Hi all,
I'm toying with the idea of making a trip to Indonesia with my wife. My problem--one that I'm sure many of you must have when you travel--is that my better half is not as crazy about birds as I am. She's happy enough to see megafauna and some of the more spectacular birds but not enough to suffer for it like I would. If I were traveling solo, I would definitely be looking at some of the more intensive jungle treks but, since I have to compromise, I was looking at the orangutan and komodo dragon tours with the thinking that I'd get to see, well, orangutans and komodo dragons, but that I'd probably run into a fair amount of great birds as well without making my wife suffer camping in a tent in the jungle or standing around for 15 minutes while I try to get a picture of an LBJ. So, after that long preamble my question is this: I fear some of these tours are little more than glorified trips to the zoo, especially the komodo dragon tours. Has anyone been on these and, if so, would you recommend them?
Thanks
--Chad
I'm toying with the idea of making a trip to Indonesia with my wife. My problem--one that I'm sure many of you must have when you travel--is that my better half is not as crazy about birds as I am. She's happy enough to see megafauna and some of the more spectacular birds but not enough to suffer for it like I would. If I were traveling solo, I would definitely be looking at some of the more intensive jungle treks but, since I have to compromise, I was looking at the orangutan and komodo dragon tours with the thinking that I'd get to see, well, orangutans and komodo dragons, but that I'd probably run into a fair amount of great birds as well without making my wife suffer camping in a tent in the jungle or standing around for 15 minutes while I try to get a picture of an LBJ. So, after that long preamble my question is this: I fear some of these tours are little more than glorified trips to the zoo, especially the komodo dragon tours. Has anyone been on these and, if so, would you recommend them?
Thanks
--Chad