Customer Comment: Mr Southwell, Tanzania

Just to let you know that we had a great holiday in Tanzania and were extremely well looked after by the safari company and our driver called, 'Victor'.

Victor was very helpful and polite and had a master's eye of seeing animals, and was quite prepared to get up for our 6am safaris on most days.

The accommodation was excellent and the food was good and we had two upgrades on accommodation; one in the Serengeti and one for our first two nights.

We were lucky and we saw all the animals we wanted to see including 10 cheetahs.

I would like to congratulate you on such a good holiday and I will certainly recommend you if anybody is asking about a good safari company.

Once again, very many thanks and I hope we will be able to use your organisation again in the future.

Mr Southwell, October 2008

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Wildlife Worldwide UK Event - Charles Darwin Bicentennial Celebrations – Galapagos Evening

Wednesday 26th November

Wildlife Worldwide, Long Barn South, Sutton Manor Farm, Bishop’s Sutton, Hampshire SO24 0AA

Following the success of last years events and to further our support for organisations helping to protect endangered species, we are holding a number of evenings of informational talks and workshops by wildlife experts at our barn offices in Hampshire.

The first of these evenings will be a celebration of Charles Darwin’s bicentennial year in 2009 and the 150th anniversary of his work ‘On the Origin of Species’. We will be joined by one of our top Galapagos naturalists and guides, Pierre Thomas. Pierre will offer first hand knowledge of these unique islands and talk about next years historic celebrations.

This event will take place on the evening of Wednesday 26th November (exact time to be confirmed).
Drinks and nibbles will be provided in a relaxed atmosphere where you will be able to chat with the Wildlife Worldwide team about potential interest in, not only the Galapagos Islands, but any destinations which may take your fancy.

All barn evenings will be free, with a suggested voluntary contribution which will be donated to different organisations for their work in endangered species conservation. On this occasion all monies will go to The Galapagos Conservation Trust (http://www.gct.org/).

If you are interested in this or any future events then please contact Mel Kinder mel.kinder@wildlifeworldwide.com or on 01962 737642.

Future events will also be advertised on the website and through the monthly eNews.

Wildlife Worldwide UK Event: Antarctica as an Experience: The Last Great Wilderness on the Planet

Wednesday 5th November 7:30 pm

Gilbert White’s House and the Oates Museum, Field Centre – Selborne, Hampshire, GU34 3JH(£10.50 entry to Gilbert White’sHouse)

Join Antarctic tour guide and photographer Roger Slade for this beautifully illustrated ‘tour’ of the Antarctic Peninsular, the South Shetland Islands and the sub Antarctic islands of South Georgia and the Falklands.

Roger is recently touring the country with a display of his superb photographs of this region. Wildlife Worldwide are proud to sponsor Roger for these events and will be present at the evening to answer any trip queries.

Drinks and nibbles will be provided.

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Customer Comments - Borneo's Rainforest Odyssey - August 2008

"Wildlife Worldwide was recommended to us by friends as we were looking for a company that offered a wide range of wildlife focused holidays. We decided early on New Year's Eve that we wanted to visit Borneo but we had quite a few questions about the trip so we sent Wildlife Worldwide an email. We were very impressed that by 10am on January 2nd (when most of us still have a hangover!), that not only had we received a reply, but all our questions had been fully answered. That was a very good start and from then on we found our consultant Estelle was very efficient, knowledgeable and friendly. The pre-departure information was also very helpful. It gave us a good introduction to the culture of Borneo, the type of wildlife we might see and suggestions for useful items to pack. We were particularly grateful for the suggestion of jungle boots and leech socks!

We chose the "Rainforest Odyssey" as the itinerary seemed to be well paced and it offered a wide and varied series of locations for us to visit with differing types of wildlife. We particularly liked the fact that local guides were used in each area we visited and each of our guides was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. We had most looked forward to seeing the orang-utans at Sepilok and the turtles on Selingan Island and these were indeed wonderful wildlife experiences. But the real star of the holiday was the rainforest itself. It is just teeming with life. It's hard to explain this incredible sight and all the sounds and smells that go with it. We loved our jungle treks as it made us feel like intrepid explorers, and one of our guides had been taught by his father how to survive in the jungle when he was just a small boy. The holiday was a truly great adventure for us.'

Mount Kinabalu (Lisa):

Borneo Rainforest Lodge in the Danum Valley (Lisa):

Lunch time for the Orang-Utans at Sepilok (Lisa):

Sleeping Proboscis Monkey at Kinabatangan River (Lisa):

Early morning in the Borneo's Danum Valley (Lisa):

Lisa D'Agostino and Jon Ryder-Oliver - went to Borneo on Rainforest Odyssey in August 08.

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Customer Comment: Wildlife artist - Robert Fuller

Wildlife artist Robert Fuller is a regular traveller with Wildlife Worldwide, having previously visited India, South Georgia and The Falkland Islands and earlier this year Finland for some bear watching...

Robert with Albatrosses:

Robert with his painting of King Penguins:

Robert in the Bear Hide in Finland:

Robert and Victoria in Patagonia:

'We like to travel with Wildlife Worldwide as they focus on the wildlife and it is not treated as an afterthought like other companies. The layout of the brochure is great for getting tailor-made ideas and we also like the ability to either opt for one of the suggesed itineraries or to be able to create our own, depending on specific requirements. The consultants have great knowledge of the locations and it is a very easy process to book.

We feel that the price reflects what you get - a feeling of independence, with the options of staying in some really unusual places, with wildlife on your doorstep. There are no unnecessary frills attached'.

Have a look at Robert's own eNews where he outlines his sightlings during the trip to Finland (This is a pdf which is 2.6Mb, so may take a moment to download, depending on your internet connection) or -

Click here for Robert's website.

Customer Review: Colin Kilpatrick in Brazil - October 2008

We had a great time. The only things that we didn't see was Jaguar (typical!) and Maned Wolf, although other people at San Francisco had seen both. We saw plenty of river dolphins at the Mamiraua along with uakari monkeys, sloths, black caimain, piraracu etc, which was excellent and it's a great place to visit. It was definitely better to do the Amazon first and then Pantanal as wildlife is just easier to see in the Pantanal, but the Amazon has other things to offer. We also really enjoyed Poco das Antas and Rio. The Panatanal was great, we probably saw most of the larger mammals at San Francisco Farm where we saw Ocelot, Tapir, Anteater etc. The north was better for birds and Caiman though. Overall we saw 8 species of monkey, sloth, 2 species of Dolphin, 4 species of macaw, 2 species of Anteater, Giant Otter, Capybara, White lipped Pecary, Tapir, 4 species of Deer, crab eating fox and racoon and Ocelot - so not bad overall!

The only bit of the trip that I might have changed was to stay another night at Xaeres, which was really nice and took ages to get to for just 1 night (I didn't realize that it was so far from Campo Grande!), also I think that I would probably skip Puma and have a couple more goes at seeing Jaguar on the Cuiaba river, possibly staying at Porto Joffre. I think if we went back we'd probably concentrate on trying to see Jaguar and possibly go to Caiman Lodge which sounded good. Apart from journey to Xaeres, which would have been fine if we stayed 2 nights, the pace of the trip was actually fine.

Click here to see more of Colin's fantastic wildlife pictures from Brazil