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 tour was absolutely brilliant. A great group with excellent spotting skills, a guide who worked hard to make sure everyone got a view of every bird (not always easy with some of the real skulkers), local guides who knew exactly where to go and what to look for, and an itinerary designed to maximise birding time in each location. It far exceeded my expectations in terms of the number of rare and secretive bird species we saw, and our 'luck' held for the entire trip. I'll be singing Rockjumper and Adam's praises for some time.
Enjoyed seeing the churches and learning about the history while also doing some birding.
I really enjoyed the trip and Lev was great. Since this is the first relaxed program, here are my thoughts: The pace was good and the places we went were productive (from a birding perspective). Getting up and moving earlier would have been fine and evening owling would have been good. Considering the stinking heat, I really appreciated not having long hikes. A friend came on the regular trip and said it was quite a difficult trip -- I was willing to give up some birds for a less strenuous trip.
Compliments especially to Stephan for an excellent trip!!!
The relaxed format is a great idea and i hope to see more trips of this sort. It’s wonderful to have time to enjoy the scenery’s suit and watch the birds and animals instead of ticking and moving on.
This 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.