kittykat23uk
Well-known member
Dear all
Always one to start planning my holiday early, I'd like some ideas for a wildlife based holiday for next year. Considering I am off to India next month I would say that it would either need to be a main holiday (2 weeks anything up to about £2000 for travel and accommodation) some time in autumn 2008 or a couple of cheaper breaks (c. £200 to 400 for travel and accommodation) with perhaps a view to another biggie in the spring of 2009.
My interests are birding (duh!) but also scuba diving and mammals, particularly big cats. So far I have dived the red sea twice, been on safari /diving in Kenya last November, attempted to dive the dominican republic (2002) and been to India birding/safari in 1995 and of course going again this year.
I loved all the above except the Dom rep, but that was for a variety of reasons, and I'm sure if I were to go again with the right person, things would be a lot different.
This November is my first holiday in five years with my partner and he has only ever been to Europe and never been on a wildlife-based holiday before. If we get on well, hopefully he'll want to come on holiday with me more often and if so, it might be that I go for a couple of shorter breaks, one with him and one either diving or doing something else. He is not so interested in wildlife unless it is big and predatory (he like wolves, big cats, birds of prey etc, but not little brown jobs). He also doesn't get on well in very hot or humid climates. He also likes good food, beer, relaxing and heavy metal! :eek!:
We have yet to visit North or South America, or most of Europe.
So any ideas gratefully received.
Always one to start planning my holiday early, I'd like some ideas for a wildlife based holiday for next year. Considering I am off to India next month I would say that it would either need to be a main holiday (2 weeks anything up to about £2000 for travel and accommodation) some time in autumn 2008 or a couple of cheaper breaks (c. £200 to 400 for travel and accommodation) with perhaps a view to another biggie in the spring of 2009.
My interests are birding (duh!) but also scuba diving and mammals, particularly big cats. So far I have dived the red sea twice, been on safari /diving in Kenya last November, attempted to dive the dominican republic (2002) and been to India birding/safari in 1995 and of course going again this year.
I loved all the above except the Dom rep, but that was for a variety of reasons, and I'm sure if I were to go again with the right person, things would be a lot different.
This November is my first holiday in five years with my partner and he has only ever been to Europe and never been on a wildlife-based holiday before. If we get on well, hopefully he'll want to come on holiday with me more often and if so, it might be that I go for a couple of shorter breaks, one with him and one either diving or doing something else. He is not so interested in wildlife unless it is big and predatory (he like wolves, big cats, birds of prey etc, but not little brown jobs). He also doesn't get on well in very hot or humid climates. He also likes good food, beer, relaxing and heavy metal! :eek!:
We have yet to visit North or South America, or most of Europe.
So any ideas gratefully received.