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Mishmi hills

About Destination


Day 1 :-

Pick-up from kathgodam railway station & check-in at hotel. Full day birding in various places nearby to sattal. Overnight at sattal.

Day 2 :-

Morning session at HBT_Bird_Hide sattal. Post lunch check-out from sattal & Transfer to Pangot. Overnight at Pangot.

Day 3rd :-

Full day birding nearby the village area of Pangot. Overnight at sattal.

Day 4th :-

Morning session at sattal road side. Midd time specially for owls. Post lunch Birding at Chafi-river side. Overnight at sattal.

Day 5th :-

Morning session at different Hide-out.
Post lunch Check-out from sattal & rest birding nearby kathgodam village area.
After Drop to Kathgodam [R.S] or Haldwani as per your train timing.

[Expected Bird's Checklist ] :-


1. Snow Partridge
2. Hill Partridge
3. Grey Peacock Pheasant
4. Blood Pheasant
5. Himalayan Monal
6. Ruddy Shelduck
7. Mandarin Duck
8. Goosander
9. Asian Openbill
10. Lesser Adjutant
11. Little Egret
12. Cattle Egret
13. Little Cormorant
14. Great Cormorant
15. Common Kestrel
16. Eurasian Sparrowhawk
17. Besra
18. Black Eagle
19. Himalayan Buzzard
20. River Lapwing
21. Long-billed Plover
22. Common Sandpiper
23. Small Pratincole
24. Solitary Snipe
25. Common Pigeon
26. Green Imperial Pigeon
27. Barred Cuckoo Dove
28. Oriental Turtle Dove
29. Spotted Dove
30. Emerald Dove
31. Large Hawk Cuckoo
32. Asian Barred Owlet
33. Collared Owlet
34. Brown Hawk Owl
35. Mountain Scops Owl (H)
36. Grey Nightjar (H)
37. Hodgson’s Frogmouth (H)
38. Silver-backed Needletail
39. Asian Palm Swift
40. Indo-chinese Roller
41. Dollarbird
42. White-throated Kingfisher
43. Crested Kingfisher
44. Pied Kingfisher
45. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
46. Rufous-necked Hornbill
47. Great Barbet
48. Lineated Barbet
49. Blue-throated Barbet
50. Golden-throated Barbet
51. White-browed Piculet
52. Bay Woodpecker
53. Darjeeling Woodpecker
54. Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
55. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
56. Greater Yellownape
57. Scarlet Minivet
58. Grey-chinned Minivet
59. Short-billed Minivet
60. Long-tailed Minivet
61. Long-tailed Shrike
62. Black Drongo
63. Bronzed Drongo
64. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
65. Ashy Drongo
66. Black-hooded Oriole
67. Yellow-bellied Fantail
68. White-throated Fantail
69. Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
70. Rufous Treepie
71. Large-billed Crow
72. Eastern Jungle Crow
73. Spotted Nutcracker
74. Red-billed Chough
75. Sultan Tit
76. Yellow-cheeked Tit
77. Green-backed Tit
78. Yellow-browed Tit
79. Rufous-vented Tit
80. Black-throated Tit
81. Coal Tit
82. Rufous-fronted Tit
83. Striated Bulbul
84. Black Bulbul
85. Red-vented Bulbul
86. Red Whiskered Bulbul
87. Black-crested Bulbul
88. White-throated Bulbul
89. Mountain Bulbul
90. Common Tailorbird
91. Black-throated Prinia
92. Striated Grassbird
93. Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
94. Hume’s Bush Warbler
95. Chestnut-headed Tesia
96. Buff-barred Warbler
97. Grey-hooded Warbler
98. Ashy-throated Warbler
99. Blyth’s Leaf Warbler
100. Chestnut-crowned Warbler
101. Grey-cheeked Warbler
102. Yellow-vented Warbler
103. Yellow-bellied Warbler
104. Spotted Elachura
105. Bar-winged Wren-Babbler
106. Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler
107. Rufous-capped Babbler
108. Golden Babbler
109. Grey-throated Babbler
110. Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler
111. Black-faced Laughingthrush
112. Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
113. Scaly Laughingthrush
114. Striated Laughingthrush
115. Bhutan Laughingthrush
116. Chesnut-crowned Laughingthrush
117. Grey-sided Laughingthrush
118. Spotted Laughingthrush
119. Rusty-fronted Barwing
120. Hoary-throated Barwing
121. Himalayan Cutia
122. Silver-eared Mesia
123. Blue-winged Siva
124. Bar-throated Siva
125. Red-tailed Minla
126. Black-eared Shrike-babbler
127. Green Shrike-babbler
128. Yellow-throated Fulvetta
129. Rufous-winged Fulvetta
130. Nepal Fulvetta
131. Golden-breasted Fulvetta
132. Brown-throated Fulvetta
133. Beautiful Sibia
134. Long-tailed SIbia
135. White-naped Yuhina
136. Whiskered Yuhina
137. Black-chinned Yuhina
138. Rufous-vented Yuhina
139. Brown Parrotbill
140. White-tailed Nuthatch
141. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
142. Oriental White-eye
143. Brown Dipper
144. Wallcreeper
145. Sikkim Treecreeper
146. Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
147. Common Hill Myna
148. Jungle Myna
149. Great Myna
150. Common Myna
151. Asian Pied Starling
152. Blue Whistling Thrush
153. Alpine Thrush
154. Himalayan Thrush
155. Scaly Thrush
156. White Collared Blackbird
157. Oriental Magpie Robin
158. White-throated Redstart
159. Plumbeous Water Redstart
160. White-capped Redstart
161. Blue-fronted Redstart
162. Hodgson’s Redstart
163. Blue-fronted Robin
164. Rufous-breasted Bush Robin
165. Himalayan Bluetail
166. Little Forktail
167. Grey Bushchat
168. Common Stonechat
169. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
170. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
171. Slaty Blue Flycatcher
172. Verditer Flycatcher
173. Little Pied Flycatcher
174. Small Niltava
175. Orange-bellied Leafbird
176. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
177. Green-tailed Sunbird
178. Fire-tailed Sunbird
179. Mrs Gould’s Sunbird
180. Black-throated Sunbird
181. Streaked Spiderhunter
182. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
183. House Sparrow
184. Russet Sparrow
185. White-rumped Munia
186. Grey Wagtail
187. White Wagtail
188. Rosy Pipit
189. Olive-backed Pipit
190. Rufous-breasted Accentor
191. Alpine Accentor
192. Maroon-backed Accentor
193. Plain Mountain Finch
194. White-browed Rosefinch
195. Dark-breasted Rosefinch
196. Dark-rumped Rosefinch
197. Gold-naped Finch
198. Crimson-browed Finch
199. White-winged Grosbeak
200. Grey-headed Bullfinch
201. Red-headed Bullfinch
202. Crested Bunting.

