World Primate Safaris Blog
Hear what we have to say on the latest destinations, wildlife issues and wildlife holidays...
Please find articles and reports from our World Primate Safaris staff and consultants on recent trips that they have undertaken. At WPS we continually endeavour to stay up to date with each destination so that we know when and where to send our clients in order that they can benefit from the best wildlife viewing possible.
Whether mountain gorilla tracking in Uganda and Rwanda, lowland gorilla tracking in the Republic of Congo and Central African Republic, on safari to see the famous migration in Tanzania or on a family wildlife holiday to Borneo or Madagascar we believe that we can put you in the right place at the right time to maximise your holiday experience...
Alternatively for recent reports and updates on our sister company World Big Cat Safaris and destinations including Botswana, Kenya, India, Zambia and Tanzania please click here.
Gorilla Information; Mountain and Lowland Gorilla Facts
Posted on Saturday 04th of April 2009
Gorillas Information ? An IntroductionGorillas (Gorilla) are the largest of the great apes, a family group known as Pongidea which includes chimpanzees (Pan) and orangutans (Pongo). These species are our closest mammal relatives and are grouped with us into the super family Hominoidea.It is now almost universally accepted that chimpanzees are our closest living relative; next in line are the ... Read more
Uganda Gorilla Safari, Chimpanzees and Game - Jan 2009
Posted on Thursday 19th of February 2009
Uganda Gorilla Safari, Rwanda Gorilla Safari and Chimpanzees and Game - Jan 2009Monday 12 Jan 2009I had a manic morning in the office to make sure everything was sorted before I left on my Gorilla Safari to Africa. I was really excited as it had been 6 years since I was last in Uganda and Rwanda so it was going to be interesting to see how things had changed. I flew with Kenyan Airways via ... Read more
GOING APE?..the challenges and rewards
Posted on Thursday 08th of January 2009
GOING APE?..the challenges and rewardsAlan C. Wood?Genus Homo; Species Human, Homo sapiensThere is something inherently fascinating about apes; perhaps that is because we humans are members of the Family Hominidae, one of the four species of great ape, and have much in common with our closest relations in the animal world.Trekking and tracking our cousins in the wild can be a tiring yet ... Read more
Madagascar Wildlife Vacation
Posted on Thursday 25th of September 2008
Shaun's Recce to Madagascar - September 2008 After reading and hearing so much about Madagascar I couldn?t wait to experience this unique countries wildlife and people first hand.I arrived into Antananarivo late on the 3 September 2008 after a long and tiring flight. It was nice to have a welcoming face waiting for me at the airport. I was taken to the Hotel Sakamanga which is a clean and ... Read more
Tanzania Wildlife Safari - Serengeti and Singita
Posted on Friday 15th of February 2008
When Will suggested that I should head back to Tanzania in November 2007 to visit a few lodges in the Serengeti I was glad to be going back to my old stomping ground. He then mentioned; ?may be it would be a good idea to check out the Singita Grumeti Reserves whilst you?re there?. I couldn?t agree more knowing that Singita ran the fabulous Ebony Lodge in the Sabi Sands Reserve, South Africa as ... Read more
Mahale Chimpanzee Safari
Posted on Friday 15th of February 2008
Tanzania is blessed with an abundance of wildlife and host of national parks that draws visitors from around the globe to marvel at its spectacular showcase of living creatures. Visitors are spoilt for choice with evocative names such as the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Selous, Ruaha and so on. Yet on its western boundary there is an enchanting range of forested hills that descend ... Read more
Overseas Travel - A Primate Safari - Borneo
Posted on Thursday 08th of November 2007
By James Fair - BBC Wildlife MagazineHey, it?s the monkeys...The proboscis monkey has a big nose, an even bigger belly and a huge survival problem. James Fair travels to the world?s third largest island to find out whether primates could help to conserve its precious forests.Most people have played that game where they fantasise about what animal they would like to be reincarnated as. Ooh, a ... Read more
Congo and Central African Republic Pioneering Trip
Posted on Friday 02nd of November 2007
World Primate Safaris ? Congo/CAR - A Pioneering Trip to Dzangha Bai, Bai Hokou and Mbeli Bai - Forest Elephants, lowland gorillas and pristine forests...In September 2007 we decided to run a World Primate Safaris pioneering trip to the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. An area renowned for its rich diversity of fauna and flora and with the only habituated group of lowland ... Read more
