24 Oct 2025 - 29 Oct 2025 (6 days)
ZAR35,950 - No Spaces Available
Tour Leader: James Wade Lee
Tour price (Per person): ZAR35,950 * USD1,901 * GBP1,462 * EUR1,752 * AUD3,019
Single Supplement: ZAR2,900 * USD153 * GBP118 * EUR141 * AUD244
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR1,800 * USD95 * GBP73 * EUR88 * AUD151
23 Jan 2026 - 28 Jan 2026 (6 days)
ZAR36,950 - No Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Tour price (Per person): ZAR36,950 * USD1,954 * GBP1,502 * EUR1,800 * AUD3,103
Single Supplement: ZAR2,800 * USD148 * GBP114 * EUR136 * AUD235
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR1,650 * USD87 * GBP67 * EUR80 * AUD139
13 Feb 2026 - 18 Feb 2026 (6 days)
ZAR36,950 - No Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Tour price (Per person): ZAR36,950 * USD1,954 * GBP1,502 * EUR1,800 * AUD3,103
Single Supplement: ZAR2,800 * USD148 * GBP114 * EUR136 * AUD235
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR1,650 * USD87 * GBP67 * EUR80 * AUD139
06 Mar 2026 - 11 Mar 2026 (6 days)
ZAR36,950 - 1 Space Available
Tour Leader: James Wade Lee
Tour price (Per person): ZAR36,950 * USD1,954 * GBP1,502 * EUR1,800 * AUD3,103
Single Supplement: ZAR2,800 * USD148 * GBP114 * EUR136 * AUD235
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR1,650 * USD87 * GBP67 * EUR80 * AUD139
18 Sep 2026 - 23 Sep 2026 (6 days)
ZAR36,950 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Gregory de Klerk
Tour price (Per person): ZAR36,950 * USD1,954 * GBP1,502 * EUR1,800 * AUD3,103
Single Supplement: ZAR2,800 * USD148 * GBP114 * EUR136 * AUD235
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR1,650 * USD87 * GBP67 * EUR80 * AUD139
23 Oct 2026 - 28 Oct 2026 (6 days)
ZAR36,950 - 4 Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Julian Parsons
Tour price (Per person): ZAR36,950 * USD1,954 * GBP1,502 * EUR1,800 * AUD3,103
Single Supplement: ZAR2,800 * USD148 * GBP114 * EUR136 * AUD235
Flight costs (Linked Tour): ZAR1,650 * USD87 * GBP67 * EUR80 * AUD139
25 Jan 2027 - 30 Jan 2027 (6 days)
ZAR39,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR39,000 * USD2,062 * GBP1,586 * EUR1,900 * AUD3,275
15 Feb 2027 - 20 Feb 2027 (6 days)
ZAR39,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: James Wade Lee
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR39,000 * USD2,062 * GBP1,586 * EUR1,900 * AUD3,275
08 Mar 2027 - 13 Mar 2027 (6 days)
ZAR39,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Quinton Paul Josop
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR39,000 * USD2,062 * GBP1,586 * EUR1,900 * AUD3,275
20 Sep 2027 - 25 Sep 2027 (6 days)
ZAR39,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Julian Parsons
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR39,000 * USD2,062 * GBP1,586 * EUR1,900 * AUD3,275
25 Oct 2027 - 30 Oct 2027 (6 days)
ZAR39,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR39,000 * USD2,062 * GBP1,586 * EUR1,900 * AUD3,275
08 Nov 2027 - 13 Nov 2027 (6 days)
ZAR39,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: James Wade Lee
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR39,000 * USD2,062 * GBP1,586 * EUR1,900 * AUD3,275
Those who decide to do the Cape Extension will be treated to a feast of endemics and the remarkable beauty of the south-western Cape. The Mother City, Cape Town, widely considered one of the world’s most beautiful cities, will be our base for part of the extension. From here we will range out to explore the varied ecosystems conveniently accessible from our comfortable accommodations. We will then make our way up the west coast where we will explore the dry country riches of the Tanqua Karoo to round off this unbeatable South African adventure.
Please note: these prices are subject to foreign exchange fluctuations.
