Rockjumper Birding Tours proudly offers quality birding adventures, expertly guided by our passionate and experienced professional tour leaders. Our 300 scheduled tours annually explore the world’s prime birding areas, and our Tailor-made department can custom design your dream birding vacation.
Our leader to guest ratio is among the best in the industry. Some cruises are different, but typically our tours have about eight participants, providing RJ guests a personalized tour experience. 1 Leader : up to 8 guests, 2 Leaders : 8 – 12 guests
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Learn MoreThis was an extremely enjoyable and well-run tour that met or exceeded all expectations. It was evident from the start that the tour was carefully organized with great attention to detail but with flexibility for the leader to adjust the itinerary as required. When a coffee stop at a facility planned for a later overnight stay revealed evidence of poor service and questionable facilities, the leader worked with the office to arrange a far better and more conveniently located alternative. Later, after consultation with the drivers and local residents on security issues, he decided on a route change that saved considerable driving time while providing unplanned access to some excellent birding areas. Unfortunately, a not so positive security assessment later prevented a planned visit to the Jemma Valley. This tour proved to be exactly as advertised. There were some long drives on bumpy roads, some of the food was boring and a few of the overnight accommodations were a bit basic. But the birding was exceptional with virtually every target found and well seen along with a few exceptional surprise species. The pace was intense at times with some long days, but there was always sufficient time for rest. This tour was unusual in that there was no night birding. We did see a number of owls, plus a few nightjars, but all of them at day roosts. David Hoddinott is an exceptional bird tour leader, the best I have traveled with on the dozen or so birding tours I have taken. His knowledge of birds and where to find them is unmatched, as is his skill in identifying a huge diversity of species by sight and sound. And he put great energy into ensuring that everyone got good looks at every bird. Over many years of leading tours in Ethiopia he has developed and cultivated relationships with local people who guided us to some roosting owls and other interesting species. And he has developed a personal catalog of roadside locations where interesting species can reliably be found. And finally, he displayed boundless enthusiasm for finding the birds and joy in sharing each discovery. I would eagerly sign up for another tour with David.
Brad was great. Incredibly knowledgeable about not just the birds but the broader fauna and flora. Worked hard to get us on difficult birds and was also great on making sure everything was organized in terms of trip logistics. Despite him and Dusan having very different styles, I appreciated that they worked well together and played off each others strengths to maximize our success. Would definitely take another trip with either of them, or even better, the two of them together.
Both Lisle and the local guide (Ashoka) are excellent birders and made sure that all members of the group saw as many species as possible and as well as possible. The rating of excellent acknowledges the fact that some folk might consider the two lodges less than ‘perfect’ but, having birded in many geographical areas around the world, we were more than happy with their standard. Susan and I have done nine Rockjumper trips since our first in 2015 and look forward to many more.
Paul was amazing---so energetic, enthusiastic and knowledgeable! Sweet and fun.
This tour was a pleasant surprise and exceeded expectations. For a “budget” tour, I was expecting much more basic accommodations, especially for Madagascar. I was happy with where we stayed, there was almost always WiFi and electricity available, which I hadn’t been relying on. The food at the Bamboo Club was especially nice, and the grounds at the Au Bois Vert were the perfect place to start a tour, with plenty of garden birds to start a baseline understanding of Madagascar birds with. Stu was a wonderful leader, and did the lords work to get everyone on each bird, despite the varying degrees of experience by participants on the trip. Despite only 10-11 days of birding, we cleaned up a huge number of Madagascar endemics and I was happy with all the birds seen and photos taken, despite occasional environmental and logistical challenge as expected in Madagascar. This was a great trip, I’m happy I was able to go, and I would go out of my way to join another tour with Stu as the leader any day.
While the birding was more difficult, the guides knowledge on where to search for some of the key species. Helped the group find a number of very interesting species of birds.
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