The festive holidays in India gave us an excellent opportunity to visit Ethiopia as it coincided with the near perfect birding season of the country. We were also very excited to walk the ancient land where apes may have started walking upright, thus paving the way for humans to evolve. However, as we only had […]
Mammals
Mgahinga & Nyungwe
PART II: DAY 8 – DAY 10 Day 11: 6 Aug 2018 (Ruhija: Mubwindi swamp) Today we hiked to the Mubwindi swamp along with the local bird guide Amos, and managed to see the Grauer’s Swamp Warbler and several other interesting birds, but the Grauer’s Broadbill remained elusive. After the hike, we drove to the […]
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
PART I: DAY 1 – DAY 7 Day 8: 3 Aug 2018 (Elizabeth NP – Buhoma) We left the Pumba Safari Cottages early morning in search of the Papyrus Gonolek, eventually finding the bird in a small papyrus patch along the roadside. We then drove to Buhoma via the Ishasha sector reaching the Community Rest […]
Sabah III
29 August 2017: Day 9 (Maliau Basin) We followed the same routine as yesterday and after a filling breakfast, started off birding at 0700 Hrs and while the Black-headed Pitta was still calling from the Wildlife trail, we decided to explore the EE trail today hoping to find a few new birds. Initially, the trail […]
Sabah II
25 August 2017: Day 5 (Kinabalu Park – Crocker Range, Gunung Alab/Rafflesia Forest) Today was our last day at Kinabalu Park and we were up there at 0600 Hrs and parked our vehicle close to the intersection of the Silau-Silau and the Kiau View trail. Shifu soon picked up the calls of the Bare headed […]
Sabah
Background: After our marathon road-trip across India and a few short trips thereafter; the plan was to wait out the monsoon season at home and take some much deserved rest. However, the nomads in us were soon yearning for another adventure and to escape the Indian monsoons, the world map was spread out to scout […]
Churchill
Pre-Planning: It all started with a chance encounter with a Black Bear during one of our treks in the high Himalayas. It remained etched in our memories and many years later we again saw several Black Bears at Dachigam National Park. During all these encounters, we always dreamt of spotting Polar Bears in the wild, […]