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The East Africa Travel Podcast | Diary of a Muzungu

By: Charlotte Beauvoisin
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  • You'll be blown away by the sound of tropical birds, chimpanzees - and even elephants! - that I hear from my wooden house at Sunbird Hill, overlooking Kibale Forest, one of Uganda's national parks. Welcome to my world! I've worked in conservation and tourism in East Africa for 15 years, and I've met some extraordinary people along the way. I want you to meet them! Tune in every week to The East Africa Travel Podcast for the dawn chorus, travel advice, chats with award-winning conservationists, safari guides, birders, lodge owners, and wacky guidebook writers. Transcripts of every episode are on my blog Diary of a Muzungu. Follow Charlotte Beauvoisin | Diary of a Muzungu on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
    2024
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  • Ep. 9 Why Uganda is Africa's best birding destination. In conversation with Philip Briggs

    Ep. 9 Why Uganda is Africa's best birding destination. In conversation with Philip Briggs
    Jun 4 2024

    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?

    Welcome to my world!

    Tune in every week to The East Africa Travel Podcast for the dawn chorus, travel advice, chats with award-winning conservationists, safari guides, birders, lodge owners, and wacky guidebook writers.

    Sign up my weekly newsletter.

    Follow Charlotte Beauvoisin, Diary of a Muzungu on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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    31 mins
  • Ep. 8 Living with Bats and Whistling with the Flufftail

    Ep. 8 Living with Bats and Whistling with the Flufftail
    May 28 2024
    In episode 8, we're back on the edge of Kibale National Park, stretching our legs after a long road journey from Kampala, Uganda's capital. The air is alive with song as the birds catch the last rays of afternoon sunshine after a day of heavy rain. Join me for a duet with the rare white-spotted flufftail and find out: What friends and colleagues are saying about the first episodes of the East Africa Travel Podcast? What's been happening in my wooden house while I've been away? And, more to the point, who (or what) is eating my house? Come with me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu - as I don my gum boots for a quick yomp through the muddy swamp at Sunbird Hill, Kibale Forest, Uganda! Welcome to my world! Tune in every week to The East Africa Travel Podcast for the dawn chorus, travel advice, chats with award-winning conservationists, safari guides, birders, lodge owners, and wacky guidebook writers. Sign up my weekly newsletter. Follow Charlotte Beauvoisin, Diary of a Muzungu on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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    22 mins
  • Ep. 7 Dancing to the beat of sustainable tourism at Original Maasai Lodge, Tanzania

    Ep. 7 Dancing to the beat of sustainable tourism at Original Maasai Lodge, Tanzania
    May 21 2024

    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!”

    Welcome to my world!

    Tune in every week to The East Africa Travel Podcast for the dawn chorus, travel advice, chats with award-winning conservationists, safari guides, birders, lodge owners, and wacky guidebook writers.

    Sign up my weekly newsletter.

    Follow Charlotte Beauvoisin, Diary of a Muzungu on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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    32 mins
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