Every year our Rockjumper birding tour leaders are fortunate enough to spend months birding the world’s prime bird destinations in over 70 countries. In the process, they observe thousands of bird species and obtain some superb images! We’d like to take this opportunity to share our leaders’ bird highlights...

7am Saturday morning 15th October saw a keen group of birders board the Zest II for a birding trip arranged by Zest for Birds. Soon after leaving Simonstown, we had our first excitement of the day, a pod of Common Dolphins actively feeding in a small area, surrounded by dozens of gulls and terns. Suddenly,...

One of Rockjumper Birding Tour’s most popular departures is our Overland Namibia, Okavango & Victoria Falls tour which explores the absolute highlights of three Southern African countries. Namibia, Botswana and Zambia are all well known for their vast expanses of wilderness and teeming wildlife. Using the...

Rainer and I recently finished our first of two back-to-back Rockjumper tours of Assam and Bhutan for the 2011 year. What a fabulous time we had! As usual, we were treated to sublime birds, excellent mammals, awesome Himalayan scenery and first class service by our Indian and Bhutanese friends. Some of the...

David Hoddinott has recently returned from 3 Ethiopian tours with several exciting discoveries under his belt. He writes: On the 21st January, I travelled to north-eastern Ethiopia with a group on a reconnaissance birding tour. We visited the remote area of Jijiga, little visited by foreigners, let alone other...