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Royle Safaris Royle Safaris excels in providing innovative, quality safaris, wildlife holidays and wildlife tours to some of the most amazing destinations in the world.

With a great selection of wildlife tours tailored to view some of the rarest wildlife around. We specialize in wildlife holidays to countries which are often difficult to get to and navigate around; however it is often these countries which provide some of the greatest wildlife spectacles. All our safari holidays are unique in that they are on a full board basis, with a reference book library containing some of the best field guides provided, a DVD library available for evenings and bad weather days which contains wildlife documentaries about the region we are in as well as having and English speaking professional zoologist or local researchers or scientists each day. These unique points as well as using the latest wildlife watching technology, our preference for small groups and even private tours for 1 or 2 people, coupled with maximizing the time spend viewing animals and the fact that a lot of our safaris visit countries and regions not available with other safari holiday providers, makes our wildlife tours and wildlife holidays the best for the wildlife enthusiasts. Travelling to some of the best locations for wildlife watching in the world we maximize the time spent in the field to find and observe the focus wildlife of the holiday; whether this is whale watching, birding or any of our other types of tours. With a qualified and professional zoologist or researcher acting as a guide and es**rt on each tour we aim to provide the best understanding of the animals we see on each wildlife tour safari. As well as having a professional zoologist or researcher on each tour we enlist the best local guides to help us in our search for the most endangered and hard to find animals and the perfect wildlife encounter. Whether it is tracking in the rainforests of Rwanda & Uganda on a mountain gorilla trek or spotlighting during a nocturnal search for Tasmanian devils on an Australia wildlife holiday, we have a wide range of wildlife tours visiting countries all over the world. Combing luxury with a passion for wildlife we believe we provide the best and most comprehensive wildlife tours and wildlife holidays. We currently offer over 50 different expert guided, full board safari holidays all over the world, so we are confident you will find the safari of your dreams. We have some of the most brilliant and unique whale watching tours which focus on the largest animals to share our planet. So if you would like an unique adventure where you could watch orcas beaching themselves onto the beach in search of seal pups in Patagonia or snorkel with huge pods of beluga whales in Canada; of if you would prefer more traditional whale watching for humpbacks, s***m whales, minke whales and even blue whales we have a great range of whale watching holidays where you will find your ideal whale watching experience. When you book any of our whale watching tours or any of our other wildlife watching tours you can be safe in the knowledge that we use professional zoologist or researchers as es**rts as well as expert local guides which increases the chances of finding the target wildlife and getting as close as possible. Our wildlife holidays are constantly being updated with better itineraries and new destinations all the time. We are looking to include specialist tours to find jaguars, Iberian lynxes, orang-utans, clouded leopards and plenty of other rare and endangered wildlife for 2012; so please keep visiting the site to keep up to date with our most current whale watching holidays, wildlife tours and safaris. Specializing in finding elusive tigers throughout their range; we have a variety of different tiger safaris leaving for the central Indian parks as well as other countries where they live; and as a result we have a great chance of finding many tigers and observing some very interesting behaviour! We have an excellent variety of tiger safaris in India, which is the the most common destination for tiger safaris. but you can also track down tiger on foot in Bangladesh, watch tigers from elephant back in Nepal and even follow in the footsteps of the BBC series Lost Land of the Tiger and search for the tigers in Bhutan. But our most exciting tiger watching holiday we offer is our Siberian tiger tracking tour which is the only tour in the world which will offer you the chance of finding both wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards. This tour will be available from 2012 and we cannot recommend this adventure enough. If you do not find the best tour for you in our current holidays, please visit our tailor made tours page and contact us with information about your dream tour and our team of wildlife and travel experts will get back to you with the best safari and prices for you to accept if everything meets your requirements.

Pictures of the Day! These stunning pictures from one of our clients Gillian Lloyd are from a private tailored Japanese ...
06/10/2026

Pictures of the Day! These stunning pictures from one of our clients Gillian Lloyd are from a private tailored Japanese Winter Wildlife Tour which was run in February 2026.
This is one of our popular tours, particularly for wildlife photographers, the key targets are the Japanese Macaques (Snow Monkeys) in the hotsprings, Red-crowned Cranes as they dance in their breeding displays, Blakiston's Fish Owls feeding on small fish and the Steller's Sea Eagles on the sea ice. All of which offer exceptional photography opportunities.
This tour was tailored to expand on these locations and also include the huge crane migration in Kyushu as well as iconic cultural sites such as Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo and Hiroshima.
As you can see from these pictures the trip was very successful and we are able to tailor our private Japanese wildlife watching tours to include almost any locations in this amazing country.
You can see our wildlife watching Japanese options on our website (www.royle-safaris.co.uk/wildlife-holidays/japan/).

Pictures of the Day! These pictures (from our clients Abby Kwok and Davis Lau) are of some of the amazing animals seen o...
01/10/2026

Pictures of the Day! These pictures (from our clients Abby Kwok and Davis Lau) are of some of the amazing animals seen on our second of two trip reports from Western Sahara trips run by Royle Safaris trips in the first couple of months of 2026.

The itinerary is the same as our standard Western Sahara’s Rare Mammals Tour, with 5 nights spent in the desert, combining time at our desert campsite and a homestay in the small town of Assouard. This trip was quieter than many of the trips we had run recently in terms of the target species (all the main species were seen, but either not by everyone or in lower numbers than usual).

