article thumbnail

Wrapping Up Birding Tourism February

10,000 Birds

It was a fun month with posts from places as varied as Greece and Uganda, Costa Rica and India. Bird Uganda Safaris. Babita Wildlife Tours. Wildlife Explorers. We here at 10,000 Birds dedicated the month of February to highlighting a variety of birding tourism companies, destinations, and guides. InkaNatura Travel.

article thumbnail

Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

My connection with Ghana began rather unexpectedly (and as it turned out, rather humorously) more than ten years ago. 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! What makes Ghana so special?

Ghana 193
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

10,000 Birds

Yala National Park is brimming with wildlife and there are good chances of seeing Leopard , Sloth Bear and Asian Elephant , while it is also excellent for dry-zone birds, while the nearby Bundala coastal marshes and Palatupana ponds are good spots for shorebirds.

Sri Lanka 147
article thumbnail

Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

[Dragan]: What puts Philip Briggs’s Sri Lanka into a class of its own is a special emphasis on nature and wildlife-watching tourism.

Sri Lanka 228
article thumbnail

Largest Ever Trafficking Bust in Africa

Critter News

An operation across five Africa countries over weekend, targeting wildlife crime has led to arrest of almost 60 people and seizure of one ton of illegal elephant ivory, Interpol has reported. Tags: wildlife crime ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants. Just five days ago.

article thumbnail

Introducing the African Birding Beat

10,000 Birds

Mountain Gorillas are best observed in Uganda or Rwanda And to avoid – currently, one needs to be very cautious if planning a trip to Ivory Coast, Somalia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (the People’s Republic or Congo-Brazzaville is however safe), Burundi, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and a few other unstable nations.