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Rwanda Dreaming

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And the results are indicative, representative and nothing short of surprising: Brunei, The Gambia, Belize, Jamaica, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Panama and Haiti top the list. Nyungwe National Park, photo Rwanda Development Board. Sources: 1 Rwanda, African Bird Club.

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“Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife”

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Forget the old news, Rwanda of today is one of Africa’s safest, cleanest and most stable countries. The “Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife” gives you the info how and where to look for both birds and mammals (not just primates, the title is somewhat misleading). Is there a need to say anything more?

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Baby Gorilla Rescued from Snare in Rwanda

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The longest way to Costa Rica goes around the world!

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In such a case, you might opt to book an eastbound flight, or a series of flights, from Lisbon to Sao Tome and Principe, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, then Sri Lanka, Thailand, Borneo, PNG, Tahiti, Ecuador, Guyana and finally to Costa Rica…. Rusizi Tented Camp, Akagera National Park, Rwanda. Yet, for most people, birders are all eccentric.

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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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And the results are indicative, representative and nothing short of surprising: Brunei, The Gambia, Belize, Jamaica, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea and Panama top the list. 10 Rwanda (670 sp. / Malaysia, Rwanda and Ecuador top my wish list. 1 en), French Guyana (727 sp. / 8 Honduras (778 sp. /

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Bird Uganda with Bird Uganda Safaris

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Herbert is Managing Director of Bird Uganda Safaris, LTD and his company offers a variety of birding and wildlife tours of the most naturally resplendent regions of Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. He is also the team leader of the African Birding Expo which has made him a members of the World Bird Fairs Council. Herbert holds a B.

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12 countries with the greatest bird species density

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With an excellent safety record and quickly improving standards of nature protection and tourism infrastructure, Rwanda is a rising ecotourism star of this group. The key areas are Kotu Creek (most hotels are there), Abuko NR, Tanji, Brufut Community Forest, Tujareng, Makasutu Cultural Forest, Kiang West NP and the neighbouring Tendaba Camp.

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Virunga Wildlife Rangers On the Offensive Against Militias

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

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And what I am saying here doesn’t only apply to his Sri Lanka guide, but to all the others as well (these include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Suriname).

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Mad about the Congo

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This whole mess reminds me of other similar situations.Kosovo, Bosnia, Rwanda. Clearly, I haven't been following this as I should have been. Right now, I am frustrated with the EU and the UN. There is a crisis and the UN and the EU do the proverbial "fiddling while Rome burns."

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Birding crème de la crème: Africa – Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park

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The bird-richest region of Africa is its equatorial East: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (unlike the rest, the last one, Burundi, is politically unstable and not recommendable).

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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

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The first Lions to be re-introduced to Rwanda a few days ago were sourced from Tembe. Lions were re-introduced to the park a few years ago and have done so well the park now serves as a source of Lions for translocations.

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Introducing the African Birding Beat

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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.

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Birds of Kruger National Park and Wildlife of Ecuador: Two WILDGuides Reviewed

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Both men lead trips for tour company Tropical Birding (Barnes is a founder), and they have also co-authored Wildlife of Madagascar (another WildGuide volume, 2016), Birding Ethiopia (with Christian Boix, 2010) and Wild Rwanda (with Christian Boix, 2015).

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The Storks of Africa

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The Shoebill’s center of distribution are the Sudd Swamps along the Nile in South Sudan, with smaller numbers occurring into southwestern Ethiopia, Uganda, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (DRC) with an isolated southern population in the Bengwuelu Swamps of north-eastern Zambia.

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Africa’s Barbets

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The little known Red-faced is found in moist broad-leafed woodlands of very southern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and remote north-west Tanzania. From northern Tanzania, Black-collared is replaced by Brown-breasted , and further north again by Black-billed. Banded is an attractive species endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea.

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Python Caves and the Very Dangerous Bats

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The latter species is now nearly an Albertine endemic, as the region of western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DR Congo is an area high in interesting endemics. And then there’s the bats. And for all that I am playing with how dangerous these bats are, the fact is they probably aren’t.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

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These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, among others, all of which are regularly updated for new editions. In recent years he authored the first English-language guidebook to Suriname and an overhauled 600-page guidebook to Sri Lanka, both published by Bradt.