Our birding tour to the Western Ghats Mountains of southwest India and the Andaman Islands focuses on the many endemic and near endemic birds found in these regions. We'll be visiting Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Periyar National Park, Rajamalai Bird Sanctuary within Eravikulam National Park, the Nilgiri Hills outside the town of Ooty, Mudumalai Bird National Park, and South Andaman Island during the tour. This tour is best conducted as described during the dry season from November-February. Because the Rajamalai Bird Sanctuary is closed during March and April, the visit to that sanctuary must occur before March.

The tour begins with arrival at the international airport in Kochi. Following arrival, we transfer to nearby Thattekad, located near Kochi, for most of two days birding the bird rich Thattekad Bird Sanctuary. From there we drive to Periyar for most of two days birding Periyar National Park. We then transfer to Munnar where we'll bird the higher elevation site at Rajamalai Bird Sanctuary for a full day before continuing to Ooty. At Ooty we'll have a full day birding the Nilgiri Hills outside town before proceeding north to the Mudumalai National Park area. We'll spend most of 2 days birding that area before driving north to Bengalore for an afternoon flight to Chennar. Following a night in Chennar, we take an early morning flight to Port Blair in the Andaman Islands. We have a full day to bird north of Port Blair at Mount Harriet National Park, another full day to bird farther north at Shoal Bay, in the south birding the forest and beach at Chidiya Tapu, and a final day at Ferrargunj Forest Reserve looking for anything missed on the previous days. The tour ends at Port Blair airport where a flight returns us to Chennia for connections onward home.

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFO
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• Country Map
• Accommodations
• Photos from Past Tours
• Travel Information

BIRDING LOCALES

• Chidiya Tapu Forest Reserve
• Eravikulam National Park
• Ferrargunj Forest Reserve
• Masinagudi-Bokkapuram Road
• Mount Harriet
• Mudumalai National Park
• Munnar Area
• Ooty/Ootacamund
• Periyar National Park
• Shoal Bay
• Sippighat Wetlands
• Thatekkad Bird Sanctuary
• Wandoor