A week in Kinabatangan and Sepilok, a new species of pangolins
It is getting more and more difficult for me to have long vacations. Though it was quite a short trip, we were lucky to saw a pangolin during the night cruise on Kinabatangan River
Namibia Mammal Safari Feb 2026 – Trip report
This mammal-watching safari explored some of Namibia’s most spectacular wilderness areas, from the predator-rich plains of Okonjima and Etosha to the wetlands of the Zambezi Regi
Sri Lanka, April 2026
A brief, but successful, trip in search of Indian Pangolin, Rusty-spotted Cat, Fishing Cat, Jungle Cat, and lots more. 40/41 species in 5 days, including 24 lifers.
Sangha Lodge, Dzangha-Sangha Special Reserve , Central African Republic.
This was a big bucket list trip to visit the Congo Basin and hopefully see forest elephants. Remarkably, forest elephants were only officially declared a separate species from sava
Uganda June/July 2025
My trip to Uganda with Harrier Tours which resulted in 74 species seen.
DRC Salonga Region, 2022:
Koen Betjes: a report of a longterm stay, with 38 species including bonobo, Allen’s Swamp Monkey, Giant Otter Shrew, Giant Pangolin and Water Chevrotain. This is a report fro
“The New Big 5” – follow up
Hello all, Many thanks to everybody who commented with suggestions on my last post, the final version is now out there: https://shoestringsafari.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/the-new-bi
Virology update
According to a new study, pangolins have so many coronaviruses that they should never be touched without gloves. Personally, I decided never to handle wild mammals without gloves a
Sangha Lodge MammalFest- CAR
In late August/early September 2019 my husband and I had a superb and exciting trip to the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve in Central African Republic (CAR). We booked the trip direc
Sierra Leone – preliminary report
I got back from Sierra Leone a couple days ago. Unfortunately, despite much effort, I did not locate Pygmy Hippo. I came quite close – once seeing very fresh sign, and once h