Barry Griffiths and Geoff Carpentier have just returned from a scouting trip to one of the most exciting natural destinations in the world - Borneo. The newest tour in Quest's extensive worldwide nature tour program.
They report that, during their all too brief trip, they saw (up close and personal) over a dozen species of mammals including Orang Utans, Proboscis Monkeys, Maroon Langurs and Pig-tailed Macaques.
In addition, over 100 avian species appeared in their binoculars including Bornean Bristlehead, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Stork-billed Kingfisher and Spectacled Spiderhunter. Apparently the early mornings and late afternoons produced some of the best birding of their lives.
Now that they have put the final touches to the itinerary, you can be assured that this brand-new Quest trip will be one of the most unique and exciting offerings ever.
You won't want to miss this trip to one of the last remaining reserves of lowland rainforest in Borneo. Join Geoff Carpentier in September 2008, and let him introduce you to some of the finest flora and fauna in the world...
Madagascar
Madagascar easy
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Cost: Approx. Euros3455 / Approx. C$4885 2007 Departure Friday September 21 - Saturday October 6.
This site is under construction. Please call Pamela Berton for further details.
Robin is a wonderful naturalist, and an expert tour leader, who always garners great accolades form the participants on his tours. He is the Senior Naturalist at the Delta Grandview Resort in Muskoka, Ontario and is well known for running its very successful natur and astronomy programs. He has led many Quest tours to the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Muskoka and New Brunswick.
Pamela Berton -
Pamela has been a member of Quest Nature Tours' sales team for over ten years, and has been involved in Nature Tourism for over twenty years. She is Quest's expert sales consultant in Canadian and International Land Tours. In fact, she has been a participant on many of them including, most recently, India and East Africa. She is able to offer valuable insights for tour participants.
For the fifth year, we are going to visit one of the most sought-after of all destinations - the fabled and mystical island of Madagascar. Our previous tours have been very successful in spotting the wildlife with 15 species of lemurs, a large percentage of the endemic birds, and many of the huge chameleons of the island observed.
This isolated island, which has given birth to wildly strange creatures and plants, is remarkable in every way. After separating from the east coast of Africa more than 60 million years ago, and drifting into the Indian Ocean, it has followed an independent course of evolution, which has allowed it to develop an amazing variety of unique life forms.
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