11 November 2026

The Weekly Recap

Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap!

Starting off this week was Detlef Tibax’s report from Uganda. Over 2 weeks and across 5 reserves in the South-West of the country, they saw a total of 45 mammal species. It is a great report with gorgeous photos and some great highlights like Mountain Gorilla, Spectacled Lesser Galago, Chimpanzee and Spotted-necked Otter.

Next up is this report a SafariWise tour of Madagascar: it is very beautifully presented and includes 30 mammals such as Golden Bamboo Lemur, Milne-Edward’s Sifaka, and Diademed Sifaka.

John Flothmann’s spontaneous trip to Morocco was a good decision, as he saw 8 mammal species including North African Hedgehog, Barbary Macaque, and Fennec Foxes.

And the last two trip reports are both from Borneo!

The first is by Sebastian Kennerknecht from Cat Expeditions, on the annual Cats of Borneo photo tour. As you can imagine the report has some amazing photos of species like Sunda Leopard Cat, Flat-headed Cat, Orangutan and Borneo Pygmy Elephant.

And the second was from Chris Townsend’s trip to Sabah back in April. With a beautiful Banded Linsang sighting and other highlights like Leopard Cat, Orangutan, and Moonrat, it sounded like a great trip.

If you want to treat yourself to an early Christmas present… Royle Safaris are having a big Black Friday sale: 23 itineraries are discounted, covering over 21 countries and 5 continents! Check out the post to see how to claim the discount and which mammals could be ticked off your list…

Eduardo Ruiz is planning a trip to South Africa in late August 2027 and would love for some mammalwatchers to join him. So far on the itinerary are places like Kruger NP, Cape Town and Pilanesberg NP!

And Cory Cravatta has posted about a trip to Vietnam in January, guided by HiVooc, looking for 2 more people to join! They’ll be travelling from Hanoi to Da Nang and looking for Langurs and Doucs.

And finally, Perrin Hale is planning a first trip abroad (exciting!!) and is trying to decide between primates in Sri Lanka or the lower prices for guided tours in Uganda… So please leave some advice!

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Thanks for reading:)

Katy

Cover photo: Large Flying Foxes – Sebastian Kennerknecht

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Katy Hall
As the unfortunate and long-suffering daughter of Jon Hall, I’ve been to more bat caves than beaches and dream of a world in which the smell of peanut butter doesn’t make me think of shrew trapping. While everyone on this website searches for new species, I search for a new father. Help me. Please…
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