30 Nov 2026 - 04 Dec 2026 (5 days)
USD2,495 NO SPACES AVAILABLE
Tour Leader: Lev Frid
Tour Price (Per person): USD2,495 (GBP1,916 * AUD3,696)
Single Supplement: USD230 (GBP177 * AUD341)
Flight costs: USD1,395 (GBP1,071 * AUD2,067)
Pricing notes : Charter flight prices are dependent on number of guests booked on the tour.
Tour Price (Per person): USD2,850 (GBP2,188 * AUD4,222)
Single Supplement: USD280 (GBP215 * AUD415)
Flight costs: USD1,495 (GBP1,148 * AUD2,215)
This tour pairs with: Madagascar - Wildlife of a Magical Island 2025
Pricing notes : *prices are estimated and dates may change*
30 Nov 2027 - 04 Dec 2027 (5 days)
USD2,150 NO SPACES AVAILABLE
Tour Leader: Lev Frid
Tour Price (Per person): USD2,150 (GBP1,651 * AUD3,185)
Single Supplement: USD240 (GBP184 * AUD356)
16 Oct 2028 - 20 Oct 2028 (5 days)
USD2,600 SPACES AVAILABLE
Tour Leader: James Wade Lee
Tour Price (Per person): USD2,600 (GBP1,996 * AUD3,852)
Single Supplement: USD264 (GBP203 * AUD391)
Pricing notes : *All prices are estimated, and dates may change*
28 Nov 2028 - 02 Dec 2028 (5 days)
USD2,600 3 SPACES AVAILABLE
Tour Leader: Stephan Lorenz
Tour Price (Per person): USD2,600 (GBP1,996 * AUD3,852)
Single Supplement: USD264 (GBP203 * AUD391)
Pricing notes : *All prices are estimated, and dates may change*
15 Oct 2029 - 19 Oct 2029 (5 days)
USD2,800 SPACES AVAILABLE
Tour Leader: Ryan Tyrer
Tour Price (Per person): USD2,800 (GBP2,150 * AUD4,148)
Single Supplement: USD290 (GBP223 * AUD430)
Pricing notes : *All prices are estimated, and dates may change*
06 Nov 2029 - 10 Nov 2029 (5 days)
USD2,800 SPACES AVAILABLE
Tour Leader: André Bernon
Tour Price (Per person): USD2,800 (GBP2,150 * AUD4,148)
Single Supplement: USD290 (GBP223 * AUD430)
Pricing notes : *All prices are estimated, and dates may change*
Ranomafana is situated on the eastern slope of Madagascar’s mountainous backbone and spans a wide range of elevations and forest types. Our short extension gives us the opportunity to find several rare and localised mammals such as Golden Bamboo Lemur and Milne-Edwards’s Sifaka. This is an excellent site for the attractive Pitta-like Ground Roller, as well as offering us further chances for a good proportion of endemics, including the uncommon Pollen’s Vanga and Brown Mesite. Night walks also offer the opportunity to see colourful chameleons and strange leaf-tailed geckos.
Due to the arduous road conditions between Antananarivo and Ranomafana (which currently takes an entire day of bumpy driving to cover +-400km), we now use charter flights, greately improving the comfort of this extension.
Pitta-like & Rufous-headed Ground Rollers; Brown Mesite; Wedge-tailed Jery; Pollen’s, Tylas & Crossley’s Vangas; Madagascar Starling; Forest Fody; White-throated Oxylabes; Velvet Asity; Spectacled Tetraka; Madagascar Wood Rail; Nelicourvi Weaver; Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity; Grey-crowned Tetraka; Forest Rock Thrush; Madagascar Yellowbrow; Red-fronted Coua; Brown & Grey Emutails; Rand’s & Cryptic Warblers; Blue Coua; Madagascar Rail; Madagascar Snipe.
Golden Bamboo, Greater Grey Bamboo & Eastern Grey Bamboo Lemurs; Red-fronted Brown, Red-bellied & Small-toothed Sportive Lemurs; Milne-Edwards’s Sifaka; Common & Lowland Streaked Tenrecs; Ring-tailed Mongoose.
Rainforest, highland marsh
Warm to very hot, cooler evenings in highlands, some rainfall possible
8 with 1 Rockjumper leader & local leader
MODERATE TO CHALLENGING: This tour requires a good level of fitness, stamina, and overall health. It’s best suited for experienced birders who are comfortable with a more active itinerary. Please note that it may not be ideal for avid photographers, new birders, or those with mobility or health concerns.
Moderate to brisk paced tour suited for those in good health with good level of fitness. Not suited for anyone with mobility challenges or serious medical conditions.
Generally comfortable
Mostly unchallenging, several difficult rainforest skulkers that may require repeat efforts.
Excellent to incredible.
The Madagascar tour (Comprehensive and Ranomafana Extension) was everything I'd hoped for, and more, with fabulous birds and many lemurs. We used a very nice hotel with excellent food as a base of operations at the start, finish, and for occasional one-nighters between flights to 4 locations, which was very convenient -- especially for laundry and storing items if flights required lighter luggage. All of our flights were on time (amazing!) and we saw almost all of the birds we attempted -- and more species than I'd expected, based on previous years' reports and in view of recent habitat decline. When our flight back to Tana on our last day was quite early, leaving us with most of the day to spare (and no productive local birding left at that point,) a trip to the historical Queen's Palace was arranged, which was quite interesting! Our local agent Solohary kept everything running smoothly, helped us find birds and shared his love of Madagascar with us with lots of information about the country. Tour Leader Andre Bernon was fantastic, with excellent eyes and ears and a fast laser pointer to help us see the birds, good calls about how to spend the group's time and energy, attention to the needs of all group members, and a friendly, upbeat and enjoyable attitude at all times. Local guides at each location were excellent at finding birds and very helpful (especially on the rain-slick trail at Iaroka.) I have traveled with Rockjumper before (and will do so again) as well as many other birding tour companies, but this is one of the best trips ever!
We had been with Greg before on the Ethiopia tour. We selected this tour because Greg was leading it. Not only does he have excellent birding skills, but he also has excellent people skills. He kept the tour running smoothly, handled problems quickly, and was most anxious that every member of the tour got to see the birds if at all possible. We would definitely travel with him again. We got lots of new birds, had lots of laughs, and enjoyed our fellow birders.
Excellent tour overall. Adam Walleyn is probably the best overall bird tour guide I have had the pleasure of touring with. He not only knows the birds and wildlife, but is great at handling all types of people and doing whatever he can to make the tour fun, pleasant, and productive. He was always respectful of participants, and made sure their priorities were the focus of the trip rather than his own.
Another excellent Rockjumper trip. David did a good job meeting our needs through the whole trip.
David Hoddinott is the best!! He is tenacious about getting all participants on all birds!
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Madagascar - Skjonsberg (Comp) 2025 - October 2025
Madagascar - Comprehensive I 2025 - October 2025
Madagascar - Bird Photography Tour 2025 - October 2025
Madagascar - Petersen (Main) 2025 - September 2025
Madagascar - Highlights I 2025 - July 2025
Madagascar - Highlights II 2024 - November 2024
Madagascar - Ranomafana Extension III 2024 - November 2024
Madagascar - Comprehensive III 2024 - October 2024
Madagascar - Highlights I 2024 - May 2024
Madagascar - Herz & friends 2023 - November 2023
Madagascar - Comprehensive III 2023 - October 2023
Madagascar - Whitlock 2023 - October 2023
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