Trip Report – Western Sahara’s Rare Mammals Tour – Royle Safaris – March 2024
Royle Safaris ran another trip to the deserts of the Western Sahara for a group in March 2024. We were successful in seeing several of our targets including Fennec Fox, African Golden Wolf, Ruppell’s Fox and African Wild Cat as well as numerous rodent species and two amazing bonus species which are seldom encountered (although Royle Safaris does have a good track record with them) which were Libyan Striped Weasel (two great sightings) and a wonderful Honey Badger (soon to be split from into Northern and Sub-Saharan species.
We totaled a nice 15 species of mammals as well as 47 species of birds (not bad for a mostly nocturnal mammal focused trip including nice Lanner Falcon, Pharaoh Eagle-owl and Short-eared Owl) and 9 species of reptiles including stunning views of both Sahara Sand Viper and Desert Horned Viper.
We have currently filled our group tour for spring 2025 but if there is enough interest we can look at setting up a second departure date, however the next trip we have planned will be either late 2025 or early 2026. For anyone interested please let me know via email (info@royle-safaris.co.uk) or visit our website (www.royle-safaris.co.uk/wildlife-holidays/).
Trip Report – Western Sahara’s Rare Mammals – Royle Safaris – March 2024
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