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 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.
With Adam Walleyn as our guide, it was hard to imagine how the trip could have been any better. Madagascar is certainly a challenging place, but his experience and ability to help us know what to expect were invaluable. As far as seeing birds, my expectations were exceeded. A great trip.
This was our first tour with Rockjumper and it was absolutely fabulous. Adam Walleyn is by far the best bird guide we have ever had the privilege of working with. His combined qualities as the overall tour leader in terms of personality, ability to deal with whatever got thrown at him and interactive skills were all great. He was very good at keeping us informed of what was planned and was happening next. He was very good at imposing a gentle but essential discipline on the group - rotation in the procession, rotation of positions in the buses, ensuring that everyone got to see the bird - all made for a really good functionality in the group. His sharpness in the field, knowledge of bird calls and bird identification were simply remarkable.
Stephan was an excellent guide and leader. Excellent knowledge, bags of energy, calm and attentive to the needs of the group. Accommodation and food generally very good and local ground agent had logistics well sorted - even internal flights all to plan.
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.
Our leader, Rob Williams, was extremely knowledgeable, had a good sense of humour and was keen to see as many species as possible. He helped group members locate more difficult species.
15 Oct 2024 - 19 Oct 2024 (5 days)
USD1,995 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Gregory de Klerk
Tour price (Per person): USD1,995 * GBP1,592 * EUR1,861 * AUD3,040
Single Supplement: USD200 * GBP160 * EUR187 * AUD305
06 Nov 2024 - 10 Nov 2024 (5 days)
USD1,995 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Gregory de Klerk
Tour price (Per person): USD1,995 * GBP1,592 * EUR1,861 * AUD3,040
Single Supplement: USD200 * GBP160 * EUR187 * AUD305
29 Oct 2025 - 02 Nov 2025 (5 days)
USD2,395 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Lev Frid
Pricing notes : Charter flight prices are dependent on number of guests booked on the tour.
Tour price (Per person): USD2,395 * GBP1,911 * EUR2,235 * AUD3,649
Single Supplement: USD250 * GBP200 * EUR233 * AUD381
Flight costs: USD1,300 * GBP1,038 * EUR1,213 * AUD1,981
04 Dec 2025 - 08 Dec 2025 (5 days)
USD2,395 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Stuart Elsom
Pricing notes : Charter flight prices are dependent on number of guests booked on the tour.
Tour price (Per person): USD2,395 * GBP1,911 * EUR2,235 * AUD3,649
Single Supplement: USD250 * GBP200 * EUR233 * AUD381
Flight costs: USD1,300 * GBP1,038 * EUR1,213 * AUD1,981
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