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South India Birding Tour with Andaman
Travel to Nepal

 

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Itinerary Detail
South India Birding Tour with Andaman

Day 01
BANGALORE /Arrival

Arrrive Bangalore, meeting & transfer to hotel.

Day 02
BANGALORE/ MYSORE

After breakfast drive to MYSORE, Stop on the way for some endemic Birds and lunch on the way and then drive to hotel.

Mysore:- former dynastic capital of the Mysore maharajas. The city is noted for silks, sandalwood perfume, and handicrafts of ivory, metal, and wood. Places of interest include the maharaja's palace and the ivory throne inlaid with silver and gold that is in the palace.

Afternoon visit Chamundi Hill which is ideal place for birdwatchers. Overnight at Mysore

Day 03
MYSORE/ NAGARHOLE

Early morning birding at Ranganatitu Bird Sanctuary. Nice little wetland area for Birdwatchers.

Late morning depart Mysore for Nagarhole(3 hrs). Afternoon game drive in the Nagarhole National Park, good for endemic birds and other mammals.

Watch special documentary programs on Wildlife. Overnight at Kabini River Lodge

Day 04
NAGARHOLE
After an early tea, proceed for a Jeep safari to Nagarhole National park.

Return to Kabini Lodge for Breakfast and then look for more endemics and other rare birds around the garden. Jeep safari again in the afternoon for some remaining endemics and Nightjars and owls and look for big cats as well.

Watch special documentary programs on Wildlife. Overnight at Kabini River Lodge

Day 05
NAGARHOLE /MUDUMALAI

After breakfast proceed to Mudumalai (5 Hrs).on arrival transfer to hotel for 02 nights.

Afternoon birding walk in Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, good for more endemics.

Overnight stay at Mudumalai.


Day 06
MUDUMALAI
First in the morning proceed to Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary to see variety of wildlife and birds species. And afternoon again birding walk to see missing species.
Overnight stay at Mudumalai

Day 07
MUDUMALAI /OOTY
After breakfast proceed to Ooty.On arrival transfer to hotel for 02 nights.

Afternoon birding around Ooty in the protected forest area which is very nice for famous endemics.
Overnight at Ooty.

Day 08
OOTY

In the morning visit Tiger hill forest for birding and After Lunch to the Ooty park again for missing birds. Good place for high altitude birds and some endemic monkeys. Ooty is the coldest place in our this tour.

Overnight at Ooty

Day 09
OOTY /TOP SLIP

After breakfast proceed to Top Slip .on arrival transfer to hotel for 02 nights. In the afternoon birding walk around but with leech shocks needed.

Top Slip's outstanding rainforest patches hold a number of South Indian endemic birds. Some, such as the Waynad Laughing thrush, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, White-bellied Tree pie, Malabar Trogon, White-bellied Blue Flycatcher and Black-throated Munia are best seen here. Other key birds include a large breeding population of Great Hornbills, Malabar Grey Hornbill, and Red Spur fowl, Grey Jungle fowl, Malabar Parakeet, Heart-spotted Woodpecker, Oriental Bay Owl, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Indian Swiftlet, Brown-backed Needletail, Rufous Babbler, Yellow-browed Bulbul, Crimson-backed Sunbird, Greater Racket Tailed Drongo, Great Eared Nightjar and Large-billed Warbler. Many of these birds can be seen on the 1km track from the edge of Karian Shola to the watchtower overlooking a reservoir.

Overnight at Govt. Guest House ( very basic hotel here and poorest food, here we need to carry some food with us as there is only one government running restaurant mainly for Indian basic food)


Day 10
TOP SLIP

Full day birding around and look for more endemic birds.
Overnight at Govt. Guest House

Day 11
TOP SLIP/MUNNAR

After breakfast proceed to Munnar by surface (4 Hrs) upon arrival check-in to hotel for 02 Nights. But from on the way we will be catching different road for Endemic and very famous monkey called LTD, Lion-tailed Macaque, driving through mountain narrow roads and come back and catch the road to Munnar. Get hotel late evening after long drive.

Munnar - situated at the confluence of three mountain streams - Mudrapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala. 1600 m above sea level, this hill station was once the summer resort of the erstwhile British Government in South India

Overnight stay at Munnar

Day 12
MUNNAR/THEKKADY
After breakfast drive to Thekkady [3 hrs] through the plantations and small villages simplicity of the state can felt while driving all round would be scenic beauty, upon arrival transfer to hotel for 01 night.

Thekkady is one of India's most fascinating natural wildlife sanctuaries, where you can watch wildlife at close quarters. The vegetation, the flora and fauna and the birds of Thekkady are uniquely rich, vast and varied that it does not bear resemblance to any other wildlife sanctuaries in the world.

Evening enjoy Game viewing cruise on lake Periyar

Day 13
THEKKADY
After breakfast drive to Rajamalai Park then with public transport from the park gate too see some of the endemic birds and animals then proceed for Periyar Lake - wildlife sanctuary. You can visit rare species of Birds, plants and animals and this is an unforgettable experience.

Reach hotel late evening for overnight.
On your way back to the hotel, you could stop at local market pick some fragrant spices

Overnight at Periyar

After early Breakfast birding walk in Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary for many interesting and endemics birds. And enjoy birding and watching mammals by famous slow motor boat ride on the Periyar Lake.

Day 14
THEKKADY

Full day birding in the Periyar National Park. Overnight at Periyar.

Day 15
THEKKADY /MADURAI/CHENNAI
After breakfast drive to Madurai.-The temple city of India, lunch on the way and get to Madurai airport to connect flight to Chennai. Overnight at Hotel at Chennai.

Day 16
CHENNAI/PORT BLAIR

Transfer to airport fly to Port Blair, on arrival transfer to hotel Fortune Bay Resort.
After lunch easy bird watching surrounding for some endemic birds.

Day 17
PORT BLAIR

Full day birding activities. Overnight at Fortune Bay Resort.

Day 18
PORT BLAIR

Full day birding activities. Overnight at Fortune Bay Resort overnight at Fortune Bay Resort.

Day 19
PORT BLAIR

Full day birding activities. Overnight at Fortune Bay Resort,

Day 20
PORT BLAIR/CHENNAI / fly back home with great Birding pleasure.

 

Cost Exclude

1:Flight to India and India to Home country.

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