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Papua New Guinea - Highlights

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Papua New Guinea - Highlights I 2026

29 Jun 2026 - 09 Jul 2026 (11 days)

PGK25,950 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Lev Frid

Tour price (Per person): PGK25,950 * USD6,270 * GBP4,890 * EUR5,519 * AUD9,788

Single Supplement: PGK3,400 * USD821 * GBP641 * EUR723 * AUD1,282

Flight costs: PGK3,100 * USD749 * GBP584 * EUR659 * AUD1,169

Papua New Guinea - Highlights II 2026

11 Jul 2026 - 21 Jul 2026 (11 days)

PGK25,950 - 4 Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth

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Tour Leader: Paul Varney

Tour price (Per person): PGK25,950 * USD6,270 * GBP4,890 * EUR5,519 * AUD9,788

Single Supplement: PGK3,400 * USD821 * GBP641 * EUR723 * AUD1,282

Flight costs: PGK3,100 * USD749 * GBP584 * EUR659 * AUD1,169

Papua New Guinea - Highlights I 2027

30 Apr 2027 - 10 May 2027 (11 days)

PGK27,000 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Lev Frid

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Tour Leader: Nigel Redman

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

Tour price (Per person): PGK27,000 * USD6,523 * GBP5,087 * EUR5,742 * AUD10,184

Flight costs: PGK3,400 * USD821 * GBP641 * EUR723 * AUD1,282

Papua New Guinea - Highlights II 2027

15 Aug 2027 - 25 Aug 2027 (11 days)

PGK27,000 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth

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Tour Leader: Jan Pienaar

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

Tour price (Per person): PGK27,000 * USD6,523 * GBP5,087 * EUR5,742 * AUD10,184

Flight costs: PGK3,400 * USD821 * GBP641 * EUR723 * AUD1,282

Papua New Guinea - Highlights I 2028

01 Jul 2028 - 11 Jul 2028 (11 days)

PGK28,600 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Julian Parsons

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Tour Leader: Paul Varney

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

Tour price (Per person): PGK28,600 * USD6,910 * GBP5,389 * EUR6,082 * AUD10,787

Papua New Guinea - Highlights II 2028

27 Aug 2028 - 06 Sep 2028 (11 days)

PGK28,600 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Lev Frid

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

Tour price (Per person): PGK28,600 * USD6,910 * GBP5,389 * EUR6,082 * AUD10,787

Our Papua New Guinea Highlights tour has been specifically crafted to take in the region’s very best sites, from Mount Hagen and Rondon Ridge to the lowlands of Varirata and Kiunga, and is designed for those with less time to spare in the field, yet still wishing for a comprehensive overview of this exceptional land. We bird in areas rich with avian diversity giving ample opportunity for finding many of the area’s most sought-after species. Fabulous birds-of-paradise will feature highly, while we will also enjoy some incredible fruit doves, kingfishers, parrots, honeyeaters, bowerbirds and a couple of endemic families such as berrypeckers and longbills. This tour can also be linked with our New Britain Endemics Extension for a wonderful two week exploration.

Top Birds

Papuan Eagle, 15+ Bird-of-paradise species!, Zoe’s Imperial & Pheasant Pigeon, Wattled Ploughbill, Crested Satinbird, Painted Quail-thrush, Brehm’s Tiger Parrot, Papuan Lorikeet, Lesser Melampitta, Emperor Fairywren, Crested Berrypecker & Mountain Firetail

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, cooler in the highlands

Max Group Size

8 with 1 Rockjumper leader

Tour Pace & Walking

moderate pace with some longer hikes

Accommodation

comfortable to luxurious hotels and lodges

Ease of Birding

moderate, can be challenging at times

Other Attractions

traditional carvings, spectacular forest vistas and mountain scenery

Photographic Opportunities

good

What our clients say about us

Stephan Lorenz
CG & CP - Papua New Guinea 2019

Stephan is a top notch guide. Great eyes, ears & local knowledge found us all the specials. A healthy dose of patience also ensured we all got onto the birds (those that hung around!)

Glen Valentine
MK, Papua New Guinea 2018

The credit for the trip’s success goes to our guides, Glen Valentine and David Erterius. Both have seemingly limitless knowledge of the birds, extrasensory capacities to find them, apparently endless patience and generosity with their clients, and (critically) wonderful senses of humor. They consistently squeezed more out of the birds, the environment, and the experience than I thought possible.

André Bernon
IC - PNG 2022

Both Lev Frid and Andre Bernon were excellent guides. Lev was particularly emphatic about the vagaries of travel in PNG and the propensity for things to go wrong. Despite his warnings, the trip went extremely smoothly; the accommodation was all great be it the highly rustic (Kwatu) or high end (Walindi); the Papuan guides and ground team were very good; it was nice to see that Rockjumper was clearly supporting the local organisations; and overall both the Rockjumper guides and the Papuan bird guides were very knowledgeable. Overall, a really excellent experience on the ground.

Dušan Brinkhuizen
MY, Papua New Guinea 2018

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

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.

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