5 Reasons To Visit The Forgotten Islands [#2: Auckland Island’s Carnley Harbour]

May 19

In light of our upcoming New Zealand Subantarctic Island Cruise, we decided to provide 5 great reasons to visit the #ForgottenIslands! Here is Reason #2... #2: Auckland Island’s Carnley Harbour To the south of the Auckland Island archipelago is a very large, sheltered harbour, abounding in fascinating human history that covers...

5 Reasons To Visit The Forgotten Islands [#1: Remote and Uninhabited]

May 17

In light of our upcoming New Zealand Subantarctic Island Cruise, we decided to provide 5 great reasons to visit the #ForgottenIslands! Reason #1: Remote and Uninhabited You won’t find them mentioned in a travel agent’s brochure; you won’t find them in most guidebooks, you probably don’t know anyone who has ever...

Bird of the Year 2015

Dec 24

Perhaps the most challenging task for our tour leaders is to select their best bird from amongst the thousands of great specials that they have the opportunity to see on our array of tours each year. The rest of us, however, have the pleasure of reading the year’s highlights from...

Top 10 Mid-Year Sightings by Rockjumper Tour Leaders

Nov 04

Our tours invariably turn up interesting and unexpected sightings, and here are the top 10 recent sightings from some of our tours that have run over the past few months as documented in our tour leader’s own words. This is obviously just a small selection, but should nevertheless give a...

The Amur Migration

Oct 29

Current technology limits the non-stop flight time of a commercial aircraft to 17½ hours. However, in the avian world, there’s a flight that’s even longer – one that’s just recently started to be monitored by conservationists. Namely, the very impressive long distance migration of Amur Falcons as they fly continuously...