Special thanks to :
Swarovski Optik, who invited me to take part in the digiscoping seminar in Namibia,
and Tu, the best teacher I've ever had, who has taught me how to take pictures with digiscope.
Special thanks to Dr.Chatree Pitakpaivan, Pairaow Svensson, Worawan Simaroj (Lah) and Rujira Pongsunan (Kai) for all your helps and supports.

Participants :
Our guides, Josh Engel and Benji Schwartz (Cape town, Tropical Birding)
Gerold Dobler (Swarovski Optik, Austria)
Pim Wolf (Netherlands)
Carlos Palacin (Spain)
Wu Chung-Han (Taiwan)
Ralph Martin (Germany)
Juan Antonio Garia Perez (Spain)
Yueh-Yun Lin (Taiwan)
and me (Pitchaya Janhom).

Not long after our arrival in Namibia , I found out that I had lost my luggage, so did Benji and Gerold. The baggage reclaim officers said that they would try to find and send them to our hotel. I thought I was still lucky because I still had my Nikon D80 + 70-300 mm lens, binocular and spotting scope with me (but not lucky enough for the tripod, it's in my missing luggage!). Then we headed towards Windhoek town to look for some toothpaste and brush, continued to Spitzkoppe and stayed overnight at Erongo Wilderness Lodge situated in spectacular surrounding in rugged Erongo Mountains .

The area close to the restaurant located several water holes where many birds congregated and taking photos from the shade of the building was fantastic. Here, we saw some spectacular species like Melba Finch, Cape Bunting , Freckled Pigeon, Great Sparrow, Grey-headed Sparrow, Red-eyed Bulbul , Rosy-faced Lovebird, Dassie Rat, the hyperactive Short-snouted Elephant-shrew and Black Mongoose.

We always stopped if we saw something interesting such as Common Fiscal Shrike, and Tractrac Chat. We also paid five Namibian Dollars for taking photos with local people in their traditional dressing. Lunch was on the way at Huab Lodge with the good view of Madagacar Bee-eater and Cinnamon-breasted Rock-bunting. Toko Lodge in Kamanjab town was our base tonight and finally we got our luggage back. Excellent! Later we went exploring the nearby wilderness at Hobatere Lodge.

Steve, our driver and guide, took us around his area. Birds were abundant including Red-billed Qualea, Purple Roller, African Hawk Eagle, Ground Scraper Thrush, Double-banded Sandgrouse, Blacksmith Plover, Bare-cheeked Babbler, Violet Woodhoopoe, Brubru, African Scop-owl, Ruppell's Parrot and many others. We also saw Hartman's Mountain Zebra, Giraffe, Greater Kudu, Warthog, Springbok, Gemsbok (Southern Oryx) and Chacma Baboon attracted to a waterhole. Our nice dinner was Kudu and Springbok streak from the hunting game.

En route, we met Kori Bustard, Northern Black Korhaan, Crimson-breasted Shrike, Socialble Weaver, Cardinal Woodpecker, Double-banded Couser, Three-banded Plover, Lanner Falcon, Namaque Sandgrouse, Yellow-billed Hornbill, Sociable Weaver, Lesser Flamingo, Rufous-cheeked Nightjar, African Cuckoo and had nice views of two Honey Badgers, Burchell's Zebra, Elephant and Tsessebe.

Situated along the Kavango River just north of Botswana , the unique Mahango Game Reserve protects habitats ranging from attractive papyrus swamps to climax teak woodland and fantastic riverine woodland. The adjacent woodland was home to amazing numbers of birds including Bateleur, Wattled Crane, Long-toed Plover, Saddle-billed Stork, Spur-winged Goose, Woodland Kingfisher, African Jacana, Wattled Lapwing, Slaty Egret, Jacobin Cuckoo, Blue Waxbill, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Spotted Dikkop, Hamerkop

We began our exploration in the area right in the lodge grounds, where the extensive woodland behind camp supported Pel's Fishing Owl and Golden-tailed Woodpecker and around our houses were Giant Kingfisher, Thick-billed, Brown-throated and Spectacled Weaver, African Jacana, Pied Kingfisher, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Red-billed Woodhoopoe, Wood Owl, Fan-tailed Whydah, Broad-billed Roller, Pygmy Goose, Bennett's Woodpecker, Black-collared and Crested Barbet also.