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Tiger & Wildlife Tours |
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| Wildlife Tour of
Sikkim North Bengal & Assam |
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Duration :: 16 Nights & 17 Days |
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Places to be Visit
:: Bagdogra - Siliguri -
Kalimpong - Lava - Kalimpong - Rangeet Valley - Damthang - Rabangla -
Pamayangtse - Khichepheri Lake - Yoksom - Darjeeling - Bagdogra -
Guwahati - Kaziranga - Guwahati |
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Day 01:
Fly to Bagdogra. Transfer to Siliguri.
Arrive by air from Delhi, Kolkotta or Guwahati. You will be met
by your guide and transferred to Kalim pong for overnight stay.
Day 02-05: Kalimpong-Lava-Kalimpong
We will stay at Kalimpong and
Rishyap, Kolkham for four days and make daily trips to Lava Forests,
Rushet Forests, and Neora Forests, visiting identified hot spots.
Lava is the prime
birding destination in this region. It is at an elevation of 2100 m.
Surrounded by very large tracts of protected forests ranging in
elevation between 1600 and 2400 m, it includes the remote and
uninhabited Neora National Park, and it is a bird watcher's delight.
One can expect to see Crested Goshawk, Eurasian Sparrow hawk,
Eurasian Buzzard, Black Eagle, Mountain Hawk Eagle, Kalij Pheasant,
Barred Cuckoo Dove, Large Hawk Cuckoo, Green billed Malkoha, Brown
Wood Owl, Golden throated Barbet, Striated Bulbul, etc.
Day 06: Kalimpong- Rangeet Valley-
Damthang
Forests, 2700 m - Rabangla, 2200 m
Drive through the Teesta & Rangit
Valley to Damthang Forests, stopping enroute to look for Red Jungle
owl, Dollar bird, Great Barbet, Greater Yellow nape, Orange bellied
Leaf bird, Common Iora, Blue Rock Thrush, Chestnut bellied Rock
Thrush, Oriental White eye etc. At the Damthang Forest a birding
walk will be for 06 hr. Some of the species we might see are
Eurasian Buzzard, Eurasian Kestrel, Grey winged Blackbird, Buff
barred Warbler, Blyth's Leaf Warbler, Grey hooded Warbler, Black
faced Warbler, Rufous gorgeted Flycatcher, Red flanked Blue tail,
Blue fronted Redstart, Grey Bushchat, White throated Fantail,
Chestnut tailed Minla, Red tailed Minla and more. In the evening
drive 20 Kms to Rabangla for overnight stay at hotel
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Day 07: Rabangla - Pamayangtse
2085 meters In the morning a 04 hrs birding walk to Menam forests
of Oak, Chestnuts, magnolia and Rhododendrons. at altitude of 2900
meters. Likely to spot the same species as seen at Damthang. In the
afternoon, drive 52 kms to Pamayangtse. with birding halts enroute at
selected spots. Arrive Pamayangtse / Pelling in the evening.
Overnighht at hotel.
Day 08: Pamayangtse
On hill tops, inter-visible to each, on the fringes of the Rathang
Chhu River Valley, are located a string of holy sites. After viewing
the awe inspiring sunrise on Mount Khangchendzonga, we bird for the
full day visiting Pamayangtse & Sanga Choling Monasteries - which are
prime birding sites. Birds we are likely to see are Mountain Hawk
Eagle, Black Eagle, Himalayan Griffon, Common, Oriental and Indian
Cuckoo, White-throated Needletail, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Lesser
Yellownape, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Hoary-throated and
Rusty-fronted Barwing, Striated, Grey-sided and Greater Necklaced
Laughingthrush, Rufous-winged and White-browed Fulvetta, Whiskered
Yuhina, Cutia, White-browed Shrike-Babbler, Rufous Sibia, Blyth's,
Ashy-throated, Lemon-rumped and Yellow-browed Warbler, Dark-breasted
Rosefinch and Red-headed Bullfinch etc.
Day 09: Pamayangtse-Khichepheri Lake,
1980 m-Yoksom, 1780 m. Drive to Khichepheri Lake for birding. Some of
the best birds are migrant waterfowl, Black necked grebe, Baer's
Pochard, Speckled wood pigeon, Emerald Cuckoo, Blue-winged and Scaly
Laughing thrush, White-naped Yuhina and many of the birds at
Pamayangtse. We continue to Yoksom in the afternoon, check in at the
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Day 10: Yoksom
We spend the day birding around Yoksom. Some of the birds you are
likely to see are: Mountain Hawk Eagle, Crimson breasted Woodpecker,
Maroon Oriole, Short-billed and Grey chinned Minevets, Himalayan
Bulbul, Red -tailed Minla, White-naped Yuhina, various Thrushes, Grey
winged Blackbird, various Tits, White tailed Nuthatch, and various
sunbirds, and various bushcats.
Day 11: Yoksom - Darjeeling
Today we drive to Darjeeling via Jorthang and Naya Bazar. Enroute
birding in the Rangit River Valley. Those interested can take a short
walk to visit the Tashiding Monastery. Overnight in hotel at
Darjeeling.
Day 12: Darjeeling
Birding at Tiger Hill, Botanical gardens, and Zoological Park.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 13: Darjeeling-
Bagdogra-Guwahati-Kaziranga
Drive to Bagdogra airport in 03 hrs to board your flight to
Guwahati / Jorhat. Drive to Kaziranga National Park. Overnight stay in
Wild Grass Resort.
Day 14-16: Kaziranga
Three full days of birding in Kaziranga National Park and Panbari
Forest Division. Overnight stay in Wild Grass Resort.
Day 17: Kaziranga-Guwahati
Drive to Guwahati airport to proceed to the next destination either
to Delhi or Calcutta |
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Advisory: You require a Sikkim entry permit. Please get you India
visa endorsed with this permit at the time of applying for your visa |
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