Trip reports

Field reports from Sulawesi, written by the people who made the trips. Each one is reproduced with permission, with its species lists and photographs, and the animals it records link to their pages in this guide.

Trip report · Jon Hall · 2026Sulawesi Expedition 2025: a 16-day mammal-watching mega tripIn September 2025 Carlos Bocos led Jon Hall and a group of fellow mammal watchers around Sulawesi for 16 days, with bat specialist Professor Juliana Senawi along as resident expert. Sites included Makassar, Mount Lompobattang, Lore Lindu, Poso, Malenge, Luwuk and Peleng, and Jon finished with 47 new mammals. The report describes each site, the itinerary and every species in turn, from tarsiers and macaques to cuscuses, bats and a Mountain Anoa. Trip report · Jon Hall · 2023Sulawesi at Christmas 2012: Babirusa, tarsiers and crested macaques at Tangkoko and NantuJon Hall spent a week in Sulawesi over Christmas 2012, chasing his Sulawesi big five: Babirusa, Gursky's Spectral Tarsier, Black Crested Macaque, Bear Cuscus and Anoa. He worked Tangkoko Forest near Manado and Nantu Forest near Gorontalo with local guides arranged by Bobby Lambaihang, finding tarsiers in a strangler fig, a troop of macaques on the forest floor, Bear Cuscus and a Whitish Dwarf Squirrel before breakfast on Christmas Day. The report was reissued in 2023.

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