Indonesia – West Papua, Raja Ampat & the Moluccas
Check out our groundbreaking 2023 trip to West Papua featuring the West Long-beaked Echidna, the rediscovery of the long 'extinct' Pygmy Long-fingered Possum and much more
Sulawesi
Check out the report from Southern & Central Sulawesi, 2025 with Carlos Bocos, Jon Hall et al. Two weeks & 75 species including Pygmy Tarsier, Togean Babirusa, Poso Horseshoe Bat a
Western Australia
Check out Dalton Van Leeuwen's excellent report (his first for this site). Dryandra, Mount Gibson and more, 2025/26: 12 days & 16 species including Banded Hare-wallaby, Western Ba
Philippines
Check out Daan Drukker's groundbreaking report of 2 weeks in Paluwan and Calamianes in 2025. With 30+ species including Palawan Stink Badger, Calamian Deer and a ton of squirrels i
Morocco
I spent 3 weeks in Morocco in 1990 on holiday and returned in 2019 for a short and productive visit to the Anti Atlas and Western Sahara.
Tanzania & Zanzibar
I've been to Tanzania 3 times. In 1991 I spent a couple of weeks in Tanzania. I couldn't afford to do much mammal watching at the time, though the train from Zambia was held up as
South Africa
I like South Africa. The crime problems I’ve heard so much about aren’t apparent out of the cities (or perhaps I am just blissfully naive); the national parks in the south were
Thailand
Thailand keeps getting better as a mammalwatching destination. There is a good network of national parks (though many can be very crowded), with some excellent mammals that seem to
Brazil
I’ve visited Brazil four times. In October 2006 I spent six days in the western Amazon, at the Palmari Lodge. In August 2007 I returned for two and a half weeks and visited Rio C
Chile
Chilean people are just about the friendliest people I have ever met. I picked up a few hitchhikers: all of them were keen to meet for drinks and dinner and converse with me and my