Panama, or how I discovered the Neotropics
My first trip to the Neotropics, Panama was chosen for personal reasons but proved to be an exceptional experience over 16 days. 29 mammals seen, including water opossums, Northern
Visiting but not Staying at Canopy Tower Panama
Hi! We will be visiting Panama next February. Since it is a family trip I plan not to stay at the expensive Canopy Tower. We will be spending some nights at Summit Rainforest Golf
Costa Rica/Nicaragua/Panama: Suggestions for VERY low budget mammal watching?
Hi all! Unfortunately I only make US$15,000 a year (small online business) and can’t come close to affording most of the tours or even accommodations people talk about on her
Thermal optics and their use; a researcher’s perspective and experience from Panama.
After two seasons using thermal and night vision optics to study nocturnal arboreal mammals we offer our perspective on these optics.
Bangs’s Mountain Squirrel vs Red-tailed Squirrel Identification
Bangs’s Mountain Squirrel (Syntheosciurus brochus) is a rarely seen – and even more rarely photographed – squirrel from the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama. It
Advertising: Panama, 25 May – 3 June 2023
There are still two places left on what should be a great Royle Safaris trip to Panama: with ten days in some of the best forest in Central America and guided by the phenomenal Jos
New Trip Report: Panamanian Primates
A new report from Alex Schouten and Jeannette den Hartog about a vacation with mammalwatching, rather than a mammalwatching vacation. A novel concept that I hope my family doesn
New Trip Reports: Chitwan (Nepal) & Panama
Here are another two new reports. The mammalwatching in Panama seems to be getting better and better as more people visit. Panama, 2022: Andrew Balmford, 3 weeks & 45 species i
Panama: Pygmy Sloths and Rainforest Rodents, May 2022
In May 2022 I returned to Panama for a week. This, my third trip to the country, was not really a mammalwatching trip per se. I was there to see friends. Yes, really, I have friend