Cheepers! Africa
Jim and Cindy Beckman founded Cheepers! Birding on a Budget in 2009. You can learn more about the company and its owners here: http://www.cheepersbirding.com/
In an effort to offer a wider variety of tours to Africa at a reasonable price, the Beckmans formed a partnership with Errol DeBeer, one of the leading birding and naturalist guides in sub-Saharan Africa, in 2015. Cheepers! Africa is the result of that partnership, a spinoff of the original company that will operate using the same standards of service to our clients: lower per-day costs and personal attention prior to, during, and after your tour.
While a few African tours will still be offered on the Cheepers! Birding on a Budget set departure schedule each year, many more will be available on the Cheepers! Africa website. The scheduled tours offered on the original website will be accompanied by the Beckmans as tour leaders while those offered by Cheepers! Africa will be led and guided by Errol or an equally qualified guide. We also offer custom tours to any of the countries you see on the set departure schedule, as well as Gabon and Kenya.
AFRICAN CULTURE AND NATURE TOURS
If you have been searching for a tour that has more of an even focus on bird watching, culture activities and nature viewing, Cheepers! Africa may have an answer to your search. We are pleased to announce we now offer culture and nature tours to South Africa and Jordan. The South Africa tour offers a combination of culture, nature and bird watching activities emphasizing the cultural highlights of Johannesburg and Capetown, the spectacular wildlife of Kruger National Park, along with viewing some of the most spectacular birds in South Africa. The Jordan tour offers a combination of culture and bird watching, emphasizing the cultural highlights of Perta and the Wadi Rum, Jerash and several desert castles, along with visiting top birding sites to find many of the 434 bird species recorded in Jordan.
ANYTIME TOURS
Anytime tours - the name is self-explanatory, so if you see any tour or destination that takes your fancy but the scheduled dates do not fit your plans, let us know. More often than not, we will be able to accommodate you and find extra participants if so required - even easier if you have your own group! We also offer tailor-made itineraries to fit your exact needs and requirements.
DAY TRIPS
We offer day trips for 1 to 6 clients from most major centers in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia. If you find yourself in southern Africa on business or holiday and have a day or two to spare, let us take care of your idle time and show you some of the spectacular avian delights within striking distance of most major cities.
EXPEDITIONS
Africa is home to some of the most exciting birding and wildlife destinations in the world. While many countries have excellent tourism infrastructure, others have only recently opened up to tourism and some are notoriously difficult to travel in. For this reason, we offer Expedition Trips, specifically targeted at world listers and the young at heart. These expeditions are tailor-made from the ground up, taking into account the best possible sites to find birds on the participant's wish list. Conditions on these tours can sometimes be trying and often rustic, but the excitement of seeing that super rare bird that very few birders have ever seen sure makes it worthwhile. Errol de Beer, co-owner and senior guide of Cheepers! Africa, has run many highly successful expedition trips to various parts of Africa for some of the top listers in the world, often leading to return visits by these clients.
Click on the Calendar buttons above to see our schedule of set departure tours, or click on any country at the top of this page for more information. To learn more about our guides, click on the button titled "About".
Questions? Contact us!
Contact us by email: erroldb@gmail.com
cbeckman4505@gmail.com
cheepers@sbcglobal.net
jamesdbeckman@sbcglobal.net
Contact us by phone: 011-27-76-634-7370 (Errol in South Africa)
937-862-4505
937-974-0802 (Jim's cell)
937-974-0803 (Cindy's cell)
Contact via USPS: PO Box 385
Spring Valley, OH 45370
USA
In an effort to offer a wider variety of tours to Africa at a reasonable price, the Beckmans formed a partnership with Errol DeBeer, one of the leading birding and naturalist guides in sub-Saharan Africa, in 2015. Cheepers! Africa is the result of that partnership, a spinoff of the original company that will operate using the same standards of service to our clients: lower per-day costs and personal attention prior to, during, and after your tour.
While a few African tours will still be offered on the Cheepers! Birding on a Budget set departure schedule each year, many more will be available on the Cheepers! Africa website. The scheduled tours offered on the original website will be accompanied by the Beckmans as tour leaders while those offered by Cheepers! Africa will be led and guided by Errol or an equally qualified guide. We also offer custom tours to any of the countries you see on the set departure schedule, as well as Gabon and Kenya.
AFRICAN CULTURE AND NATURE TOURS
If you have been searching for a tour that has more of an even focus on bird watching, culture activities and nature viewing, Cheepers! Africa may have an answer to your search. We are pleased to announce we now offer culture and nature tours to South Africa and Jordan. The South Africa tour offers a combination of culture, nature and bird watching activities emphasizing the cultural highlights of Johannesburg and Capetown, the spectacular wildlife of Kruger National Park, along with viewing some of the most spectacular birds in South Africa. The Jordan tour offers a combination of culture and bird watching, emphasizing the cultural highlights of Perta and the Wadi Rum, Jerash and several desert castles, along with visiting top birding sites to find many of the 434 bird species recorded in Jordan.
ANYTIME TOURS
Anytime tours - the name is self-explanatory, so if you see any tour or destination that takes your fancy but the scheduled dates do not fit your plans, let us know. More often than not, we will be able to accommodate you and find extra participants if so required - even easier if you have your own group! We also offer tailor-made itineraries to fit your exact needs and requirements.
DAY TRIPS
We offer day trips for 1 to 6 clients from most major centers in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia. If you find yourself in southern Africa on business or holiday and have a day or two to spare, let us take care of your idle time and show you some of the spectacular avian delights within striking distance of most major cities.
EXPEDITIONS
Africa is home to some of the most exciting birding and wildlife destinations in the world. While many countries have excellent tourism infrastructure, others have only recently opened up to tourism and some are notoriously difficult to travel in. For this reason, we offer Expedition Trips, specifically targeted at world listers and the young at heart. These expeditions are tailor-made from the ground up, taking into account the best possible sites to find birds on the participant's wish list. Conditions on these tours can sometimes be trying and often rustic, but the excitement of seeing that super rare bird that very few birders have ever seen sure makes it worthwhile. Errol de Beer, co-owner and senior guide of Cheepers! Africa, has run many highly successful expedition trips to various parts of Africa for some of the top listers in the world, often leading to return visits by these clients.
Click on the Calendar buttons above to see our schedule of set departure tours, or click on any country at the top of this page for more information. To learn more about our guides, click on the button titled "About".
Questions? Contact us!
Contact us by email: erroldb@gmail.com
cbeckman4505@gmail.com
cheepers@sbcglobal.net
jamesdbeckman@sbcglobal.net
Contact us by phone: 011-27-76-634-7370 (Errol in South Africa)
937-862-4505
937-974-0802 (Jim's cell)
937-974-0803 (Cindy's cell)
Contact via USPS: PO Box 385
Spring Valley, OH 45370
USA