Rockjumper Birding Tours proudly offers quality birding adventures, expertly guided by our passionate and experienced professional tour leaders. Our 300 scheduled tours annually explore the world’s prime birding areas, and our Tailor-made department can custom design your dream birding vacation.
Our leader to guest ratio is among the best in the industry. Some cruises are different, but typically our tours have about eight participants, providing RJ guests a personalized tour experience. 1 Leader : up to 8 guests, 2 Leaders : 8 – 12 guests
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Learn MoreWe have been birding for many years, but this was our first trip to Indonesia. The itinerary was well planned, with enough flexibility built in to allow for the inevitable rain and flight delays / cancellations. There were also on-the-fly opportunities for multiple searches for the more difficult species. Both Halmahera and Sulawesi were great, and the two islands complimented each other well. This was a rather energetic trip, with many very early mornings, but there were no complaints from our group. We were quite fortunate to have a small group, six people, and all of them were enthusiastic and attentive, which doesn’t often happen. Julian was great. It was our first trip with him, and we were wondering if he would live up to Rockjumper’s very high standards. He did, and then some. Julian was very helpful, putting together a morning boat ride into Jakarta Harbor for us and joining us for the cruise prior to official the start of the trip. With the group, he was always helpful and was incredible in spotting and identifying the birds, both visually and audially. He really wanted to get us as many birds as he could. I don’t know how these guys do it. The accommodations were good throughout the trip, the food was a bit monotonous, the weather was fine, and the bus a bit cramped (but the group graciously allowed me the seat with the most legroom). Overall, a fantastic trip and one I would very much recommend.
We cannot express how wonderful we thought our guide Paul was. Not only was he keen on plants and birds but reptiles and other fauna as well. His personality was perfect for the two of us . His handling of the logistics was perfect and his care and concern for our well being and enjoyment of the trip was always evident. Our travelling companions also added to the enjoyment of the holiday. Good accomodations great food made the trip a treasure to behold. It could have not been any better and we would travel with Paul again in a minute.
This tour was a pleasant surprise and exceeded expectations. For a “budget” tour, I was expecting much more basic accommodations, especially for Madagascar. I was happy with where we stayed, there was almost always WiFi and electricity available, which I hadn’t been relying on. The food at the Bamboo Club was especially nice, and the grounds at the Au Bois Vert were the perfect place to start a tour, with plenty of garden birds to start a baseline understanding of Madagascar birds with. Stu was a wonderful leader, and did the lords work to get everyone on each bird, despite the varying degrees of experience by participants on the trip. Despite only 10-11 days of birding, we cleaned up a huge number of Madagascar endemics and I was happy with all the birds seen and photos taken, despite occasional environmental and logistical challenge as expected in Madagascar. This was a great trip, I’m happy I was able to go, and I would go out of my way to join another tour with Stu as the leader any day.
This tour was outstanding. The itinerary was excellent and I wouldn't change a thing. The accommodations were very comfortable throughout. The time spent in Cape Town was a great balance of birding, sightseeing, and wine tasting. The short visit to the Karoo provided nice variety. Manyoni and Zebra Hills were an excellent location for the safari portion of the trip. I saw basically all of my key targets and more than I'd even hoped to see. The whole trip was just the right balance of activity and relaxation. I also appreciate that this kind of tour is a difficult needle to thread. In my case, I am a birder but my wife (who came on the tour with me) is not and was hesitant about the birding aspects of the trip. But this trip was pitched perfectly for a couple like us--just enough birds for the birder but just enough other things for the less bird-inclined. We'd love to take more tours like this from Rockjumper in the future and have already been perusing the "relaxed tours" section. I'd also be remiss if I didn't comment about Paul as a guide. Paul was terrific. I couldn't imagine a better guide for this tour. Friendly, funny, exceptionally knowledgeable, helpful. He never stopped working to make sure everyone was having a good time. My wife has never once enjoyed bird watching--but on this trip, she actually took bit of a liking to it in large part thanks to Paul's infectious enthusiasm. We would eagerly book another tour with him. We will also be recommending him an this tour to all of our friends. Altogether, this was an excellent trip. Fantastically planned and fantastically led. We look forward to more trips with Rockjumper in the future!
Adam was a fantastic tour leader and guide. He has incredible eyesight and knows his birds throughly. He made sure everyone got on all the birds as much as humanly possible. I also appreciated the genuine excitement he had about seeing the birds as well as all the other wildlife we came across. He made all the logistical details seem easy and relaxed but I’m sure they were not - he is just extremely competent and the Rockjumper team back in the office is extremely competent. Overall, a fantastic tour.
Bobby was great overall and the local guides were invaluable for getting us to some of the more difficult species.