Like a wonderful packet of Liquorice-all-sorts India birding brims with colour, uniqueness and diversity. There is no place for boredom and regardless of your specific interests’ India offers some of the very best touring opportunities on the planet.  Rockjumper has been operating tours to the region...

The Indonesia birding list includes a breath-taking array of vibrant and fascinating birds, spread across 17,500 islands. Sharing land borders with Papua New Guinea and Malaysia and having a tropical rainforest climate throughout vast areas of wilderness, sets Indonesia up with the perfect recipe for...

A fortuitous tale of a chance encounter between two Rockjumper leaders, and a mythical bird! Stephan Lorenz I decided to use some spare time at the end of 2020 and start of the new year to travel to Costa Rica to seek two dozen lifers and enjoy the amazing birds I had not seen in some years. The steps to...

Text and photos by Gareth Robbins Recently, I managed to make a short visit to the Garden Route. I had one day free to go birding, so I chose the Wilderness Section of the Garden Route National Park. This section of the GRNP is famous for its lakes, rivers and estuaries and is surrounded by indigenous...

Searching for reptiles and amphibians – affectionately termed “herping” – is an interesting pastime that often gets the enthusiast deep into fascinating habitat in far-away places – just like birding! Unlike birds, however, the vast majority of herps do not make themselves noticeable in any way – they...