tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:35:39 +0000http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)Blogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198.post-4537973053489349349Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:38:00 +00002009-04-04T12:02:07.014+01:00Gorillas 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 http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/2009/04/gorilla-information-mountain-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198.post-8117221311392458570Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:31:00 +00002009-02-19T17:18:54.011ZUganda 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 http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/2009/02/uganda-gorilla-safari-chimpanzees-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198.post-85878638054065276Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:50:00 +00002009-01-08T15:57:56.230ZGOING 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 http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/2009/01/going-apethe-challenges-and-rewards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198.post-198636560636006264Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:14:00 +00002008-09-25T17:43:34.955+01:00 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 http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/2008/09/madagascar-wildlife-vacation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198.post-2532514872162111948Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:52:00 +00002008-02-15T12:06:06.137ZWhen 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 http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/2008/02/tanzania-wildlife-safari-serengeti-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198.post-4112512366646397260Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:46:00 +00002008-02-15T11:47:44.096ZTanzania 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 http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/2008/02/mahale-chimpanzee-safari.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198.post-5252103319090031264Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:08:00 +00002007-11-08T11:30:23.720ZBy 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 http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/2007/11/overseas-travel-primate-safari-borneo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7692370526924372198.post-169165390564740093Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:14:00 +00002007-11-02T17:19:14.724ZWorld 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 http://worldprimatesafaris.com/blog/2007/10/congo-and-central-african-republic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (World Primate Safaris/World Big Cat Safaris)