Sylvan: Golfito, Costa Rica
In late November 2019 Amber and I popped down to Costa Rica to visit Fiona Reid at her new ecolodge, Sylvan, and see my son Patrick who was volunteering there. It wasn’t a ma
Rio Aripuana and Rio Madeira Cruise, Brazil: October 2019
With Cheryl Antonucci, Jon Hall, Patrick Hall, Morten Joergensen, Stefan Lithner, Marcelo Marcos, Keith Millar, Fiona Reid, Mike Richardson, Micah Riegner, Martin Royle, &nbs
New Trip Report: Central & Southern Chile
Here’s an interesting report, with some wonderful pictures, from Jono Dashper. Central & South Chile (and southern Argentina), 2019: 2 months & many mammals includi
New Trip Report: Brazil
Here’s a very useful report (with loads of good contacts) of a successful trip across Brazil. Brazil, 2019: Ben Balmford, 4 weeks & 57 species including Ocelot, White and
Bat Weekend in Yucatan
Mérida, Yucatán, January 2020 from Charles Hood, hoodcw (at) gmail (dot) com I had some frequent flyer miles to spend and a few days off when I could work by email, so I did a
Costa Rica RFI
Hello and a very happy (hopefully mammal-filled) new year to all! I’m hoping someone will be able to help me out with a couple of questions for a trip later this year: 1) Doe
New Trip Report: Jaguar Land Reserve, Bolivia
Another remarkably good report from Bolivia. La Moneda Reserve, 2019: Nick’s Adventure Tours, 3 nights & 15 species including 5 Jaguars, 4 Ocelots, 2 Jaguarundis and a Pu
New Trip Report: Panama
Another interesting report from Justin Brown, the first report I have seen featuring Pygmy Sloths. Panama, 2019: Justin Brown, 2 weeks and some nice species including Cacomistle, B
New Trip Report: Cuba
Here’s a report from Vladimir Dinets’s trip to look for Cuban Solenodons. No solenodons but a few nice species in any case. A very happy Christmas to all those who ce
Best part of the Amazon?
Hello all, I’m considering doing a grand tour of South America in the future, so I’m for sure going to try and make it to at least one corner of the Amazon. Wanted to a