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 […]
Wildlife
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 […]
Uganda
Visiting the African continent was always on our wish list and the moment we got 15 days off work, we decided to travel to Uganda as our holidays coincided with the peak Ugandan birding season. We also added Rwanda into the plan due to its proximity to Uganda and the possibility to see a few […]
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 […]