Supporting Local Guides in Sri Lanka

During this year’s Sri Lanka tour, a young local guide, Nadeeka, joined the group every day in Sinharaja National Park. She had a real knack for finding skulking species in the undergrowth and birds high in the canopy, helping the group see all 35 of the island’s endemics. Yet despite being an official guide, she had no binoculars of her own. When tour leader Steve Rooke got home, he bought a lightweight pair from the One Stop Nature Shop in Norfolk, UK, and sent them back to our ground agent, who returned to Sinharaja and presented the binoculars to her. 

Steve Rooke

Steve Rooke