Tanzania – Africa at its best

Jan 27

(This article first appeared on 10000birds.com) Tanzania is without a doubt the quintessential African safari nation. Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail: tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by...

Introducing the African Birding Beat

Jan 23

(This blog first appeared on 10000birds.com) To the uninitiated, Africa conjures up images of underdevelopment, poverty and hardship. Yet after a first visit, so many travelers become Afrophiles and return again and again to explore the Dark Continent, sometimes even to the exclusion of all other destinations! My blogposts will...

2011 Birds of the Year

Dec 23

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 of...

Sri Lanka tour highlights

Nov 30

Erik Forsyth recently returned from co-leading a private birding tour through Sri Lanka with the legendary Ian Sinclair. Amongst the many birding and wildlife highlights were great sightings of the sensational Sri Lanka Blue Magpie (see photo), outrageous Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Sri Lanka...

A new addition to the Rockjumper family!

Nov 28

We at Rockjumper would like to congratulate Keith and Cath Valentine on the birth of their eagerly awaited (and somewhat overdue!) son, Tyler Keith Valentine. He was born on Tuesday 22 November weighing a healthy 3,71kg, and as this photo attests, he is an absolutely beautiful little baby! Well done...