Delhi
/ Bharatpur/ Chambal/ Saatal/ Pangot/ Corbett/Delhi. 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.
Day 2/5 BharatpurMeals:
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 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.
Day 6 National Chambal SanctuaryMeals:
breakfastTransfer to Chambal early in the morning. Morning boat
cruise with a guide to see Indian skimmer, black-bellied tern, large flocks
of migratory waterfowl, cranes such as common, demoiselle and sarus;
fish-eating crocodile and marsh mugger; Gangetic dolphin; turtles 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.
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 red-breasted accentor, chestnut-headed tesia,
greater & lesser yellownaped woodpecker, 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.
Day
8/9 PangotMeals: 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, rufous-bellied niltava,
khalij pheasant, variety of thrushes 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.
Day 10 PangotMeals:
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 such as
brown-fronted, stripe-breasted, rufous-bellied 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. Laughingthrushes such
as white-throated, striated & streaked, chestnut-crowned etc. Look for
accentor, upland pipit, blue-winged minla, whiskered yuhina etc.
Day
11 Mongoli Valley-Corbett NPMeals: 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 Tiger Camp. 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, grey bushchat, russet sparrow. Cuckoo:
indian, oriental, large-hawk and eurasian. 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 nuthatches, chestnut bellied
nuthatches and bar-tailed tree creeper.
Day 12
Dhikala Forest Lodge (Corbett National Park)
Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner. Drive early morning to
Dhikala tourism zone. Arrive at the main tourist complex, Dhikala - check
in. Afternoon visit to the grasslands for birding. Overnight stay at Dhikala
Forest Lodge. Birding in the lower jungle track along the Ramganga river is
very rewarding for water birds such as river lapwings, waders, mergansers
and other waterfowl. While relaxing at the lodge or visiting the grasslands
one can see large-tailed nightjar, jungle owlet, spot-bellied owlet, grass
owl, common and white-tailed stonechat, black francolin, purple and crimson
sunbird, golden-fronted leafbird, black-shouldered kite, hen harrier,
changeable hawk-eagle etc.
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 watchtower 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, great hornbill, puff-throated babbler, white-rumped shama,
pallas's fish eagle etc.
Day 14 Corbett National
Park-DelhiMeals: 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 and white-browed fantail, crested laughing
thrush, black-winged cuckoo shrike, little heron, wallcreeper, red-breasted
parakeet, short-billed and long-tailed minivet, brown dipper, ashy-crowned
sparrowlark etc.
Day 15 New Delhi-onward journeyMeals:
breakfast. Transfer to the airport to connect flight to the next
destination.
includes
- Sight seeing & monument charges at Delhi
- Package includes all hotels.
- All meals on * Jungle Plan.
- All entry fees to game parks, vehicles, game drives.
- Services of expert guide/naturalist.
- Elephant ride on Tiger sighting.
- Lecture on wildlife daily bonfire
- All transfers in ac car/coach. Train 2nd AC.
- All internal taxes.
- Transfers from and to Airports.
Jungle Plan
- Two park rides daily
- Accommodation.
- Full day meals.
- All park entrance fees.
- Guide charges.
- Lecture on wildlife.
- Service of resident naturalist.
- Elephant ride (on Tiger sighting).
- Daily bonfire
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