![]() He is qualified with the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA), the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association (KPSGA) and also holds a UK Mountain Leader qualification. Robin is a British professional educator and field guide based in Nairobi, Kenya. ![]() A certain level of fitness is required for the tour, as the terrain may be rough, steep, or slippery in parts. Some time is spent above 3000m ASL. Whilst some of the lodges are appointed simply, each is comfortable and has private en suite facilities. Depending on availability, some accommodation in Tsavo may be in luxury en suite serviced tents. This is a traditional lodge-based wildlife tour. In summary, Naturetrek herpetology holidays are suitable, and offer tremendous value, for those who spend most of their holiday time in wildlife habitats and for whom seeing some of the world’s superb reptiles and amphibians is the focus of their time away. Some of the target reptile or amphibian species may require longer field hours to locate and therefore this tour is suitable, and most enjoyable, for experienced herpetologists or naturalists who, aside from wishing to see the region’s rarely-seen reptiles and amphibians, relish being in the field searching for and identifying the vast array of birds, mammals, butterflies, invertebrates, orchids and other wildlife which can be found sharing the wonderful habitats that we’ll explore on the tour. Sensitively checking under stones, logs and other refugia is an effective way of finding many species. Whilst searching, there is no doubt we’ll come across a huge variety of amazing fauna and flora, which we’ll also take time to enjoy, but reptiles and amphibians will strongly remain our focus. We’ll focus our time in the field on building an enviable list of reptile and amphibian species seen. On average, 5-8 miles are walked per day. With an equal percentage of the target reptile and amphibian species likely to be nocturnal, these night searches are an important part of the tour but are optional, with some participants preferring to rest on some of the days. Most evenings it will be possible to do excursions in search of nocturnal species, which will on average be for three hours after dinner. On a typical day on our herpetology tours we’ll begin searching in the field after breakfast, when the sun has warmed the substrates and landscapes, often getting into the vehicles at 9am and, after stopping for approximately one hour for lunch, we’ll continue into early-evening when we will stop for a rest and dinner.
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