INTRODUCTION Overview 2pp world map showing major encounters Ethical considerations including codes of best practice Box Dangerous animals: What constitutes 'dangerous'? FOREST/RAINFOREST Introduction Gorillas * Mountain - Tracking in Rwanda, Uganda * Western lowland - Tracking in Central African Republic; People's Republic of Congo Chimpanzees Tracking in Uganda; Gombe Stream, Tanzania; Chimfunshi (Zambia) - orphanage Orang utan Tracking in Borneo, Sumatra; Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary, Borneo Proboscis monkeys Lemurs Tracking in Madagascar Spread General look at primates eg: baboons in highlands of Ethiopia; temple monkeys in Sri Lanka & Thailand?; barbary apes, Gibraltar; primate communications Tigers Walking safaris in Satpura National Park, India (Wildlife Worldwide); Project Tiger; tracking tigers on elephant, India Jaguars Guyana Komodo dragons Flores, Indonesia Spread Walking in the Costa Rican rainforest, the only way to see wildlife (sloths, armadillos, coatis, howler monkeys, iguanas, leaf-cutter ants, birds). Bais Gabon, Congo, CAR Spread Snakes Seeing snakes on foot. Debunking the myths. Spread Minibeasts Microscale encounters - eg: giraffe weevils; dung beetles; bizarre insects etc. Mayflies on River Tisza, Hungary. Spread Things that glow in the dark: glow worms (inc New Zealand), fireflies etc (eg: Nipa palm of Borneo); luminous ocean organisms Bats How to watch and where; fruit bats, inc Kasanka National Park, Zambia; Birds Hides at salt licks - eg: South America & SE Asia (Malaysia) SAVANNAH/PLAINS Introduction Elephants * African elephant o Walking safaris - Africa (southern, eastern, Ghana) o Tracking (www.gonomad.com/helps/0606/namibia.html) * Asian elephant - Walking safaris, Satpura NP, India Box Riding - Thailand; Zambia; elsewhere (consider ethics) Rhinoceros Rhino tracking - Umfolozi/Hluwe, South Africa; Damaraland, Namibia Matobo Hills - possible to track white rhino on foot with very good chances of finding them. Rhino walking safaris, Kruger National Park (Rainbow Tours) Lions Tracking lions Ethics of walking with lions (eg Livingstone) Cheetah Several research projects (eg: Okonjima in Namibia) have cheetah in extensive enclosures, so can approach very close - but not entirely wild Leopard Spread Walking safaris in Africa The ultimate way to connect with wildlife Spread Herbivores How to observe and approach species from giraffe and zebra to British native British deer. Touch on great migrations - eg Wildebeest in Serengeti; Liuwa Plains; caribou Spread Mountain bike safari Tuli Block, Botswana; South Luangwa, Zambia; Malawi. Also South America (Brazil?); India Spread Horseriding safari Okavango Delta, Botswana; Mutinondo & Shiwa Ng'andu, Zambia Are there others - eg: Mongolia, South Africa, South America, USA/Canada? Also consider in plains context eg: South America eg: llanos; Asia Birds eg: Great bustard, Hungary DESERT Introduction Minibeasts Sand creatures eg: geckos, tok tokkie beetles etc - Namib Desert; Kalahari Desert; Chalbi Desert, Sahara. Spread Desert adaptation Knowing what to look for and where. Box Camel riding, eg: Rajasthan; Gran Canaria; Middle East (consider ethics) MOUNTAIN Introduction Bears Watching from hides: Finland; also Romania, Bulgaria (Wildlife Worldwide) Accompanying researchers on trails, Slovakia (Wildlife Worldwide) * Brown, black & spirit bears Watching from platform, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia (Wildlife Worldwide) * Panda bears Tracking China (Wildlife Worldwide) Wolves Wolf tracking, Romania (Wildlife Worldwide) Snow leopard Tracking in Pakistan, Ladakh etc Spread Walking in Kimberley region, Northern Australia Kangaroos, birds, etc Birds of prey * Eagles - paragliding (eg: Turkish coast)? * Condor - climbing Spread Where eagles dare Mountains and birds of prey. Thermals; corridors. Scavengers also on plains/savanna Griffon vultures/lammergeiers - Els Ports Mountains, Spain * Cape vultures POLAR Introduction Polar bears Tundra buggy, Canada (www.tundrabuggy.com). Vehicular, but unconventional Penguins Antarctica (Huskies Norway) Spread Canoeing & camping in Antarctica A wilderness experience with strong possibility of seeing whales, seals etc (Quark/Oceanwide) RIVERINE Introduction Hippo Watching from hide, South Luangwa, Zambia Box Swimming with hippo, Zambia Frogs and other amphibians Spread Canoeing * Zambezi - hippo; crocodile; birdlife * Pantanal, Brazil - giant river otter; jaguar; monkeys; birdlife * Kimberley region, Northern Australia Shoebill Uganda; Bangweulu Swamps, Zambia Shoe Spread Birdwatching as a spectacle - eg: on an estuary; 'how to' approach. Incorporate major bird migrations
