Trip Report – Qinghai (Valley of the Cats) Mammalwatching Tour – Royle Safaris – Augst 2023
Royle Safaris was back in China in the summer of 2023, after so long being closed to tourism we were back with a group of intrepid mammalwatchers and our expect team of local guide
Advert: The mammals of the Sichuan province, China – August 2023: a third person
Jan Kelchtermans, from Europe’s Big 5 wildlife tours, is looking for a third person to join a trip to wonderful Sichuan in August. There are, of course, some great mammals on
Advertising: Qinghai China with Royle Safaris, August 17 – 31, 2023
China is open again for mammalwatchers! And Royle Safaris are running a trip to Qinghai to look for Snow Leopards, Lynx, Wild Yak and a range of other wildlife from the spectacul
New Trip Report: Sichuan
Yes China! But no the country is still closed to overseas tourism. This comes from a group of Chinese mammalwatchers led by Tang Jun from China Mammal Tour. Amazing report for cat
New Trip Report: Sichuan, 2019
I’m happy to let you know that WildWings, who pioneered so many mammalwatching itineraries over the past 20 years, are back running mammal trips. Although the company recogni
Mammalwatching Podcast: Terry Townsend and China’s Valley of the Cats
Charles Foley and I had a very enjoyable chat with Terry Townshend a few weeks back for episode 23 of the mammalwatching podcast. Terry talked from his home in Beijing about the wo
New Trip Report: Qinghai, China
This is an interesting report of a self-guided trip from Zhou Fangyi. Qinghai, 2020: Zhou Fangyi, 8 days & 15 species including Lynx and Blue (Brown) Bear within 10 minutes o
New Trip Report: Sichuan and the Tibetan Plateau
Tibet doesn’t get any better than this. Great photos too. Sichuan and the Tibetan Plateau, 2020: China Mammal Tour, 3 weeks & 29 species including Snow Leopard, two sep
New Trip Report: Sichuan Mammal Sightings, 2020
A friend from South Africa sent me some these notes about mammal sightings in Sichuan that might be helpful to anyone visiting there independently. Observations include Red and Gia
Advertising: The Tibetan Plateau in July
Royle Safaris have one space open on a July trip to the Tibetan Plateau. Targets include Snow Leopard, Pallas’s Cat, Tibetan Wolves, Eurasian Lynx, Tibetan Antelope, Wild Yak an