30 May 2025 - 09 Jun 2025 (11 days)
PGK25,950 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Julian Parsons
Tour Leader: Paul Varney
Tour price (Per person): PGK25,950 * USD6,441 * GBP5,145 * EUR6,190 * AUD9,912
Single Supplement: PGK3,100 * USD769 * GBP615 * EUR740 * AUD1,184
Flight costs: PGK3,400 * USD844 * GBP674 * EUR811 * AUD1,299
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension I 2025
04 Jul 2025 - 14 Jul 2025 (11 days)
PGK25,950 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Amanda Guercio
Tour Leader: Lev Frid
Tour price (Per person): PGK25,950 * USD6,441 * GBP5,145 * EUR6,190 * AUD9,912
Single Supplement: PGK3,100 * USD769 * GBP615 * EUR740 * AUD1,184
Flight costs: PGK3,400 * USD844 * GBP674 * EUR811 * AUD1,299
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension II 2025
06 Aug 2025 - 16 Aug 2025 (11 days)
PGK25,950 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth
Tour Leader: Robert Williams
Tour price (Per person): PGK25,950 * USD6,441 * GBP5,145 * EUR6,190 * AUD9,912
Single Supplement: PGK3,100 * USD769 * GBP615 * EUR740 * AUD1,184
Flight costs: PGK3,400 * USD844 * GBP674 * EUR811 * AUD1,299
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension III 2025
29 Jun 2026 - 09 Jul 2026 (11 days)
PGK27,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Lev Frid
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): PGK27,000 * USD6,701 * GBP5,353 * EUR6,441 * AUD10,313
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension I 2026
11 Jul 2026 - 21 Jul 2026 (11 days)
PGK27,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth
Tour Leader: Paul Varney
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): PGK27,000 * USD6,701 * GBP5,353 * EUR6,441 * AUD10,313
Can be linked with: Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension II 2026
Our Papua New Guinea Highlights tour has been specifically crafted to take in the region’s very best sites, from Mount Hagen and Rondon Ridge to the lowlands of Varirata and Kiunga, and is designed for those with less time to spare in the field, yet still wishing for a comprehensive overview of this exceptional land. We bird in areas rich with avian diversity giving ample opportunity for finding many of the area’s most sought-after species. Fabulous birds-of-paradise will feature highly, while we will also enjoy some incredible fruit doves, kingfishers, parrots, honeyeaters, bowerbirds and a couple of endemic families such as berrypeckers and longbills. This tour can also be linked with our New Britain Endemics Extension for a wonderful two week exploration.
Papuan Eagle, 15+ Bird-of-paradise species!, Zoe’s Imperial & Pheasant Pigeon, Wattled Ploughbill, Crested Satinbird, Painted Quail-thrush, Brehm’s Tiger Parrot, Papuan Lorikeet, Lesser Melampitta, Emperor Fairywren, Crested Berrypecker & Mountain Firetail
Spectacled Dasyure, Black-tailed Giant Rat, Agile Wallaby
lowland and montane rainforest, secondary forest, Eucalyptus savanna, mangroves, grasslands, wetlands
hot and humid with tropical showers, cooler in the highlands
7 with 1 Rockjumper Leader / 8 - 10 with 2 Rockjumper leaders
This is a moderate tour. You should have a GOOD level of fitness & stamina, and be in good health. Not suitable for anyone with mobility or health challenges.
Reasonable to good.
Moderate. Bird density is low, many visuals are high in the canopy. Several tricky target species.
traditional carvings, spectacular forest vistas and mountain scenery
Reasonable, typical rain forest conditions of variable light and frequent rain.
The credit for the trip’s success goes to our guides, Glen Valentine and David Erterius. Both have seemingly limitless knowledge of the birds, extrasensory capacities to find them, apparently endless patience and generosity with their clients, and (critically) wonderful senses of humor. They consistently squeezed more out of the birds, the environment, and the experience than I thought possible.
Both Lev Frid and Andre Bernon were excellent guides. Lev was particularly emphatic about the vagaries of travel in PNG and the propensity for things to go wrong. Despite his warnings, the trip went extremely smoothly; the accommodation was all great be it the highly rustic (Kwatu) or high end (Walindi); the Papuan guides and ground team were very good; it was nice to see that Rockjumper was clearly supporting the local organisations; and overall both the Rockjumper guides and the Papuan bird guides were very knowledgeable. Overall, a really excellent experience on the ground.
Adam Walleyn knew the birds and the calls and worked hard to make sure we saw not only the specialties of the area but all the birds. His nightbirding skills were phenomenal. It is like he knew exactly where the bird was going to show.
The tour was excellent overall. The main guide, Stephan Lorentz, was really top class. His knowledge of the birds and calls and the fine id details was exceptional and his field skills were awesome, outdoing the local guides at times. And he is extremely personable and friendly. The local guides were also excellent and provided an exceptionally high level of field skill and support, and great enthusiasm in getting pax onto the more challenging birds. And physical support also, including even helping some of the pax on slippery slopes and cutting stairs on river landings at times!! The landed arrangements were generally slick and the accommodation of good quality. Overall it was an exceptional and really memorable tour with superb birds and birding, much or most of which would not have been possible without the Rockjumper team, slick tour planning and arrangements, Stephan and the local guides.
Andre and Lev were excellent guides, and ensured we had a great time, even when birding, the weather, or the inevitable logistical challenges of travel within PNG seemed to do their best to thwart us. They did an excellent job of managing expectations, but also ensuring that as many people in the group got to see the birds, while also understanding that not everyone would see ingle bird. Difficulties, whether with accommodations, weather, or even participants, were dealt with quickly, and I have no doubt far more issues were cleared before the group was even aware they existed! I look forward to returning to New Guinea (including West Papua) with Rockjumper soon, and also exploring more birding destinations with Lev and Andre or the other excellent guides you have!
Papua New Guinea - Bowman & Horgan 2024 - September 2024
Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise (Small Group) II 2024 - September 2024
Papua New Guinea - Highlights II 2024 - September 2024
Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension III 2024 - August 2024
Papua New Guinea - Bird Families 2024 - July 2024
Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise (Small Group) I 2024 - June 2024
Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension I 2024 - May 2024
Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise (Small Group) II 2023 - August 2023
Papua New Guinea - Highlights II 2023 - August 2023
Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension III 2023 - August 2023
Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise IV 2023 - August 2023
Papua New Guinea - Adelbert Range & Huon Peninsula 2023 - July 2023
Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise III 2022 - July 2022
Papua New Guinea - New Britain Extension II 2022 - July 2022
Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise II 2022 - June 2022
Papua New Guinea - Huon Peninsula Extension I 2022 - June 2022
Papua New Guinea - Highlights I 2019 - September 2019
Papua New Guinea - New Britain III 2019 - August 2019
Papua New Guinea - Birding in Paradise V 2019 - August 2019
Papua New Guinea - Huon Peninsula Extension II 2019 - August 2019
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