Indian autumn season arrives skipping on the heels of a hot and wet summer. As the rains retreat, trees shed old leaves and take on new ones. Birds end their monsoon lull and begin to frolic around in their natural habitats with renewed vim and vigour. The weather takes a turn for the better. Heat and humidity slink away and gentle cool of the approaching winter spikes the air. This time of the year is marked by heightened birdwatching potential at some select autumn birding trails of India.
These trails are found mostly in the remote Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal and North-Eastern states in the Himalayan foothills. Our Autumn Birding Tours of India cover these hotspots in a variety of expeditions that last anywhere from 17 days at their most elaborate to just 5 days at their briefest.
The feathered bouquet has as many as three birdwatching tours of Northeast India for you to choose from, and the most extensive of these is the Eaglenest and Meghalaya Birding Tour covering the three states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. Designed to give you a wholesome Himalayan birding adventure, this tour comprises of high-altitude birding at Sela Pass, Mandala Pass and Eaglenest Pass, forest camping at Lama and BompuCamps, wildlife safaris at Kaziranga National Park, and jungle expeditions in Shillong and Cherrapunji.
Hundreds of bird species can be seen and photographed on this long birding tour of Northeast India, the most outstanding being Himalayan Cutia, Brown Parrotbill, Red-billed Scimitar Babbler, Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler, Blue-winged Laughingthrush,Bengal Florican, Lesser Whistling Duck, Greylag Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Ferruginous Duck, Asian Openbill, Amur Falcon, Himalayan Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Golden-throated Barbet, Long-tailed Shrike, and Eurasian Crag Martin.
But if you are hard pressed for time and can’t afford to take out more than a week for your India birding holiday, we highly recommend two short Northeast tours on this package. Our Mishmi Hills Birding Tour is set in the mountainous region on the eastern extremity of Arunachal Pradesh and covers a lot of ground from the low altitude of the town Roing to the heights of Mayodia Pass.The NameriKaziranga Short Birding Tour, on the other hand, plays out in the wilderness of Nameri National Park and Kaziranga National Park and targets many exotic birds of Assam.
Birdwatchers who get a kick out of chasing the rare endemics will have their fill on our Andaman Birding Tour. Set in the remote Andaman Islands hundreds of miles off the coast of mainland India, this tour puts you up and close with dozens of endemic birds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We target the birding trails of Shoal Bay, ChidiyaTapu (Bird Island) and Mount Harriet National Park over the course of a week to seek out the likes of Andaman Woodpecker, Andaman Wood Pigeon, Andaman Cuckoo Dove, Andaman Crake, Andaman Serpent Eagle, Andaman Treepie, Andaman Shama, Andaman Drongo, Andaman Hawk Owl, Andaman Nightjar and Andaman Barn Owl. As added bonus, we may even spot some bird species of southeast Asia.
Back on mainland India, certain birding hotspots of Rajasthan display great potential in autumn months. Keoladeo National Park is perhaps the most prolific birdwatching site in North India, and is also the centrepiece of our Bharatpur Chambal Short Birding Tour.About 370 bird species can be spotted here, mostly aquatic birds, owing to the presence of man-made wetland in the heart of the park. Close by, National Chambal Sanctuary and the Chambal River are the favourite haunts of a wide variety of waders, such as Indian Skimmer, Bar-headed Goose, Knob-billed Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, Little Grebe, Great Thick-knee, and River Lapwing.
The bird count in each one of our Autumn India Birding Tours exceeds your expectations. Please go through the detailed tour plans and sign up for the one you like most.
Delhi – Dholpur - National Chambal Sanctuary -Bharatpur - Keoladeo National Park
05 Days / 04 Nights
Two of the top birdwatching hotspots of Rajasthan are the targets of our Bharatpur-Chambal Short Birding Tours. The western state of Rajasthan is an important pit-stop for several species of migratory waterfowl that fly in from colder, northern latitudes of Asia every winter season. These aquatic beauties congregate in large numbers, especially at the wetlands of Bharatpur and the river Chambal of Dholpur.
Dibrugarh – Mishmi Hills - Mayodia Pass - Roing
06 Days / 05 Nights
Our Mishmi Hills Short Birding Tours stands out for the remote and diverse birding hotspots it covers – from the pristine forests and bamboo brakes to alpine meadows and high mountain passes in Himalayan foothills. Arunachal Pradesh in India’s northeast is home to several hundred bird species, many of which can be seen in the beautiful and rarely explored Mishmi Hills in the state’s easternmost extremity, where the Himalayas curve downwards to meet the Indo-Burmese range. Here, in the hills covered with dense vegetation, grasslands, and bamboo thickets.
Guwahati – Nameri National Park - Kaziranga National Park
06 Days / 05 Nights
Our Nameri Kaziranga Short Birding Tours targets two of the best national parks of Assam for hundreds of rare bird sightings and plenty of wildlife adventure. Those who prefer a bit of thrill in their birdwatching would love this short birding trip in the north-eastern state of Assam. Over a span of just six days, we take you, first, to Nameri National Park, and then to Kaziranga National Park. We go on multiple wildlife safaris and long birding walks to mark off lots of rare, exotic, endangered and popular birds of Northeast India, particularly Assam.
Kolkata - Port Blair - Shoal Bay - Chidiya Tapu - Mount Harriet National Park - Port Blair - Kolkata
07 Days / 06 Nights
Our Andaman Birding Tour takes you to one of the world’s remotest birding hotspots and treats you to a wonderful pageantry of endemic birds. The geographic isolation of the archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been a boon for its avifauna. Being hundreds of kilometres away from any continental land mass, this cluster of islands far south of the Bay of Bengal has not just been spared exploitation at the hands of humans, but has also seen, over centuries and millennia, evolution of several bird species.
Delhi – Guwahati – Nameri National Park - Lama Camp – Bompu Camp - Sessni Camp - Khellong - Eaglenest Pass - Dirang – Sangti Valley - Dirang – Sela Pass – Mandala Top - Kaziranga National Park - Shillong - Cherrapunji - Guwahati
17 Days / 16 Nights
Our Eaglenest & Meghalaya Birding tour is an elaborate birdwatching expedition, chockfull of wildlife safaris, multi-altitude birding, forest camping, and tons of Himalayan adventure to boot.
Our India birding tour packages are a cut above the competition, and they especially stand out for their wide range. Put together, these tours throw up sightings of around 700 bird species.
Andaman Birding Tour takes you to one of the world’s remotest birding hotspots and treats you to pageantry of endemic birds.
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