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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This was a thoroughly enjoyable tour with many good birds, mammals, herps and other creatures and natural history. Our leader Paul Varney, in tandem with our local guide Uthai, was tremendous in finding and identifying the birds and wildlife and we learned a lot about Thailand in the process. We will recommend this tour.
I thought the tour was a good mix of birds and wine. My wife is the birder, and I am the wine lover. So, there was lots of good things for both of us. I thought the two guides, Stu and our local guide from Chile, worked very well together. Both were very knowledgeable about the local birds and helped us to spot and identify the birds. My wife added ~ 20 lifers to her 4200 species life list which was more than she thought she would get. I enjoyed the winery tours very much. I have an extensive collection in my cellar, so I was particularly interested in seeing how the grapes were processed, from picking, to crushing and pressing, to aging and bottling. And the tastings were done very professionally, with a good selection of both white and red wines. Overall, I think it was a winning combination that got birders interested in wines, and wine lovers interested in birds. Whoever curated this tour is a genius. I recommend it highly!
This was my first Rockjumper tour and first organized group birding tour. I am not a dedicated birder (my wife is the birder) but it was still an enjoyable experience and left me willing to go on others with her. Paul was an excellent guide and I hope we can find another tour with him in the future. My only feedback on the trip would be that it seemed the itinerary was a day too long. There is lots of driving across Iceland, and I'm glad we were able to see some of the geologic and geyser sights, but would have rather spent the excess day getting out to the island to see the Puffin colony. The thing I was really hoping to see on this trip that I hadn't seen before was a Puffin on land, and the itinerary change that removed Flatey Island from the trip was disappointing. The lodging for the first two nights at Kast Guesthouse was underwhelming and I think I've had a larger room on a cruise ship. I realize there's probably not many lodging options out on that peninsula, so understand if it's the best available. Overall happy with the trip and will likely travel with Rockjumper again.
This tour was one of the most enjoyable I've experienced. Paul Varney is an outstanding leader who is not only an exceptional birder but also great company. Our small group of six clients developed a spirit of camaraderie as we searched for birds, enjoyed the stunning Icelandic landscapes, and endured (with good cheer) the rainy weather. Paul not only located many target birds, including a Gyrfalcon, he made sure we had a variety of experiences that deepened our appreciation for this remarkable country. I was impressed with how attentive and helpful he was throughout the trip. He went above and beyond at several points during the tour. I highly recommend Paul Varney and this Iceland tour.
Brad (and Dušan) were a dream team of tour leaders. Everything about the tour was excellent! I would book with Brad again in a heartbeat.