North-East India Birding Tour
Places to See : North-east and Sunderbans National Park
Duration : 14 Nights / 15 Days
Day
1: Fly from Delhi to Kol.3 hours drive to Sanejakhali Jetty.2.5 hours cruise
to Sunderbans Jungle Camp.Sajnekhali has a bird sanctuary and is the only place
to have a hotel in this area - the Sundar Cheetal Tourist Lodge. There is a
Mangrove Interpretation Centre here. There are watchtowers at Sajnekhali, Sudhanyakhali,
Netidhopan, Haldi and a number of other places. Overnight halt.
Day 2: Fullday birding in the creeks,canals and from watch towers.Overnight
at Sunderbans Jungle Camp.
Day 3: Morning birding cruise in the narrow creeks by manually oared
boat follwed by fullday birding in the sanctuary.Overnight at Sunderbans Jungle
Camp.
Day 4: Early morning departure for Kolkata.Fly off to Dibrugarh.5/6 hours
drive to Namdapha.Overnight at Deban Forest Rest House or Camp Namdapha.
Day 5: Fullday birding at Namdapha. Namdapha is one of the excellent
National Parks in India located in the eastern end of Arunachal bordering Myanmar.
Namdapha’s great altitudinal variations have resulted in a great diversity
of birds.It has about 300 or more bird species like as Ibisbill, Long- billed
Plover, White-bellied Heron, Crested and Blyth’s Kingfisher, Black-breasted
Thrush, Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler, Snowy throated Babbler, Rufous-necked
Laughingthrush, Pale Blue Flycatcher, Large-billed Leaf Warbler etc. Overnight
at Deban/Camp Namdapha.
Day 6: Birding trek to Haldibari(5 kms). Overnight camping.
Day 7: Birding trek to Hornbill(6 kms). Overnight camping.
Day 8: Birding trek to Bulbulia(2.5 kms). Overnight camping at Hornbill.
Day 9: Trek back to Haldibari. Overnight camping.
Day 10: Back to Namdapha.Overnight at Deban FRH or Camp Namdapha.
Day
11: Proceed to Digboi(3/4 hours).
Halfday birding in Digboi forest.Overnight at OIL guest house.
Day 12: Fullday birding at Digboi forest. Overnight at OIL guest house.
Day 13: Drive to Nameri.
Nameri Tiger Reserve is nestled at the foothills of Eastern Himalayas; it covers
an area of 200 Sq. Kms. Situated in the eastern border of Assam valley and mountainous
Arunachal Pradesh, it’s a very scenic sanctuary with river Jia Bhoroli
bifurcating through. Nameri is home to some of of the endangered species like
White-winged Wood Duck, and many other winged species like Grey-capped Pygmy
Woodpecker, Himalayan Flameback, Greater Flameback etc. Overnight at Eco Camp.
Day 14: Fullday birding at Nameri. Overnight at Eco Camp.
Day 15: Transfer to Dibrugarh/Guwahati. Fly out for Delhi.
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