Length of Tour
12-days/11-nights
Brief Itinerary
Day 1 – Arrive in Delhi anytime today. Overnight in Delhi.
Day 2 – Flights to Jorhat. Overnight in Jorhat.
Day 3 – Birding at Gibbon Sanctuary. Overnight in Jorhat.
Day 4 – Drive to Pangti Village . Overnight in Pangti.
Day 5 – Enjoy the Falcons. Overnight in Pangti.
Day 6 – Enjoy the Falcons. Overnight in Pangti.
Day 7 – Drive to Kaziranga. Overnight in Kaziranga.
Day 8 – Enjoy Kaziranga NP. Overnight in Kaziranga.
Day 9 – Enjoy Kaziranga NP. Overnight in Kaziranga.
Day 10 – Drive to Wild Mahseer. Overnight Wild Mahseer.
Day 11 – Enjoy birding around Wild Mahseer. Overnight Wild Mahseer.
Day 12 – Return to Guwahati for flight to Delhi, then to USA.
Detailed Itinerary
(Day 0 – Depart USA for overnight flight.)
Day 1 – Arrive Delhi (Anytime today)
On your arrival at international airport in Delhi and after clearing customs & immigration, our representative will greet you and transfer to the hotel.
NOTE: Meals will not be included on this day as everyone will be arriving at different times.
Stay overnight in Delhi.
Day 2 – Flights Delhi – Jorhat
After early breakfast, transfer to the airport for flights to Jorhat. Upon arrival at Jorhat airport our representative will meet & greet us and transfer to us to our hotel.
Day 3 – Gibbon Sanctuary / Jorhat
Early morning drive to Gibbon Wildlife sanctuary to explore the most concentrate habitat of Western Hoolock Gibbon. We’ll have the opportunity to watch Stump-tailed Macaque, Pig-tailed Macaque, Capped Langur, Malayan Giant Squirrel and more. We also have the chance to see Sultan Tit, Scarlet Minivet, Pale Blue and Pale chinned Flycatcher and others.
Day 4 – Drive To Pangti
Early morning drive to Pangti village (4-Hours with good conditions) in Nagaland through Merapani. Pangti village has hosting the Amur Falcons for a few of years, where it roosts near the Doyang Reservoir.
Our next three nights will be in Pangti Village in a home-stay. Accommodations are sparce… though we will have electricity (albeit irregular). Shared bathrooms and bucket wash bath-house.
Day 5 – Falcons / Pangti
Today we will venture to the falcon watch platform early in the morning to enjoy the fly-out of thousands of Amur Falcons. Returning to our accommodation for lunch we will search for falcons and other birds along the road in the afternoon, before returning for the fly-in near dark.
Day 6 – Falcons / Culture / Pangti
Today we will venture to the falcon watch platform early in the morning to enjoy the fly-out of thousands of Amur Falcons. Returning to our accommodation for lunch we enjoy the local culture before searching for falcons and other birds along the road in late afternoon, before returning for the fly-in near dark.
Day 7 – Pangti – Kaziranga
After breakfast, we’ll drive to Kaziranga National Park (4 – 5 hours drive) famous as the only natural habitat of the Great Indian (Asian One-horned) Rhinoceros.
Kaziranga National Park, in Assam, covers about 430 sq kms, bordered on the north by the Brahmaputra River and on the south by the Karbi Anglong hills. The largest number of one-horned rhinoceros in the world roams its swamps, grasslands with tall thickets of elephant grass and areas of mixed deciduous and tropical semi-evergreen forest. It is home to a wide variety of other animals and birds, and the open vistas make it relatively easy to see many species of wildlife in a day.
Along with the Indian Rhino, the Park contains about 35 major mammals, including Wild Elephant, Tiger, small population of Hoolock Gibbon, Capped Langur, Bristly Hare, Hog Badger, Otter, Leopard, Wild Boar, Sambar, Swamp Deer, Hog Deer, Muntjac, Water Buffalo and Gaur. Among the rich birdlife are the rare Greater Adjutant stork, Bengal Florican, Black-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant stork, Pallas’s Fish Eagle, Swamp Partridge, Grey Peacock-pheasant, Great Pied Hornbill, Green Imperial Pigeon, babblers and thousands of migratory birds, seasonally attracted to the various water areas of the park from as far away as Siberia.
Day 8 – Kaziranga
Early morning Jeep Safari, returning to the lodge for lunch and siesta.
Later afternoon jeep safari to another area of the park.
Day 9 – Kaziranga
Early morning Elephant Safari, followed by jeep safari, returning to the lodge for lunch and siesta. Late afternoon jungle safari.
Day 10 – Drive Kaziranga – Balipara
Early morning checkout and drive to Adabari Tea Estate in Balipara.
Rest of afternoon free to relax.
Day 11 – Balipara – Nameri – Balipara
Early morning go for a walk inside the park to look for illusive and endangered White-winged Duck and other birds in the park.
Post walk, back to a nearby camp for breakfast. Afternoon, we will drive approx 15 km upstream to raft down the river Jia Bhorelli. Throughout the sailing, you will have the chance to spot aquatic birds. Reach the camp by dusk and back to Balipara.
Day 12 – Balipara – Guwahati – Delhi – Home
After breakfast checkout and drive to Guwahati airport to board flight to Delhi.
Later departure transfer to international airport to board flight to USA.
