Luxury Birding Tour of India

(Total Tour - 20 Days)

Day 01

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.

DELHI, the capital of kingdoms and empires is now a sprawling metropolis with a fascinating blend of the past and the present. It is a perfect introduction to the composite culture of an ancient land. A window to the kaleidoscope that is India.

Stay overnight at Delhi.

Day 02

Delhi - Corbett:

By Road : 250 km in 6 hr

Breakfast will be at the hotel.

Drive to Corbett National Park.

On the way we will stop at Ramnagar and look for the fabulous Ibis and other water birds amongst the riverside boulders.

Jim Corbett National Park: One of the greatest National Parks of Asia. Corbett is five hundred and twenty acres of forests, hills and grasslands, fed by a frisky river - A bio-diversity that is rich, rare and precious. This Park is the perfect habitat for the tiger, elephant, hog deer, birds and other precious wildlife species

Check in at the resort and relax. Proceed for an afternoon on the banks of the River Kosi and look for Crested Kingfishers, Redstarts and Little Forktails. The resort you will stay in is surrounded by excellent forest with many birds including the delightful Velvet Fronted Nuthatch.

Relax in the evening at the resort restaurant. Overnight will be at the resort.

Day 03

Corbett:

Enjoy a full day birding along the riverbanks and in the nearby green area. Overnight will be at the resort.

Day 04

Corbett National Park:

After breakfast drive inside the forest and enjoy a full day's 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 05

Corbett National Park:

Enjoy full day Birding in the park. Overnight will be inside the forest at the rest house in Dhikala.

Day 06

Corbett National Park - Nainital:

By Road : 120 km in 6 hr

Breakfast will be at the guesthouse.

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 Lammergeyers and Himalayan Griffon Vultures soar overhead.

Reach by late afternoon and enjoy the evening birding around the resort.

Overnight will be in Nainital.