However we did manage to see 15 species of mammals including a nice diversity of rodents alongside Fennec Fox, Ruppells’ Fox, African Golden Wolf, African Wild Cat and Sand Cat. This trip was more successful than our previous trip just run a few weeks earlier, showing that the trip can be very different in short amounts of time. This itinerary is still a very popular one with our clients and mammalwatchers in general and as a result we have sold out our November 2026 trip and also our January 2027 tour (as well as having a private tour also booked for this winter season), however we will be looking to run another trip in late 2027 and again in early 2028. So if you would like to join the trip and search for fennec foxes, sand cats, Libyan striped polecats and many other species then please get in touch ([email protected]) for more info.

30/09/2026
Pictures of the Day! These are from one of our most loyal clients, Monty Ross. These particular trips were two short tri...
29/09/2026

Pictures of the Day! These are from one of our most loyal clients, Monty Ross. These particular trips were two short trips to Europe. Firstly to Andujar in southern Spain where Iberian lynx was the main target and then to eastern Finland for wolverines and brown bears.
The trips were both successful with good views of all of the target species. These two countries are commonly combined by our clients when it comes exploring Europe for some of it's rarest carnivores.
If you are interested in either a trip to Spain for lynx, bears, ibex, wolves and a wealth of other wildlife or Finland for wolverines, bears, wolves, owls and many other species you just need to get in touch with us or visit our website (www.royle-safaris.co.uk/wildlife-holidays/).

Pictures of the Day! These are just some pictures taken by our expert guide in Dominican Republic (Jorge Brocca) from ou...
25/09/2026

Pictures of the Day! These are just some pictures taken by our expert guide in Dominican Republic (Jorge Brocca) from our last small group tour which was run in January - February 2026. The trip was our normal 4 night trip focusing on the endemic Hispaniolan Solenodon and Hispaniolan Hutia as well as looking for several bat species and endemic reptiles. But on this trip we also had a pre tour extension to the north of the island to spend some time with two great marine mammal species - the Humpback Whale and West Indian Manatee, both species allowed for amazing views and we were also very successful in seeing several endemic bird species. Including Palmchat and Hispaniolan Palm-crow.

We run our standard mammalwatching tour to Dominican Republic every February and there is currently availability for this trip for 2027 if you are interested and we can of course organise specialist extensions for the endemic birds as well as marine mammals.

Pictures of the Day! These are just a few pictures taken by our client (Daniel Dahan) on him private tour of Panama whic...
22/09/2026

Pictures of the Day! These are just a few pictures taken by our client (Daniel Dahan) on him private tour of Panama which she enjoyed with her aunt in December 2025.
These private, tailored tours to Panama are something that Royle Safaris specialises in alongside our annual group mammalwatching tour. So whether the focus in mammalwatching, bird, herping or just a general tour of this incredible country we have the means of preparing any itinerary for you.

Pictures of the Day! These are just a few pictures taken by our client (Katie Kember) on her tailored private tour of Co...
11/09/2026

Pictures of the Day! These are just a few pictures taken by our client (Katie Kember) on her tailored private tour of Costa Rica which she enjoyed with her aunt in January 2026.
These private, tailored tours to Costa Rica are something that Royle Safaris specialises in, whether the focus in mammalwatching, bird, herping or just a general tour of this incredible country we have the means of preparing any itinerary for you.

Pictures of the Day! In December 2025 Royle Safaris was once again sending clients to the Russian Far East. Our first tr...
10/09/2026

Pictures of the Day! In December 2025 Royle Safaris was once again sending clients to the Russian Far East. Our first trip to this stunning part of the world for several years and we had incredible success. With several Amur Leopard sightings as well as nice views of some other species in the forests here, such as Amur Leopard Cat, Siberian Roe Deer, Eurasian Wild Pigs and Steller's Sea Eagle.
This trip was run for a group of Japanese Wildlife Photographers and the pictures below are courtesy of Aikayama Tomonobu.
We will be going back here in December with another group of Japanese Photographers and hope to have the same success with leopards and also this time maybe a Siberian Tiger.

Pictures of the Day! These are some pictures of the wildlife seen on our second Western Sahara's Rare Mammals Tour from ...
10/09/2026

Pictures of the Day! These are some pictures of the wildlife seen on our second Western Sahara's Rare Mammals Tour from 2025.
This December tour was a little different than past trips, as all but one client (who was the son of one the clients) had been here on this trip at least once before and had failed to see the main target – the sand cat. So we were a very focused group, everyone had already seen the other species here and it was all go for sand cat. We didn’t pay particular attention to many of the smaller species and certainly didn’t stop for photography of the rodents and hares, so the trip report is not full of the usual pictures. However we were very successful with some exceptional sightings of Sand Cat (including on the first night of the trip – which was a great way to start – pressure off immediately and we could all relax), as well as African Wild Cat, Ruppell’s Fox, Fennec Fox, African Golden Wolf and the usual variety of rodents and lagomorphs in the deserts of Western Sahara. The trip was for 4 clients and was lead by Martin Royle and the overall trip resulted in sightings of 11 species of mammals as well as 66 species of birds which is very successful for this habitat. We love visiting this part of the world and have been so lucky in the last few years with some great sightings of very sought after species. Being such a popular tour we have already sold out our November 2026 trip and also our January 2027 tour (as well as having a private tour also booked for this winter season), however we will be looking to run another trip in late 2027 and again in early 2028. So if you would like to join the trip and search for fennec foxes, sand cats, Libyan striped polecats and many other species then please get in touch ([email protected]) for more info. Picture courtesy of Michele.

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