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For me, the thought of pelagic birding evokes a sense of excitement that quickly takes over. The mystery behind the vast blue seas and its endangered birdlife bring a happy thought when there is an opportunity to go and experience it. The word ‘Pelagic’ is derived from Greek, meaning “open seas,” and that is exactly ...

With a bit of free time on hand, I decided to visit some familiar and new birding areas in South Africa. The trip started in Cape Town and ended in Durban. Western South Africa The first day of the trip took me along the West Coast, on the N7 – known as the Diamond Route; ...

Website : www.satsa.com Rockjumper Birding Tours is an official SATSA member. The Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA) is a member-driven association that offers inbound tourism services companies the highest level of quality in the tourism industry. They strive to maintain three key qualities in all of the work they do: credibility, value and authority. ...

Erik Forsyth, our New Zealand-based guide, lives right on the doorstep of a reserve that protects about 200 North Island Brown Kiwis. Having a keen interest in global species and habitat protection, as well as the kiwi being the special species that it is, we, therefore, decided to sponsor some of the work being done ...

Ask most folks where Melanesia is and more likely than not you’re met with a blank stare. To some it sounds more like a health condition best avoided, more so than a place name. Indeed, even of the “-esia” regions it is not the best known, overshadowed by Polynesia and/or the tiny shards and specks ...

Right between Russia and China, Mongolia, “the land of the eternal blue sky”, sits on a high plateau at an average altitude of 1500 meters. Far from any ocean or sea, it’s the second largest landlocked country in the world. Comprised by endless steppes, the spectacular Altai Mountains, and the vast Gobi Desert, it is ...

With a bit of free time on hand, I decided to visit some familiar and new birding areas in South Africa. The trip started in Cape Town and ended in Durban. Western South Africa The first day of the trip took me along the West Coast, on the N7 – known as the Diamond Route; ...

Rockjumper’s early summer tour of China (Yunnan and Sichuan) kicked off superbly with an immensely successful Yunnan Extension. The birding was excellent and the group managed to score a healthy number of range-restricted and rare species. Highlights included the scarce and impressive Giant Nuthatch, the extremely localised Yunnan Nuthatch, Silver Pheasant, several outstanding male and ...

Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, is often described as ‘a laboratory of evolution’; due to it splitting off first from Africa and later India, 135 and 88 million years ago respectively, there was a lot of time for the fauna and flora of the island to evolve in isolation. The resulting variety of unique ...

(This blog first appeared on focusingonwildlife.com) Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. These relics of time gone by now cling to a precarious existence on the sheer cliffs of Ethiopia’s mountains, from which each morning they materialize, ...

Purchasing an air ticket can be quite a daunting task when you consider the cost involved.  Air travel is expensive, regardless of where you live or where you are travelling to. The last thing a traveller wants to do is make a mistake and incur additional costs to change the ticket, or to lose money ...

Over the last few years of intense travel I’ve learned a few things, both from my own experiences and from those of other travelers. Most of this is common sense but I hope at least one or two items will be of use. Birding tours usually operate in countries with limited access to a wide ...