How to Reach :-

By Air :- the nearest Airport is Pantnagar. 60km / 02:00Hr] & Delhi [320km / 07-08Hr].
By train :- the nearest Railway station is Kathgodam [24km / 45minutes ] & Ramanagar [80km / 2:30Hr].
By Road :- the nearest Bus-Station is Haldwani & Kathgodam. [30km / 01:00Hr].



what to carry

All the Major_essential items to carry are listed below.
▪︎ Telephoto lenses preferably above 500mm, Teleconverters preferably 1.4x, Wide-angle lenses for landscapes and habitat shots and a good study tripod or Monopod and gimble head .
▪︎Rain and dust cover for camera gears.
▪︎Personal Toiletries, toilet rolls and wet wipes.
▪︎Basic first aid and personal medications.
▪︎Personal Water Bottle (Preferably Thermos bottle/flask).
▪︎Extra camera batteries, memory cards and Power Banks for emergency charging of camera batteries and phone.
▪︎Binoculars if you are using .
▪︎1 Oringnal I'd proof ( Adhaar card , Driving license,  PAN card ..etc )
▪︎Heavy Woolen Clothing in Winter good for 10 to -10 degrees Celsius ( Jacket + Sweater + Cap + Socks + Gloves + Inner upper & lower Thermal  + Fleece Nightwear )
▪︎Hiking Boots preferably warm.
▪︎Raincoat/Wind-cheater to protect you from snow.

What's Included:-

1. Boarding and lodging for Tour duration
All local fees & Trip Inner line permits or other forest permissions .
2. All planned activities and excursions as per the itinerary.
3. All 3 meals as per availability of proper food either some local food or fast food at that Traveling places & Tea - Coffee.

What's Not Included :-

1. All airfare and transfer expenses
2. Any extra accommodation availed of outside the itinerary, before or after the Tour.
3. Any kind of personal expenses or optional tours, extra meals and beverages ordered
4. Insurance, laundry and phone calls
5. Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages
6.  Tips and gratuities.
7. Anything that is not included in the inclusions list
8. All applicable taxes.
9. 5% GST not included .

Payment Terms :-

1. Atleast 50% of the Tour fee as booking amount (non-refundable).
2.  Atleast 70% of the Tour fee before 40 Days of the expedition date.
3.  Remainder of the Tour fee before 15 days .
4. All figures per person.

Cancellation Fees :-

1. 20% of the of the Tour fee on or before 45 days prior to trip.
2.  50% of the Tour fee on or before 15 days prior to trip .
3. 100% of the Tour fee on or Before 7 days prior to trip .
4.  All figures per person based on total amount of trip.

Bank Details :-

Name - Himalaya Birding Tours
Bank - Punjab National Bank
A/c No- 9964002100001286
IFSC CODE-PUNB0996400
Costomer No-C00530524
Distt-Nainital
Himalaya Birding Tours ,Vinayak ( Bhowali )

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