We have recently finished a week diving in the Red Sea aboard the Ghazala Explorer. We visited the Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone and had some great dives. Altogether I did 18 dives out of a possible 19 so the pace was fairly full on. I didn’t do a huge amount of photography during theContinueContinue reading “Diving in the Red Sea”
Category Archives: 2. International
Birding Lake Quarun, Egypt
We are in Egypt for a diving holiday but decided to have a day birdwatching from Cairo. A review of eBird hotspots suggested the best place would be Lake Quarun and we managed to track down a guide and transport from the city. We started the day early (3.40am) to get on site for dawn.ContinueContinue reading “Birding Lake Quarun, Egypt”
Birding from Rio de Janeiro
Amazingly we have reached the end of our wonderful 8 month adventure travelling from Mexico to Rio via 17 countries. We have had some fantastic wildlife adventures along the way and I have really enjoyed sharing them on this blog. But all good things must come to an end so it came down to ourContinueContinue reading “Birding from Rio de Janeiro”
Birding Iguazu Falls
So moving on in Argentina we went to Iguazu. Primarily this was to visit the amazing waterfall but we are trying to birdwatch everywhere too as each new area has some new birds. So we booked one day with Pocho of Birding Iguazu. Pocho was a lovely guy and a super-skilled guide who really knewContinueContinue reading “Birding Iguazu Falls”
Birding from Buenos Aires
As our big trip nears the end we are mainly managing single days birding around more touristy destinations. First up is a day birding from Buenos Aires. We chose to go to Ceibas a birding rich area north of the city. We also chose to go with Diego of Buenos Aires Birding. Another great guideContinueContinue reading “Birding from Buenos Aires”
Bolivian Highlands
We just spent four days travelling around the Bolivia Highlands from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. This is really a hostile environment with us travelling between 3600-5000m and experiencing temperatures of -10C. However there is wildlife to be seen, sometimes in surprising abundance. A few pictures of the landscapes below. There were a lotContinueContinue reading “Bolivian Highlands”
Manu National Park
Following on from our 4 days birding on Manu Road we have just gone deeper and spent 6 days in the Manu National Park itself exploring this part of the remote Amazon Rainforest. We took a six day tour with Manu Wildlife Peru with three nights at the Treehouse Inn and two at Casa Matsigueka.ContinueContinue reading “Manu National Park”
Manu Road – Part 2 (Rainforest)
Having birded for two days in the Andes and Cloud forest we continued our birding adventure with the excellent Wild Watch Peru by descending into the bamboo and foothill rain forest around Manu Road. We stopped on the road at Conta Chaca as we descended and were pleased to see our first Macaws flying overContinueContinue reading “Manu Road – Part 2 (Rainforest)”
Manu Road – Part 1 (Andes and Cloud Forest)
Just over 900 bird species have been observed in my home continent of Europe – whilst over 1800 have been observed in the country of Peru (think about that)! One reason for this amazing diversity is the great variation in elevation from sea-level to the High Andes (at over 6,000m). One way to see thisContinueContinue reading “Manu Road – Part 1 (Andes and Cloud Forest)”
The Condors of Colca Canyon
In our journey from Mexico to Rio, we have made it as far as Arequipa. This meant we had the option for a two day side trip to visit the Colca Canyon and hopefully see Andean Condors. This is a bird I have always wanted to see since it is widely recognised as the largestContinueContinue reading “The Condors of Colca Canyon”
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