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Ghana – 3-18 March 2026: Pangolins and other Mammals (1 place)
Home to three species of pangolins, two species of tree hyrax, fours species of anomalure (African flying squirrel) as well as a wealth of primates, diurnal squirrels and small carnivores the country offers a bounty for any mammalwatching enthusiast.
This trip is designed for the best mammalwatching the country has to offer and we have secured the services of the pangolin finding expert Robert Nkator and his team who are regarded as near pangolin whisperers with a great reputation among the mammalwatching community, we are confident of finding as many of these wonderful species as possible as we explore Ghana.
The trip visits a combination of primary and secondary rainforest and savanna as we target both of the smaller species of pangolin (we have a 75% success rate in seeing both of these species and around 90% in seeing one of the two species), which are the white-bellied (or tree) pangolin and the black-bellied (or long-tailed) pangolin. We also visit various forest which are perhaps the only (or certainly the most reliable) locations for species such as Pel’s anomalure, white-thighed colobus, Gambian mongoose among other species.
And we have extended this trip by a couple of extra nights as we will then travel to the east of the Volta River (a major barrier in species movements in West Africa) where we will try to find the recently described Benin Tree Hyrax.
So if pangolins are on your list of mammals to see, this trip is for you, there is nowhere like Ghana for trying to see one of these amazing animals and it is not just the mammals as we will also be visiting a roosting site for one of Africa’s top birds, the beautiful yellow-headed picathartes.
Details are attached.
Vietnam – 1-15 April 2026: Rare Primates (4 places)
Vietnam is home to 25 species of wild primate, for such a small country with a huge human (not one of the primates included) population this is incredible. This tour aims to showcase as many of these primate species as possible, we will not see all 25, but we do hope to be able to see around half (with some good luck). This tour travels from the south to the north and visits various locations which are among some of the only places where certain species still cling to existence.
Whilst on this particular trip the primates are major focus of this trip; with some of the rarest species in the world inhabiting these forests. Some of the langurs, gibbons and douc-langurs are so endangered that there are only 50-100 left in the world. Some of these species are intensively studying and we have a very good chance of seeing them, some are not protected very well at all and so they will be harder to find, but we will endeavour to do our best at all locations or course. Once again (as with all Royle Safaris trips) we will employ the best local guides at each national park to try and find as many species and interpret the amazing behaviour we see.
We also have an extension to see Cat Ba langur without breaking any laws or rules.
Details are here https://www.mammalwatching.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Vietnams-Rare-Primates-Tour-2026.pdf
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