Our tour prices do not include any flights – neither international nor internal/domestic. We recommend booking on-line or with your local travel agent for your international flight (we can usually advise on best routes). Internal/domestic flights are arranged by our agents where necessary, as Rockjumper does not issues these flights – we only pass on the cost incurred. We provide an estimate of the expected cost of internal/domestic flights on our website, but the actual cost may be more or less than our estimated website price.

Reservations for scheduled land tours require a completed booking form and a deposit of US$800 per person for the main tour and US$500 per person for an extension. If your tour requires a gorilla permit, please add the full cost thereof to your deposit. Our cruises and private tours have varying deposit amounts and this information can be obtained from our tour consultants at info@rockjumperbirding.com. If you would like Rockjumper to ticket your internal flights for the tour (if internal flights are required) then please add the approximate cost of domestic flights as stated on the website for the tour you are signing up for. Should there be any price difference in the final cost of internal flights at time ticketing, it will be adjusted on the final invoice. Rockjumper will seek your permission to issue the internal flight tickets before doing so.

Payment of the balance of the tour fee is due 4 months before departure. An invoice will be issued to you before full payment is due.

The single supplement is a premium charged to solo travellers when they do not share a room during the tour and is levied by the accommodation establishments. The single supplement cost will be charged if you wish to have single accommodation. If RBT cannot provide you with a rooming partner although you choose to share, the single supplement will become applicable. We will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that a rooming partner is found if you do wish to share.

If the tour does not have sufficient registration, participants signed up may have a choice of paying an additional fee/surcharge rather than facing cancellation of the tour. The smaller the group, the higher the supplement fee will be, as fewer people will be paying towards the fixed costs such as vehicle hire, fuel and all guide related expenses. The minimum group sizes and potential small group supplement rate can be obtained on request from our tour consultants.

This includes tips for all drivers, hotel staff, restaurants, local guides and services. We don’t include tips for the Rockjumper leader/s. If, therefore, you feel that he/she/they have given you excellent service, it is entirely appropriate to tip them. Please note that a tip is never expected.

Due to our consistently high-quality guides, staff and services, it’s hard to provide this at a significant discount.  The world’s best tour leaders command fees that reflect their exceptional knowledge and experience. We employ tour leaders that are passionate birders who have seen an exceptional number of species around the world and are specialists in their own right in different continents. In addition to our tour leaders, our office staff takes extreme pride in ensuring that every last detail is considered and that your tour is, ultimately, a quality experience.

They are also paid fair salaries for the quality that they bring to the table.  Another big difference often concerns transportation and accommodations. By using substandard transport and accommodations, one can certainly bring down the price; however, this can have a serious impact on the overall enjoyment of the tour. Accommodations will almost always be the best available in a particular area, except when time is spent in capital cities or popular tourist locations where five-star accommodations commanding high prices are available. In some countries, it is, however, important to remember that some birding sites are far off the beaten track and accommodations can be rustic in nature. Even in these instances, the best accommodation will always be used.

We also include all tips for local guides, drivers, porters, waiters and for general hotel services. These can add quite significantly to the final price of a tour and also saves you the uneasy feeling of carrying around large sums of foreign cash and then having to try and figure out what a fair tip is, as this can vary quite significantly from site to site and from country to country.

1. Any guests who sign up for two back-to-back tours, we will deduct US$300 off the total price.
2. Any guests who sign up for their 5th tour with us will be offered a 10% discount off the tour price, to a maximum value of US$600.
3. A US$400 discount voucher is awarded to any of our loyal guests who refer someone who has not travelled with us before, provided the referred person signs up for one of our scheduled departures.
4. A 10% Early Bird Discount will be awarded to any guest who books one of the first spaces on a tour 12 months in advance.

For more details with regards to the terms & conditions in relation to the above loyalty programs, please view our website.
Tours that are currently selling on special can be found on our home page.

Please see our booking terms and conditions.