Birding Tour 1

Early morning drive to Nameri to trek in the forest with pack breakfast to look for illusive and threatened White winged Duck, Nameri is the best place to watch this bird.
Nameri is a scenic national park in the foothills of Eastern Himalaya. It’s touching the southern boundary of Pakke tiger reserve of Arunachal Pradesh.

We’ll drive up to the bank of River Jia Bhoreli to cross the river with the Forest department’s hand boat. After crossing the river We’ll walk on the sand bank of the river for a kilometer to reach the Nameri National Park. We’ll trek in the forest for about 2 and half Kilometre to reach the first pond of White Winged Duck. Apart from the White winged Duck , we have the opportunity to see Great Hornbill, Wreathed Hornbill, White-cheeked Prtridge, Pied Falconet, Greater Goldenback, Sultan Tit, Long tailed and Silver breasted Broadbill etc. Some mammals as well in the park likely to see in the park are Asian Elephant ,Indian Gaur, Capped Langur, Royal Bengal Tiger, Hog Deer, Indian Muntjak, Malayan Giant Squirrel etc. We’ll spend the whole morning there and return to the lodge by lunch time

Afternoon, We will go for a rafting trip, where our target will be the beautiful and Spectacular wader Ibisbill. Other birds we might see are Pallas’s Fish Eagle, Great Thicknee, Indian Stone Curlew, Small Pratincole, Sand Lark , Wreathed Hornbill etc. Overnight at Nameri Eco camp.

Check out from the lodge early morning and drive from Nameri to cross the state boarder in Bhalukpong. Drive for 40 minutes to the bamboo covered forest to look for some bamboo specialties like Indian White hooded Babbler, Pale-headed Woodpecker, Collared Treepie, Red-billed scimitar babbler, White browed scimitar- babbler , Coral billed scimitar babbler ,Striated Yuhina , Little Forktail, Yellow- rumped Honey guide,
Bhutan Laughingthrush etc.

We’ll have lunch on the way and drive to Bomdila with some birding stops.
Overnight in Hotel Pemaling, Dirang.

Very early in the morning drive to Sela pass with packbreakfast to encounter the high priority species in the first morning light. We’ll look for Majestic Himalayan Monal, Beautiful Blood Pheasant, Snow Partridge, Grandala, Snow Pigeon, Fire tailed Myzornis, Fire-tailed Sunbird, White-winged Grosbeak, Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch , Rufous-vented Tit, Brown throated Fulvetta , white-collared Blackbird , Solitary Snipe etc.

We’ll have our lunch around Sela Pass and come back to the hotel by evening.
Overnight in Hotel Pemaling, Dirang.

Early morning drive to Mandala with packed breakfast and spend the day around Mandala area. Today we’ll be looking for species like Bar-winged Wren babbler, Fire-tailed Myzornis, Brown Parrotbill, Slender-billed scimitar Babbler, Spotted Laughingthrush, Blandford, Beautiful and White-browed Rosefinch, crimson browed Finch, Chestnut Thrush, White-collared Black bird etc. Spend the whole in and around Mandala. Later drive back to the hotel for overnight stay.

Early morning checkout and drive to Sangti valley to look for Long billed Plover , Black-tailed Crake, Black necked crane( Dec-March) etc. Later drive towards Lama camp in Eaglenest WLS. We’ll reach the first camp by noon. After lunch we’ll drive down to look for recently discovered Bugun Liocichla and other birds like several species of Laughing thrushes. Over night at fully serviced camp in Lama camp.

Early morning drive down to look for Bugun Liocichla , Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill, Streak-breasted scimitar babbler, Mountain Hawk Eagle, Scarlet Finch, Speckled Wood Pigeon, R ufous throated Wren-babbler, Ward’s Trogon etc.

We’ll have picnic breakfast in the field and spend the whole morning searching for the Laughing thrushes and babblers. Come back to the camp for lunch. After Lunch drive towards Bompu Camp.
Overnight in Fully serviced Tent in Bompu camp.

For next three days we’ll explore Bompu area, drive beyond sessnei and back to the camp. Targets will be Blyth’s Tragopan, Beautiful Nuthatch, Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler, Long-billed Wren babbler, Eye-browed Wren babbler, White-gorgetted Flycatcher and Laughingthrushes, Pale headed Woodpecker , Greater and Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill, Indian White-hooded Babbler,Large-Blue Flycatcher, Hodgson’s Frogmouth back to camp by evening. Overnight at Bompu camp.

Early morning morning trek for Blyth’s Tragopan, spend an hour and come back to the camp for breakfast, after breakfast check out and drive back to Lama camp. On the way back we’ll be looking for Ward’s Trogon,Black-throated Parrotbill, Blue-fronted Blue-Robin, Golden-breasted Fulvetta, Purple Cochoa , Green Cochoa etc. Overnight at Lama camp.

After Breakfast checkout and drive towards Kaziranga NP. On the way back we’ll be looking for Ward’s Trogon,Black-throated Parrotbill, Blue-fronted Blue-Robin, Golden-breasted Fulvetta, Purple Cochoa, Green Cochoa etc.

We’ll bird and drive on the way and reach our lodge by evening. Overnight at Jupurighar.

Following three days in Kaziranga we’ll be starting early in the morning for the morning jeep safari and back to lodge for lunch, later we’ll go for an afternoon jeep safari. We’ll be back to the lodge by evening. Overnight Borgos resort. We’ll go for a trekking inside Panbari Reserve too.

Possible Species: Great Indian Rhinoceros, Asian Elephant, Asiatic Wild Water Buffalo, Royal Bengal Tiger , Hoolock Gibbon, Malayan Giant Squirrel. In birds Swamp Francolin ,Blue-naped Pitta,Black-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Great Hornbill, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Greater Flameback, Black –rumped Flame back, Pallas’s Fish Eagle, Grey headed Fish Eagle, Slender-billed Babbler, Bristled Grassbird, Baya and Finn’s Weaver, Lesser Coucal, Pale-chinned Flycatcher, Stork-billed Kingfisher.

Early morning birding around the lodge. After breakfast drive to Guwahati airport to fly out. Enroute visit the Guwahati garbage dump to watch gathering of Greater Adjutant.