Feedback on Rockjumpers PNG birding Tour July-August 2011

I read Rob Morris summary of his Rockjumper trip. I can sympathise with everything he says. However, I went with Rocjkjumper to Assam and Bhutan last April / May. Yes, a few things could have been done better. But the guides were the best guides that I have had for an overseas tour. Three American … Read more

Overseas birding

I sympathise with what Rob is saying here, though point out that his experience is by no means unique to Rockjumpers. My own experience with Rockjumpers – in Cameroon – left much to be desired and indeed was quite scary. I was supposed to have been met at the airport but nobody was there; alone, … Read more

Feedback on Rockjumpers PNG birding Tour July-August 2011 – Between a rock and a hard place so think before you jump!

This is the feedback I gave to Rockjumpers about a tour I went on to PNG in August 2011. If you are a serious birder, I would not recommend travelling on their tour with 9 or 10 others. be warned or at least prepared…. I did not receive an evaluation form before departing from the … Read more

Cacaphonous Christmas and Noisy New Year

Hi All. Our tranquil holiday at Avoca Beach in the Basin has been terribly disrupted by the far-carrying, piercing, human-baby like screams and begging of two fledgling Channel-billed Cuckoos, morning and afternoon, letting up for only an hour or two in the middle of the day. Plus up to five, raucous, adult CBCs and angry … Read more