Asian Odissey – 7 months in Asia
I have just finished what might officially be the longest trip report ever uploaded to mammalwatching.com, tracking a massive 7-month journey across three different countries. This
3 Weeks in Thailand and North Sulawesi
Hello mammal watchers, This will be my first post about one of my trips, and I am very excited to share some of the things I find interesting in nature. To introduce myself: I am F
Sulawesi Expedition, 2025
This is a bit of a mega report. Both for the quantity and rarity of mammals and for the length of time it has taken me to finish it. Its undoubtedly the most complicated report I&#
The Mammalwatching Podcast returns: Expedition to Sulawesi
The Season 4 opener to the mammalwatching podcast has Charles and me talking about our September 2025 expedition to Sulawesi. This is a blow by blow – and mammal by mammal &#
Sulawesi
I'd wanted to see a wild Babirusa for as long as I can remember, so when Coke Smith told me he was planning to spend Christmas 2012 mammal watching in Sulawesi it didn't take me lo
Sulawesi, 2024
The trip report below covers my November, 2024 5-night solo expedition to northern Sulawesi, one of my most adventurous and enjoyable wildlife trips to-date. I nabbed 12 mammal s
Mammals of Sulawesi and Komodo: A July 2024 Adventure with Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris
Our recent July 2024 expedition was a thrilling journey through lush rainforests, diverse ecosystems, and vibrant marine life, showcasing the incredible biodiversity of these uniqu
A quick dash through Tangkoko Nature Reserve (Sulawesi) and around Jakarta, June 2023
At the end of our West Papua trip, Carlos Bocos and I took the slow route back to Jakarta via a stop off in Sulawesi. We had not planned the trip in advance in case we decided to h
New Trip Report: 24 hours in Bantimurung National Park, Sulawesi
There is already much I miss about the height of the COVID pandemic: the empty airports, the quiet national parks, and NOT receiving gripping reports from Carlos Bocos. But he is b
New Trip Report: Remote Sulawesi
Here’s another fascinating report from Carlos Bocos. Remote Sulawesi, 2019: Carlos Bocos, 3 weeks & 34 species including Stripe-faced Fruit Bat, Pallas’s Tube-nosed