South Africa, May 2025
Between the competing demands of school, jobs, and boyfriends and girlfriends, coordinating family trips is always challenging. A window of opportunity arose this spring and I jump
Maasai Mara Wildlife Viewing Etiquette
Hi all, As everyone gears up for the Wildebeest Migration season in Maasai Mara, please can I ask that we all ask our safari guides to behave in an ethical manner, treating the wil
Central African Republic, March 2025
Tropical rivers in real life rarely look like my imagined fantasy version. The Sangha River is an exception. Uncoiling lazily through tropical rainforest, with no visible plastic p
Trip Report – Western Sahara Mammalwatching Tour – Royle Safaris – January 2025
Royle Safaris will be running two of our very popular Western Sahara’s Rare Mammals Tours in 2025. One has already run and was back in January 2025 and the other is to run in
Trip Report – Western Sahara Mammalwatching Tour – Royle Safaris – November 2024
Royle Safaris ran two mammalwatching tours in 2024 to Western Sahara (one in early 2024 – the trip report has been published already) with one in November, both were successf
Serval (Leptailurus serval) data for Africa – update to IUCN conservation Status – sigthings needed
Dear MammalWatching Community, My name is Lourens Swanepoel, and I am based at the University of Venda in South Africa. Following correspondence with Jon Hall, he kindly suggested
Tanzania Eastern Arc
Hi all I’m just starting to vaguely think about a mammal watching/birding trip to Tanzania’s eastern arc, probably in August or September of 2026 for about a month. Any
Trip Report – North & South Luangwa National Park Safari – Royle Safaris – Oct / Nov 2024
Royle Safaris ran a private tour to Zambia for a couple of clients who had been to Zambia before but wanted to try and get views of the elephants as they walk through the lobby of