Tanzania & Zanzibar
I've been to Tanzania 3 times. In 1991 I spent a couple of weeks in Tanzania. I couldn't afford to do much mammal watching at the time, though the train from Zambia was held up as
South Africa
I like South Africa. The crime problems I’ve heard so much about aren’t apparent out of the cities (or perhaps I am just blissfully naive); the national parks in the south were
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
Chile
Chilean people are just about the friendliest people I have ever met. I picked up a few hitchhikers: all of them were keen to meet for drinks and dinner and converse with me and my
Kenya
Kenya, more than any other country, is responsible for my interest in mammals. Not that I had been there before 2011, but I watched a lot of wildlife documentaries on TV in the 70s
China
China is a superb country to watch mammals in and it keeps getting better. The country is huge, of course, and hugely diverse. The mammalwatcing is fantastic in Sichuan and Qinghai
Djibouti
I spent four nights in Djibouti in December 2024. A fabulous place to look for mammals.
California
California has very varied habitat (from desert to tundra) with a corresponding diversity of species, coupled with incredible scenery and some of the most productive cetacean viewi
Vietnam
I visited Vietnam in 2011. The country has some fabulous mammals - primates in particular - but there is still a heartbreaking amount of poaching.
Ethiopia
I visited Ethiopia in 2007, 2008 and again in 2024 for a fabulous week in the Somali Region.