Cape Rockjumper; Cape Sugarbird; Cape Bulbul; Cape Siskin; Protea, Forest, Cape & Black-headed Canaries; Orange-breasted, Malachite & Southern Double-collared Sunbirds; African Penguin; African Oystercatcher; Crowned, Bank & Cape Cormorants; Hartlaub’s Gull; Black Harrier; Southern Black & Karoo Korhaans; Ludwig’s Bustard; Cape Spurfowl; Bokmakierie; Victorin’s, Namaqua, Rufous-eared, Cinnamon-breasted & Layard’s Warblers; Karoo Eremomela; Cape Penduline Tit; White-backed Mousebird; Karoo & Tractrac Chats; Karoo Scrub Robin; Southern Boubou; Fiscal & Fairy Flycatchers; Cape Batis; Cape Grassbird; Karoo Lark; Grey Tit; Grey-winged Francolin; Karoo & Olive Thrushes; South African Shelduck; Cape Shoveler; Cape Gannet.
Afro-Australian Fur Seal; Southern Right Whale; Common Eland; Blesbok (Bontebok); (Cape) Mountain Zebra; Hartebeest; Cape Grey Mongoose; Klipspringer; Springbok; Steenbok; Cape Grysbok (rare); Grey Rhebok; Chacma Baboon; Rock Hyrax; Meerkat.
Mountains, semi-desert, fynbos, coastal and pelagic waters, wetlands
Subtropical with occasional rain, can be cold in winter
5 with 1 Rockjumper leader
UNDEMANDING: This tour is ideal for birders and wildlife enthusiasts of all experience levels. It’s suitable for most mobility levels and offers a relaxed pace, ensuring an enjoyable experience for everyone.
Moderate. Suitable for all birding / wildlife interest levels and most mobility capabilities. Can be a little tiring due to travel distances.
Good to comfortable.
Undemanding, most species provide good visuals. A small number of scarce/rare species.
+-200
Tanqua-Karoo, Table Mountain, Cape Peninsula, great food & wine
Good to very good.
Our short custom tour with two day trips out of Cape Town was really excellent. Our guide Julian was knowledgeable and engaging and generally a great fit for our small family of three. We found almost all our main target species and Julian was always quick to set up the scope to ensure we all got great views of the more distant birds. As a family with a range of interests including not only birds, but also mammals and plants, we really appreciated that Julian found the right balance between trying hard to find some of the more difficult birds and allowing some extra time for studying plants, especially at Kirstenbosch. Thanks Julian, for a great couple of days! Thanks also to Daniel and Laverne for your help with planning and logistics!
Andre, our guide, has such an infectious nature, which had a huge positive effect on our stay. His incredible knowledge of birds was indeed humbling. A birder's paradise and a guide passionate about birds and nature - what more could one ask for?
I am not a twitcher or even a knowledgeable birdwatcher, but I am always keen to see new things. Our ranger André had a huge knowledge of birds. He shared this and more about all the flora and fauna that we came across. He explained about insects and trees as we passed them and didn't fail to answer a question.
This was our first tailor-made tour. It won't be our last. We had a great time. Dan was an excellent guide, working all the angles to get us our target birds while still covering the area specialties, affording us great looks at birds for which we had only fleeting views on our previous South Africa tour with Rockjumper (which was also great!). Dan was very persistent, which paid off in seeing a good number of very difficult specialty birds that many avid South African birders have not seen. We even had two lifer flufftails in a single day, thanks in part to Doug McCulloch, who took the morning off from his new job to help out with the Red-breasted Flufftail. Thanks, Doug! We could have used one more day in the Joburg area, as there were a few birds that were not accessible within the time frame of the tour. This always happens, though, and I am glad we went from a 6-day to a 10-day tour. This is the reason for the overall rating of 9 rather than 10. Overall, the three of us had a great time on the tour. Thanks for putting it together for us!
We were very happy to have Heinz Ortmann as our guide. He operated the tour very skilfully in every way and with flexibility when needed to try to get all possible targets. We were also very positively surprised that he had such a great knowledge about mammals, butterflies, reptiles and amphibians beside the birds. Since we also are very interested in all these groups, this was a most welcome bonus. A great tour that we will remember for a long time. We would be very happy doing another private trip with Heinz as our guide.
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