At Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris, we’re passionate about offering immersive, small-group wildlife expeditions that allow you to connect deeply with nature. Our company was founded by Doug and Gail Cheeseman in 1980, and for over four decades, we’ve been dedicated to providing expertly guided, conservation-focused trips to some of the most biodiverse and remote regions of the world.
In 2023, we proudly passed the torch to Scott Davis and Krista Hanni, who share our commitment to sustainability and wildlife conservation. Under their leadership, we continue to emphasize a hands-on, educational approach, where you can explore the natural world through the eyes of seasoned naturalists and photographers.
We believe in crafting expeditions that not only maximize your wildlife viewing opportunities but also minimize our environmental footprint. Our goal is to leave a positive impact on both the environment and the communities we visit, ensuring that your travels with us are as meaningful and responsible as they are unforgettable.
Pallas’s Cat (Otocolobus manul) kittens, Mongolia
Cat Expeditions leads ethical wild cat photo tours to destinations around the world, offering exclusive luxury safaris to see and photograph felines. This includes trips to see and photograph Bobcats in California, Jaguars in Brazil, Pumas in Patagonia, Iberian Lynx in Spain, Big Cats in Botswana, Serval and Caracal in Tanzania, Manul in Mongolia, Tigers in India, and the cats of Borneo in Malaysia. More tours are being planned and finalized. Non-photographers are always welcome.
Cat Expeditions was started and is being run by Sebastian Kennerknecht, who is a conservation photographer specialized on wild cats. He has spent over fifteen years photographing most of the world’s wild cats, including some of the more elusive felines like the Borneo bay cat, Andean mountain cat, and African golden cat. Sebastian deeply cares about the well-being of his wild cat subjects and only runs tours where no baiting occurs, and the welfare of the animal comes first.
Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps) at night, Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Fiona leads tours that have a strong emphasis on mammals and nocturnal outings. She has worked extensively on neotropical bats and rodents. Trip locations include Costa Rica, Brazil, South Africa, Sri Lanka and others. Upcoming trips in 2019 are to Peru, Gabon and Brazil.
Naturetrek offers the widest choice of mammal-watching tours, with a knowledgeable and passionate team ready to point you in the direction of some of the world’s finest mammal-watching destinations in Spain, Sweden, Peru, Borneo, Madagascar, South Africa, India and Svalbard, amongst many others. Popular mammal-focused tours include those for Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard, Royal Bengal and Siberian Tiger, Iberian Wolf, Lynx (both Iberian and Eurasian), Jaguar, Puma, Polar Bear, lemurs and Orang-utan.
Royle Safaris specialises in mammal watching trips all over the world, focusing on some of the rarest and most elusive species. We have pioneered trips for Siberian Tigers, Amur Leopards, Javan Rhinos, Babirusa, Sumatran Rhino and many more rare species. We run private tours, tailored tours and have a set number of group tours departing annually.
2. Commitment to conservation, a donation after each tour.
3. Have fun. We are always focused on key species but it is important to have fun too!
Don’t let the name fool you. We are as obsessed with mammals as we are birds, herps and other wildlife. Our new category of ‘Enigmatic Wildlife’ tours focusses on quality experiences with amazing animals that were once considered near-mythical. These are not just souped-up safaris, but extraordinary journeys to experience the rarest and least-frequently encountered creatures on Earth. So if your desire is Clouded Leopard in Borneo, Snow Leopard, Pallas’ Cat and Bactrian Camel in Mongolia, Aardvark and Aardwolf in South Africa, Takin, Red Panda and Wild Yak in Sichuan, Perrier’s Sifaka and Fosa in Madagascar, or any other dream mammal, please contact our team with 20 years’ experience of making wild dreams come true. Having authored books on the Wildlife of Madagascar, Mammals of Kruger NP, and Wildlife of Australia we are much more than just bird brains.
Wildlife Trails is a team of passionate wildlife lovers, photographers and scientists who create truly bespoke safaris and wildlife holidays in destinations all around the world. Every tour you see on our website has been recced by our safari experts and then itineraries created scientifically, to ensure you are there at the best time to see iconic wildlife species. We specialise in tailor-made private tours, as well as small group photography tours; with a maximum of 6 clients in each group.
Founded in the 1980s, WildWings is proud to be considered as one of the world’s leading wildlife tour companies, with an enviable record of taking clients to some of the wildest and remotest corners of the planet and sharing some incredible wildlife spectacles with them.
Destinations with specialist mammal trips include Sri Lanka, India, Mongolia, China and South Africa and we also offer an ever-growing range of speciality expedition voyages including exclusive charters. And we operate several exciting tours to Brazil that will be of interest to mammalwatchers including to the remote Amazon and the Pantanal. Our Primates and Parrots tour in particular offers chances to see many of Brazil’s rarest and most range restricted monkeys so is a fabulous mammalwatching trip.” See https://wildwings.co.uk/tours/
Our philosophy is to give you an unforgettable holiday and we are delighted that our levels of repeat business are so high. We always provide expert guides and are committed to offering superb value for money.