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Papua New Guinea - Bird Families

© Blue Bird-of-paradise by Dusan Brinkhuizen
Papua New Guinea - Bird Families II 2026

02 Jul 2026 - 11 Jul 2026 (10 days)

PGK21,250 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth

Pricing notes : Please note that, to minimize costs for this small group tour, the international flights for the Rockjumper Tour Leader have not been included in the pricing. This tour is planned to run in conjunction with another scheduled tour. However, if this arrangement is not feasible, a small additional fee will be required to cover the guide’s international airfare.

Tour price (Per person): PGK21,250 * USD5,189 * GBP3,657 * EUR4,255 * AUD7,622

Single Supplement: PGK2,850 * USD696 * GBP490 * EUR571 * AUD1,022

Flight costs: PGK1,122 * USD274 * GBP193 * EUR225 * AUD402

Papua New Guinea - Bird Families I 2026

11 Aug 2026 - 20 Aug 2026 (10 days)

PGK21,250 - No Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Paul Varney

Pricing notes : Please note that, to minimize costs for this small group tour, the international flights for the Rockjumper Tour Leader have not been included in the pricing. This tour is planned to run in conjunction with another scheduled tour. However, if this arrangement is not feasible, a small additional fee will be required to cover the guide’s international airfare.

Tour price (Per person): PGK21,250 * USD5,189 * GBP3,657 * EUR4,255 * AUD7,622

Single Supplement: PGK2,850 * USD696 * GBP490 * EUR571 * AUD1,022

Flight costs: PGK1,122 * USD274 * GBP193 * EUR225 * AUD402

Papua New Guinea - Bird Families I 2027

05 Aug 2027 - 14 Aug 2027 (10 days)

PGK23,950 - 3 Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Daniel Danckwerts

Tour price (Per person): PGK23,950 * USD5,848 * GBP4,122 * EUR4,795 * AUD8,590

Single Supplement: PGK2,950 * USD720 * GBP508 * EUR591 * AUD1,058

Flight costs: PGK1,235 * USD302 * GBP213 * EUR247 * AUD443

Of all the world’s birding destinations, Papua New Guinea must certainly rank amongst the most fascinating and exotic. The second largest island on Earth, New Guinea was the last inhabited island to be explored by Europeans, and even today many areas have little or no exposure to Western influence. Second only to Madagascar, New Guinea supports the highest number of endemics of any island and these riches are perhaps no better reflected by any other group than its birds. The most sought-after among these are the members of the seven endemic bird families including the monotypic Blue-capped Ifrit, Ploughbill, and Mottled Berryhunter along with the Satinbirds (3 species), Berrypeckers and Longbills (12 species), Painted Berrypeckers (3 species) and Melampittas (2 species). Coupled with a supporting cast of more nine other widespread Australasian bird families, including the unbelievable Birds-of-Paradise, Papua New Guinea is a destination like no other. Over the course of 10 days, we will target representatives of each of these endemic bird families all the while enjoying abundant fruit doves, fig parrots, pittas, honeyeaters and kingfishers.

Top Birds

Radjah Shelduck; Great Cuckoo-dove; Superb & Beautiful Fruit-Doves; Archbold's Nightjar; Feline, Mountain, & Barred Owlet-nightjars; Black-mantled Goshawk; +10 kingfishers; Papuan King-Parrot; Stella's Lorikeet; Eastern Hooded & Papuan Pittas; MacGregor's, Yellow-breasted, Fawn-breasted, & Archbold's Bowerbirds; Goldenface; Painted Quail-Thrush; Spotted & Chestnut-backed Jewel-babblers; Wattled Ploughbill; Tit & Eastern Crested Berrypeckers; White-bellied Whistler; Lowland & Mountain Peltops; Drongo Fantail; up to 14 Birds-of-Pardise; Blue-capped Ifrit; Lesser Melampitta; Loria's & Crested Satinbirds; Berrypeckers & Longbills; White-faced Robin; Mountain Firetail; Gray-headed Munia.

Top Mammals

Spectacled Dasyure, Black-tailed Giant Rat, Agile Wallaby

Habitats Covered

lowland and montane rainforest, secondary forest, Eucalyptus savanna, mangroves, grasslands, wetlands

Expected Climate

hot and humid with tropical showers in the lowlands, cooler in the highlands

Max Group Size

8 with 1 Rockjumper leader

Tour Pace & Walking

DIFFICULT: This is a high-intensity “mega” tour designed for passionate listers and serious birders who enjoy a fast-paced schedule. Due to its demanding nature, it’s not recommended for avid photographers, inexperienced birders, or anyone with mobility or health limitations.

moderate pace with some longer hikes

Accommodation

comfortable to luxurious hotels and lodges

Ease of Birding

moderate, can be challenging at times

Photographic Opportunities

worthwhile

What our clients say about us

Stephan Lorenz
JC - PNG 2022

The tour was excellent overall. The main guide, Stephan Lorentz, was really top class. His knowledge of the birds and calls and the fine id details was exceptional and his field skills were awesome, outdoing the local guides at times. And he is extremely personable and friendly. The local guides were also excellent and provided an exceptionally high level of field skill and support, and great enthusiasm in getting pax onto the more challenging birds. And physical support also, including even helping some of the pax on slippery slopes and cutting stairs on river landings at times!! The landed arrangements were generally slick and the accommodation of good quality. Overall it was an exceptional and really memorable tour with superb birds and birding, much or most of which would not have been possible without the Rockjumper team, slick tour planning and arrangements, Stephan and the local guides.

Adam Walleyn
BA, Papua New Guinea

Adam Walleyn acted as a very experienced and skilful leader. He had an intimate knowledge of the birds and great skills in finding and showing them. His communication was extremely clear, to the point and flavoured with a good sense of humour. In the few difficult situations that arose due to flights, civil unrest, etc, he showed extremely good skills in handling these with a perfect balance between group decisions and executive decisions. A role model for a tour leader.

Dušan Brinkhuizen
MY, Papua New Guinea 2018

Dušan Brinkhuizen was very personable, great birder, keen on helping us all see the species.

Dušan Brinkhuizen
RL & CL - Papua New Guinea

We thought the birding went very well. Both Dusan and Stephan were great guides - very knowledgeable, very dedicated, quite determined to get everyone onto pretty much everything, and they combined very well. And, they both tried very hard to help all the participants who needed it, whether it was locating a bird, getting up a steep section or getting in or out of the boats. They did an admirable job.

Dušan Brinkhuizen
RL, Papua New Guinea 2018

Dušan Brinkhuizen was especially sweet and encouraging when I was having trouble with pain or with getting onto birds. I would be happy to travel with Dušan again.

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