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 India
Birding Package
Duration: 19 Nights /
20 Days
Places Covered: Delhi
- Corbett - Nainital - Mukteshwar -
Delhi - Ranthambhore - Bharatpur -
Agra - Umaria (Bandhavgarh) - Kanha -
Jabalpur - Delhi
Day 1 :
Arive 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 2 : 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.
Overnight will be at resort.
Day 3 : Corbett
Enjoy a full day birding along the
riverbanks and in the nearby green
area. Overnight will be at the resort.
Day 4 : 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 5: Corbett National Park
Enjoy full day BIRDING in the park.
Overnight will be inside the forest at
rest house in DHIKALA.
Day 6: 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 7: 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 8: Nainital - Mukteshwar
Breakfast will be in the resort.
Proceed to Mukteshwar - 52 km from
Nainital and 6 km from the resort. It
is at the height of 2286 m and famous
for IVRI campus, thickly wooded
forests and majestic view of the
Himalaya, near by in the stone hole of
Chauli ki Jali dedicated to Lord Shiva
where people come to pray for
children.
Day 9: 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.
Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, at the
junction of the Aravalis and the
Vindhyas, is a unique example of
natural and historical richness,
standing out conspicuously in the
vast, arid and denuded tract of
eastern Rajasthan, barely 14
kilometers from Sawai Madhopur. Get in
tune with nature for a luxury holiday
in the heart of the jungle. 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.
Just 176 km from Delhi is a very
special wilderness - the Keoladeo
Ghana National Park, one of the finest
water-bird sanctuaries in the world.
The Maharaja of Bharatpur artificially
created the lake and wetland in the
19th century. 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. TAJ
MAHAL: Little needs to be said about
this architectural wonder which is
always the soul raison-de-etre for
every tourist's visit to Agra. Built
by Shah Jahan, the Taj is a white
marble memorial to his beautiful wife
Mumtaz Mahal. Overnight will be on
train.
Day 15: Arrive at Bandhavgarh
Reach UMARIA and transfer to
Bandhavgarh. Reach and enjoy
breakfast. Bandhavgarh is a new
National Park with a very long
history. Set among the Vindhya hills
of Madhya Pradesh with an area of
168sq miles (437sq km) it contains a
wide variety of habitats and a high
density of game, including a large
number of Tigers.
Day 16: Bandhavgarh
Enjoy birding inside the jungle and on
the periphery. (Two safaris) Trip to
the Bandhavgarh Fort: The oldest fort
in India - considered to be more than
2500 years. One-hour trek up the fort
is worth the effort. The charm of this
trek lies in discovering these
monuments in the jungle, unspoiled and
unexplored. Some of the statues lie
off the main path and so it is best to
take a guide. Overnight will be at the
resort.
Day 17: Bandhavgarh - Kanha
After breakfast drive to Kanha. This
is the place that has been described
by RUDYARD KIPLING in his great book
"The Jungle Book". Located in the
Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh,
Kanha National Park is a tiger reserve
that extends over an area of over 940
square km. 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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