.

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21 December 2018
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Saudi Arabia

I haven’t been to Saudi Arabia.

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Taiwanese Macaque Macaca cyclopis
16 August 2017
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Taiwan

I spent a week in Taiwan in August 2017. The country is not at all what I imagined: far more forest, mountains and mammals.I returned for two nights in July 2018. Dasyeushan Nation

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  1. wildlife_watcher on Eaglenest WLS and Assam Plains, Spring 202527 July 2025
  2. Ben W on Malaysia July 202527 July 2025
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  1. wildlife_watcher on Eaglenest WLS and Assam Plains, Spring 202527 July 2025

    I would love to see those flying squirrels.

  2. Ben W on Malaysia July 202527 July 2025

    Correction - the reddish langur that I identified as the red morph of T. cristatus has been re-identified as a…

  3. Jon Hall on Where to go on the last African safari27 July 2025

    I agree Zakouma is epic and we saw multiple Serval every night there. Has to be the best place for…

  4. Ian Thompson on Thermal Scope Country Restrictions27 July 2025

    Last year we took multiple flights in India with a thermal scope without difficulties, although a tiny Allen key was…

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