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
New Checklist of the Mammals of Indonesia
Many thanks to Carlos Bocos for sending me this third (2019) edition of the Checklist to the Mammals of Indonesia. This is a particularly useful checklist as I don’t think t
New Trip Reports: Tangkoko, Sulawesi and Gunung Gede
Two more installments of Hugh Lansdown’s photographic trip through Indonesia. Tangkoko, Sulawesi, 2020: Hugh Lansdown, 4 days & 4 species including Bear Cuscus. Gunung Ge
New Trip Report: Lembeh Island, Sulawesi
Another report from Valdimir Dinets. Lembeh Island, 2018: Vladimir Dinets, 10 days & several species including Spectral Tarsiers and Yellow-tailed Rats. Jon
New Trip Report: Way Kambas and Tangkoko (Sumatra & Sulawesi)
It feels like a while since we had a report from these two places. Way Kambas (Sumatra) and Tangkoko (Sulawesi), 2018: Andreas Jonsson, 9 days & 32 species in Way Kambas, and a
Sulawesi
I've 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 l