Accompanied by my friend Mike Bird, I went on a birding trip to Arunachal Pradesh in N.E. India in March 2024. The trip was organised and led by our Indian friend Abid Rehman, who runs “Eastern Geography Tours” based in Assam. We were also accompanied by Abid’s knowledgeable assistant Arun and Jitoo who was our excellent driver.
In May 2023 we went on a Naturetrek trip to Sabah in the Malaysian section of Borneo with a focus on mammals. After a couple of nights at Sepilok to visit the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre we spent a week in Deramakot Forest Reserve and then finished with a few days on the Kinabatangan River.
On our way to Papua New Guinea in search of Birds of Paradise we stopped off for a few days in Singapore. Whilst there we hired a local bird guide, Kim Seng, for a day of birding. He took us to Bukit Timah nature reserve, Bukit Barok nature park, and Sungei Buloh wetland reserve.
In November 2010 we arranged a private, two week wildlife tour in Sri Lanka with the locally based company Birdwing Nature Holidays, which is run by Amila Salgado who accompanied us as our guide.
We went to India with friends Mike and Colleen in January 2020, spending a week in Assam and a week in Madhya Pradesh.
We arranged a ‘tailor made’ Naturetrek trip to India in March 2017, visiting Pench and Kanha National Parks in Madhya Pradesh