Bird Watching Tour
Duration: 19 Nights / 20 Days
Destinations: Delhi -
Corbett - Nainital - Mukteshwar - Delhi - Ranthambhore - Bharatpur - Agra -
Umaria (Bandhavgarh) - Kanha - Jabalpur - Delhi
Day 01: Delhi
Company
representatives will receive you on arrival at the international airport in
Delhi late in the night or midnight. Transfer to your hotel. Relax.
Overnight will be at Delhi.
Day 02: Delhi - Corbett
Breakfast will be at hotel.
Drive to CORBETT National Park.
On the way we will stop at Ramnagar and look for the fabulous IBISBILL amongst
the riverside boulders.
JIM CORBETT National Park - One of the greatest National Parks of Asia. Corbett
is five hundred and twenty acres of forests, hills and grasslands, fed by a
frisky river - A bio-diversity that is rich, rare and precious. This Park is
the perfect habitat for the tiger, elephant, hog deer, birds and other wildlife
species that is fast vanishing from the earth.
Relax in the evening at the resort restaurant. Overnight will be at resort.
Day 03: Corbett
Enjoy
a full day birding along the riverbanks and in the nearby green area. Overnight
will be at the resort.
Day 04: Corbett National Park
After breakfast drive inside the forest and full day BIRDING in the park.
Corbett National Park protects a large tract of forest and savanna in the Himalayan
foothills, and was India's first National Park. In winter is quite cold in these
areas and birds descend from the higher levels of the Himalayas to add to the
park's bird riches. The variety of birds in this area is fantastic and moreover
the area has its own population of tigers. The lodge inside the park is BASIC
but with private facilities and the location is great!!!
Overnight will be inside the forest at rest house in DHIKALA.
Day 05: Corbett National Park
Enjoy full day BIRDING in the park. Overnight will be inside the forest at rest
house in DHIKALA.
Day 06: Corbett National Park - Nainital
Breakfast
will be at the guest house.
Drive to Nainital. The road is uphill and the scenery spectacular. Nainital
lies beside a glacial lake and is backed by a crater like ridge with snowcapped
peaks beyond rising to over 2600 m. The area is a mixture of pinewoods, open
country and small lakes, and the views from some of the hills behind the town
are simply fantastic.
Here LAMMERGEIERS and HIMALAYAN GRIFON VULTURES soar overhead.
Reach by late afternoon and enjoy the evening birding around the resort.
Overnight will be in Nainital.
Day 07: Nainital
Breakfast will be at the resort.
Enjoy full day birding in and around Nainital. Walk among the area's forests
and fields in search of resident and migrant mountain birds. Including RED FLANKED
BLUETAIL, STREAKED LAUGHING THRUSH, ALTAI ACCENTOR AND GOLDEN BUSH ROBIN for
some spectacular birding.
Overnight will be in Nainital.
Day
08: Nainital - Mukteshwar
Breakfast will be in the resort.
Proceed to Mukteshwar - 52 km from Nainital and 6 km from the resort.
Enjoy some beautiful birding for the rest of the day.
Birds included will be as per list attached (birds around Mukteshwar) and time
will pass fast.
Overnight will be in a small but beautiful mountain resort.
Day 09: Mukteshwar - Delhi
Early morning birding will be around the resort.
Proceed for Delhi after breakfast.
This will be a long drive and you will need to relax on reaching Delhi.
Overnight will be in Delhi.
Day
10: Delhi - Ranthambhore
Transfer to the station for train to SAWAI MADHOPUR after breakfast.
Reach and transfer to the resort. Evening free at the resort and you can relax
or watch some slides on the tiger.
Overnight will be in Ranthambhore.
Day 11: Ranthambhore
Enjoy the TIGER SAFARIS & BIRDING inside the jungle.
Overnight will be at the resort.
Day 12: Ranthambhore - Bharatpur
Proceed to Bharatpur after breakfast.
Reach
and check in at the hotel. Proceed on RICKSHAW for viewing the birds. RICKSHAW
PULLERS have been trained by the forest department in bird watching and are
knowledgeable.
Return to the lodge in the evening and relax.
Overnight will be at Bharatpur.
Day 13: Bharatpur - Agra
Proceed for the early morning RICKSHAW RIDE at the Bird Park.
Breakfast will be at hotel.
Enjoy the second round of BIRDING IN BHARATPUR.
Proceed to Agra in the evening.
Reach Agra. Check in at hotel.
Overnight will be at Agra.
Day 14: Agra - Umaria (Bandhavgarh)
Proceed
to visit Taj after breakfast. Enjoy battery van ride to the Taj.
Proceed to station for train to UMARIA. Overnight will be on train.
Day 15: Arrive at Bandhavgarh
Reach UMARIA and transfer to Bandhavgarh. Reach and enjoy breakfast.
Enjoy a full day of birding inside the jungle. (Two safaris).
Day 16: Bandhavgarh
Enjoy birding inside the jungle and on the periphery. (Two safaris)
Overnight will be at the resort.
Day 17: Bandhavgarh - Kanha
After breakfast drive to Kanha.
Reach in the afternoon and relax at the resort.
Overnight will be at the resort.
Day 18: Kanha
Enjoy
a full day game viewing inside the jungle. (Two safaris) There would be a lot
of birding today as we would take roads around the forest to places not frequented
by people and in the bushes.
Overnight will be at the resort.
Day 19: Kanha - Jabalpur - Delhi
Proceed for the morning safari and birding into forest.
Proceed to JABALPUR after lunch. Reach and board overnight train to Delhi.
Day 20: Delhi
Reach and check into hotel for the day.
Visit to SULTANPUR BIRD SANCTUARY for some afternoon birding with packed lunch.
Return to Delhi in the evening and after a FAREWELL DINNER proceed to the airport
in time for flight home.
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