Birds of North India Tour
North India Birding Safari - 15 Days
Delhi-Bharatpur-Chambal-Saatal-Pangot-Corbett-Delhi.
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| Day 1 |
Arrive New Delhi, Meals: breakfast.
Arrive Delhi International airport in the day. You will be met and transferred to
the hotel (day room). Day at leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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| Day 2-5 |
Bharatpur, Meals: breakfast.
Drive to Bharatpur in the morning (4 hours). Three full days of birding in Keoladeo
Ghana National Park on foot and cycle rickshaws with a birding guide. Note: boat
ride will be arranged subject to availability. Keoladeo National Park has some of
the finest wetlands in the world and is the world heritage site. Over 400 species
of birds in Bharatpur find a refuge in the 29 square kilometers of shallow lakes & woodland
of the park. A third of them are winter migrants which breed as far as Siberia &
Central Asia.
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| Day 6 |
National Chambal Sanctuary, Meals: breakfast.
Transfer to Chambal early in the morning. Morning boat cruise with a guide to see
Indian skimmer, black-bellied tern, flock of winter migratory waterfowls, common cranes, demoiselle cranes and sarus crane and marsh crocodiles - mugger; river
dolphins; turtle etc. Return by 1500 hours to Agra. Afternoon visit to the Taj Mahal
(optional). Transfer from the hotel in the evening to connect train to Lal Kuan
(railhead for Nainital; 3 hours drive) at 2130 hr. Overnight in air-conditioned
sleeper train.
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| Day 7 |
Saatal-Pangot, 15 km from Nainital, Meals: breakfast.
Arrive Lal Kuan at 0830 hours. You will be met and transferred to Saatal (2 hours).
Full day birding with a guide. The drive is through the forested area of Saatal.
One can see a variety of Himalayan species along the way such as accentors,
tesias, greater & lesser yellownaped woodpeckers, blue-throated
barbet, rufous-chinned laughing thrush, black bulbul, dark-throated thrush etc.
Drive to Pangot (2 hours) in the evening. Overnight at Jungle Lore Birding Lodge.
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| Day 8,9 |
Pangot, Meals: breakfast.
Full day birding at Cheena Peak, Kilbury & Timla Pani. Overnight at Jungle Lore
Birding Lodge. The entire drive is through the forested area of Cheena Peak Range
via Snow View Point and Kilbury, the main habitats for excellent birding. One can
see a variety of Himalayan species along the way such as lammergeier, Himalayan
griffon, blue-winged minla, spotted & slaty-backed forktail, rufous-bellied
woodpecker, niltavas, khaleej pheasants and thrush etc. More
than 200 species have been recorded at Pangot and surrounding areas. The numerous
perennial & seasonal creeks are home to an amazing variety of flora and fauna
including the leopard, yellow-throated Himalayan martin, Himalayan palm civet, ghoral,
barking deer, sambhar, red fox etc.
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| Day 10 |
Pangot, Meals: breakfast.
Another day of birding at Pangot village, Baggar and Gughu Khan. These walks can
be very rewarding. Overnight stay at the lodge. One can see crested serpent-eagle,
mountain hawk-eagle, Woodpeckers brown-fronted, stripe-breasted wood pecker, rufous-bellied
wood pecker etc. Thrushes such as dark-throated, mistle etc. Striated Prinia can be see in the
terraced fields. Warblers such as Tickell’s Leaf-Warbler, Greenish, Golden-spectacled,
Grey-hooded. Flycatchers such as asian brown, rusty-tailed, ultramarine, verditer,
tickell’s blue, rufous-bellied niltava etc., orange-flanked bush robin, blue-capped
redstart. Laughing thrushes such as white-throated laughing thrush, striated & streaked laughing thrush, chestnut-crowned
etc. Search accentors, pipit, blue-winged minla, yuhinas etc.
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| Day 11 |
Mongoli Valley-Corbett NP, Meals: breakfast, dinner.
Drive early morning to Bajun (45 minutes) and trek into Mongoli Valley. The trek
will last about 4-5 hours. Packed lunch will be served. Drive to Corbett National
Park from Mongoli (3 hours) stopping en route to look for Ibisbill. Overnight stay
in a cottage at Corbett Tiger Camp in the forests.. One can see crested woodpeckers such as greater yellownape,
scaly-breasted, speckled piculet etc. Large flocks of slaty-headed parakeets, numerous
spotted and oriental turtle doves, bushchats, russet sparrows, variety of cuckoos: indian cuckoo,
oriental cuckoo, large-hawk cuckoo and eurasian cuckoos. Large-billed crow, grey treepie, black-headed
jay, maroon oriole, large cuckoo shrike, tits such as rufous-naped, black-throated
& yellow-browed and smaller numbers of black-lored and green-backed. White-tailed
nuthatch, chestnut-bellied nuthatch and bar-tailed tree creepers.
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| Day 12 |
Kanha on full board with all meals & Game drives
Delhi 5 star on B&B Includes all monuments, guide, and entry fees.
Road transfers by AC Toyota Innova car.
Free laundry services in Kanha.
Minimum persons should be six only
15 KG baggage is allowed per person, guest will have to leave back their extra baggage
in Delhi hotel.
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| Day 13 |
Corbett National Park, Meals: breakfast & dinner.
Morning elephant safari through the grasslands and dense forests. This is the best
mode of transport for wildlife viewing. Return at 0900 hours for breakfast and then
spend time till lunch on a watch tower overlooking a water hole. Drive to Tiger Camp.
Arrive Tiger Camp for dinner. Overnight stay.Some of the best birding areas of Dhikala
are Sambhar Road and Khinanauli. One can expect to see great slaty woodpecker,
hornbilla, puff-throated babbler, white rumped shamas, pallas fishing eagles etc.
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| Day 14 |
Corbett National Park-Delhi, Meals: breakfast.
Morning bird walk at Kumeria and a walk from Garjia temple to Tiger Camp. Return
for lunch. Afternoon drive to Delhi (6 hr.). Overnight in a hotel in Delhi. One
can look for black bulbul, brown-eared bulbul, brown fish owl, little & spotted
forktail, yellow bellied fantail and white browed fantail, crested laughing thrushes, black winged
cuckoo shrikes, little heron, wallcreeper, red-breasted parakeet, short-billed and
long-tailed minivet, brown dipper, ashy-crowned sparrow lark etc.
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| Day 15 |
New Delhi-onward journey, Meals: breakfast.
Transfer to the airport to connect flight to the next destination.
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