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Bird Uganda with Bird Uganda Safaris

10,000 Birds

We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. Herbert Byaruhanga , affectionately known as “Papa” or father of tourism, is one of Uganda’s most distinguished bird guides. Black-chested snake Eagle with a snake at Matheniko Wildlife Reserve Eastern Uganda. Shoebill at Mabamba Swamp.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

10,000 Birds

Since the 1990s, Briggs has researched and authored several pioneering Bradt Guides to destinations that were then – and in some cases still are – otherwise practically uncharted by the travel publishing industry.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! The timber industry-led assault on this resource is building towards ecological catastrophe. Another of Ghana’s forest gems, the seldom encountered Fraser’s Eagle Owl. .

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