In episode 12, we're in Kibale Forest, agog at the sight of chimpanzees. (You'll never guess where they are!) Listen in as 'Papa' Les Lloyd and I compare notes about our unexpected primate visitors. Then, I discuss my recent trip to Kenya and preview some of the upcoming episodes:

• How many modes of public transport do I take on the long journey between Kampala, Uganda, and Mombasa, Kenya?
• What are my personal highlights from our first episodes?
• Who's up next? A sneak peek into conversations with experts on great apes (Ian Redmond OBE), parrots (World Parrot Trust), turtles (Diani Turtle Watch), monkeys (Colobus Conservation in Diani), and butterflies and moths (Mikhail Ochse, Pollichia).
• And lastly, what's my most unusual location yet for recording the podcast? You gotta laugh!
• Join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu – as we hang out with cool people doing awesome stuff to protect our world.

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In episode 11, I’m joined by a visitor from Peru: ecologist and field researcher Chris Ketola. With 25 years’ experience working with wild animals, I’m intrigued to know how time in Equatorial Africa compares with his life in the Amazon.

During a ten-week tour of Uganda, Ketola and Fauna Forever co-founder Chris Kirkby led a team of 14 volunteers. Together they covered 3000 km, capturing (and releasing) 2000 birds and bats at eight sites across the country.

Listen to my conversation with Chris Ketola, accompanied by a backdrop of birdsong, as he reveals:

• What are his tips for organising a trip to Uganda?

• What did the baboons do to his mosquito net?

• Which are his favourite Ugandan foods?

• How does he reassure people not to be afraid of snakes?

• And, why does he find bats so adorable?

Join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu – on the shores of Lake Victoria as I compare notes with Chris Ketola.

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In episode 10, we have 150 square kilometres of unspoilt wilderness to ourselves as we venture on safari in Kyambura Game Reserve, Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, western Uganda. The night is alive with the sounds of the wild, from the hippos munching next to my tent to the near-encounter with a leopard! On our walking safari, we witness the unexpected drama of a warthog showdown.

Later, Wildplaces owner Jonathan Wright tells me all about his new camps and lodges. Listen in to hear:

• What does it sound like to sleep under canvas at Honey Bear Camp?
• What are the chances of encountering a crocodile on our walking safari?
• Who were the classic filmstars and writers who inspired the names of Wildplaces’ new camps in Uganda?
• And lastly, why did I let Philip Briggs talk me into climbing into a warthog hole?

Pour yourself a sundowner and join me, Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu, as we explore some of Uganda’s more remote safari destinations and take a walking safari on Kasenyi Plains. We stay at Honey Bear Camp, visit the site of the new River Station in Kyambura Game Reserve, Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, Uganda.

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In episode 9, join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu - as I introduce you to my first South African guest, the acclaimed travel and guidebook writer Philip Briggs. Join us in the bird hide to hear:

• Mountain gorillas vs. chimpanzees - how does he compare the two tracking experiences?
• Where is the best place to track chimps in East Africa?
• Why does Philip Briggs say Uganda is Africa’s best birding destination?
• Where can you see the Shoebill?
• Where does he predict will become Uganda's top exclusive safari destination?
• Which bird did Briggs add to his ‘life list’ while birdwatching at Sunbird Hill, Nature Monitoring and Rewilding Site, Kibale Forest, Uganda?
• What's the future for guidebooks?
• And one last geeky question: is it acceptable to add a bird to your life list if you have heard (but not seen) it?

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In episode 7, join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu - as we travel to Tanzania to meet Lesse Laizer and the Masai community at the Original Maasai Lodge in West Kilimanjaro. Listen in to hear:

• What is the Muzungu doing in Tanzania?

• How do you say good morning in the Maasai language?

• What did I watch while sitting between Mt Meru and Mt Kilimanjaro?

• What does sustainable tourism mean to the Masai community and Africa Amini Life?

• And lastly, a thought from the Maasai: “coming together is a daily routine that you should not be invited to. Invite yourself to what you like. It is there, invite yourself. People are dancing, invite yourself!”

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In episode six, join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu - as I chat chimpanzees with Harvard University Professor - and close friend of Sunbird Hill - Dr. Richard Wrangham whose work combines primatology, evolutionary biology and anthropology. Listen in to hear:

• What do sex, violence and cooking have in common?
• How do bees protect villagers’ gardens from hungry elephants?
• How long did Richard work in Gombe with Jane Goodall?
• Why shouldn't people have chimps as pets?
• What is the Kibale Chimpanzee Project?
• How does attending the Kasiizi Project’s secondary school protect the forest?
• Dr. Richard Wrangham has been visiting - and lived in - Uganda for 40 years. Which National Parks does he recommend tourists visit?
• And lastly, why did Richard suggest Julia Lloyd eat a hairy caterpillar?

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In episode five, join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu - as I introduce you to East Africa, specifically “my East Africa.”

• How many countries are there in East Africa? (You might be surprised!)
• What are Uganda’s most popular tourist attractions?
• What are “The Big Seven”?
• Beyond gorillas: which Rwandan forest has chimps and Colobus monkeys?
• What’s the muzungu’s favourite way to travel between Nairobi and Kenya’s coast?
• What’s my favourite food in Visit Burundi, East Africa?
• And, which wild animal did I disturb when I arrived back in Kibale Forest last week?

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