IT’S A WILD LIFE! – Trip Report Thailand Jan-Feb 2024
We, Rob Jansen & Romy Jansen-Houtzager, are two enthusiastic nature lovers who travel the world together to search for stunning birds, fascinating mammals and incredible nature
Nepal, November – December 2023
It’s been *weeks* since a portrait of a Red Panda appeared on this page, so here’s my offering. At the end of last year I spent nearly three weeks in Nepal, first in Ch
Sri Lanka Wildlife Watching! ( Mammal, Bird, Reptile, Amphibian and Invertebrate ! Basically everything!)
4 of us spend 17 days in Sri Lanka with Dulan of the Bird and Wildlife Team. We have encountered 46 species of mammal, 156 species of birds, 147 species of reptile and amphibian an
Mongolia
Mongolia is a fabulous, empty adventure of a country. My 2 weeks here in September 2016 was one of my best ever trips, with 45 species in 15 nights.
Monsoon India 2022
My first trip report for a while (not least because I’m apparently incapable of making time to write them) – a couple of weeks in India. This was mostly a birding trip
Taxonomy news
1. Huangshan, a gorgeous sacred mountain in Anhoi Province of China, is one of the best places (and most easily accessible) in the country for small mammals (there is also an endem
Taiwan
I spent a week in Taiwan in August 2017. The country is not at all what I imagined: far more forest, mountains and mammals.I returned for two nights in July 2018. Dasyeushan Nation
Laos
I went to Laos for 3 nights in July 2017. I took my kids to visit the Gibbon Experience, to see some of the last 200 Black-crested Gibbons left in Laos. The Gibbon Experience is bu
Japan
I hadn't thought about visiting Japan for tourism or mammals,and was under the impression it was largely built up and totally expensive. But when I started reading about the place,