An impressive male Proboscis Monkey. As we sailed along the Sekonyer River in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we spotted a male Proboscis Monkey sitting on an exposed branch over the river. These are very striking and impressive monkeys. The proboscis...
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Playful young Orangutan – Borneo 2023
Playful young Orangutan. In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo we came across this Orangutan with her youngster. They were both feeding but the youngster decided to do this whilst hanging upside down. Its mother paid the youngster no attention even when...
Male Orangutan calls loudly across the jungle – Borneo 2023
Male Orangutan calls loudly across the jungle. As we sailed along the Sekonyer River in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we spotted a male Orangutan high in the trees along the river bank. It was scratching itself and eating fruits. It the disappeared...
An Orangutan called Albert: a large alpha male – Borneo 2023
An Orangutan called Albert - a large alpha male. Light rain was falling in Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesian Borneo when this large alpha male Orangutan turned up at the feeding station. He was known as Albert - a great name for such a striking great ape. One...
Young Orangutan plays by swinging from a tree – Borneo 2023
Young Orangutan plays by swinging from a tree. In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo we came across this Orangutan with her youngster. Whilst the mother did some grooming the youngster hung from the tree branch and swung from side to side. A very...
Proboscis Monkeys and their tiny babies – Borneo 2023
Proboscis Monkeys and their tiny babies. As we sailed along the Sekonyer River in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we spotted a female Proboscis Monkey sitting on an exposed branch over the river. She was nursing her very young baby. All was peaceful...
Just hanging around: Orangutan with her tiny baby – Borneo 2023
Just hanging around: Orangutan with her tiny baby. In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo we were lucky to come across a Orangutan with her tiny baby. It was remarkable that they just hung from the branches of trees without a care in the world. A clear...
Greater Coucal with a Speckle-headed Vine Snake – Borneo 2023
Greater Coucal with a Speckle-headed Vine Snake. It was raining in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) as we sailed along the Sekonyer River. A flash of colour across the river - a Greater Coucal. It landed in a tree on the river bank and we could see...
Probocis Monkeys on the move – Borneo 2023
Probocis Monkeys on the move. As we sailed along the Sekonyer River in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we could see and hear a troupe of Proboscis Monkeys making their way through the jungle. We got in position where we anticipated the moneys would...
Orangutan with her young baby – Borneo 2023
Orangutan with her young baby. In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo we were lucky to come across a Orangutan with her young baby. It was remarkable watch how effortlessly she moved amongst the tree with her baby clinging to her hair. They looked so...
Young Orangutan has fun in the trees – Borneo 2023
Young Orangutan has fun in the tree. In the distance in Tanjung Putting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we could hear movement in the trees. It was a young Orangutan heading our direction. We could then see it as it swung through the trees. Such fun to watch an...
An impressive alpha male Orangutan – Borneo 2023
An impressive alpha male Orangutan. In Indonesian Borneo we had sailed along the Sekonyer River to visit Camp Leakey in Tanjung Putting National Park. Here we encountered this wonderful alpha male orangutan (given the name Jacob by the local guides). He was a very...
Komodo Dragons: the world’s largest lizard! – Rinca Island, Indonesia 2019
Komodo Dragons: The world's largest lizard! Several visits to Rinca Island resulted in numerous superb and close encounters with these incredible creatures. Males can reach up to 90 kg and 3m long. Surprisingly at a sprint they can achieve 20km/h. Killing prey by...
Young Crested Black Macaques playing in the forest – Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2019
Young Crested Black Macaques playing in the forest. Crested Black Macaques are also known as the Celebes Crested Macaque or the Sulawesi Crested Macaque. This old world monkey is primarily terrestrial. After playing on the beach in the early morning sun, they headed...
Young Crested Black Macaques playing on the beach – Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2019
Young Crested Black Macaques playing on the beach. Crested Black Macaque, also known as the Celebes Crested Macaque or the Sulawesi Crested Macaque, this old world monkey is primarily terrestrial. We found this group on the black beach at the edge of the forest. They...
Crested Black Macaques – Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2019
Crested Black Macaques, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Top of our viewing list on a recent visit to the Tangkoko Reserve in northern Sulawesi, was the critically endangered, Crested Black Macaque. Also known as the Celebes Crested Macaque or the Sulawesi Crested Macaque, this...
Spectral Tarsiers of Sulawesi – Indonesia, 2019
Spectral Tarsiers of Sulawesi, Indonesia. These tiny primates are endemic to Sulawesi and a few surrounding islands. Males weigh just 120g and measure 36cm from nose to tail with the tail being 11cm. They have huge round eyes that do not rotate.They are mostly...
Graceful Manta Rays – Indonesia 2017
These graceful rays were filmed with a GoPro from a small boat and then our guide dived with the rays taking the GoPro with him. In 2014, Indonesia brought in a fishing and export ban as it realised that Manta Ray tourism was more economically beneficial than allowing...
The impressive Komodo Dragon – Komodo Island, Indonesia 2017
June 2017 saw us in Indonesia where the prime target was to film Komodo Dragons. We sailed out of Flores on board the delightful MV Adishree. We enjoyed calm seas, lovely weather and spectacular scenery as we headed to Rinca and Komodo Islands. We made one landing on...
Amazing Komodo Dragons – Rinca Island, Indonesia 2017
Amazing Komodo Dragons. June 2017 saw us in Indonesia where the prime target was to film Komodo Dragons. Sailing out of Flores on board the delightful M/V Adishree, we enjoyed calm seas, lovely weather and spectacular scenery as we headed to Rinca and Komodo Islands....