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Bird
Watching in Nepal |
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10 Nights/11 Days |
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Birding in Kathmandu Valley, Royal Chitwan National
Park and Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve. |
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Nepal is Bird Watcher's Paradise with 873 species
(10% of the world's total bird's species) of birds.
Nepal, though small in its size, has all kinds of habitats
for birds-wetlands, lakes, tropical and subtropical
forests, coniferous and Himalayan habitats.
We have been promoting bird watching trip with much
interest and vigor as Plan Holidays comprise the people
of wildlife and birding background. Postak, the Managing
partner worked as a Naturalist in Chitwan National
Park in the early nineties and Bishnu, the Manager
Tours also spent more than a decade in wildlife tourism
and has extensively lead birding trips in various parts
of Nepal. Gokarna, another pioneer bird watcher guide
is also with us.
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Suggested
Itinerary |
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Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu. |
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Meet the guide at the airport and transfer to hotel. In the evening, we invite
you for a welcome dinner in a typical Nepali Restaurant with cultural performance. |
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Day 02: Kathmandu Valley Sightseeing |
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Today, you will visit the medieval palaces,
temples, Buddhist Stupas, monasteries and courtyards,
all with intricate wood, metal and stone works. The places
of interest are Pashuapatinath Temple, Boudhanath Stupa,
Bhaktapur and Kathmandu Durbar Square. |
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Day 03: Kathmandu-Patan-Bird Watching in
Godavari Botanical Garden |
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Drive to Patan where you will visit the Durbar Square,
Krishna Temple and Golden Temple. From here you will
continue to Godavari. Check in hotel and after refreshment,
bird watching trip in Godavari Botanical Garden.
Overnight in the resort. |
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Day 04: Godavari-Phulchoki Hill-Kathmandu |
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After breakfast, leave with lunch pack and hike up the Phulchoki Hill. Full day
birding. In the evening return to Kathmandu. |
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Day 05 |
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Birding in Nagarjuna Forest and
Shivapuri Watershed and Wildlife Reserve. Return to hotel
in Kathmandu. |
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Day 06:
Kathmandu-Chitwan ( 160km, 4 hrs). |
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Drive to Chitwan National Park and check
in the resort. In the afternoon, short Tharu Village
Visit. |
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Day 07: Birding at Chitwan |
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Full day birding trip in different vegetations of the park, from wetlands to
grasslands to salforest. Overnight bungalow |
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Day 08: Chitwan-Koshi Tappu Wildlife
Reserve |
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A full day birding trip in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve. Overnight bungalow. |
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Day 09: Flight back to Kathmandu. |
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Upon arrival transfer to airport. |
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Day 10: At leisure in Kathmandu. |
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Day 11: Departure |
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Bird Watching
in the Kathmandu Valley. |
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 Out
of 873 species available in Nepal, 500 different species
are available on only in Kathmadnu valley and its surroundings.
The surrounding hills offer a varied ecology ranging
from primary and secondary forests to rhododendrons,
oak and pine forests. In addition, the wetlands and
open fields inside the valley make up a diverse habitat
for many species of birds
The most popular bird watcing spot is the Phulchoki
hill, the highest peak on the valley
rim situated 20 km southeast of Kathamandu, with
some 265 species recorded till date. The birds
spotted here include babblers, wabblers, tits,
thrushes, minivets, woodpeckers, eagles and many
migrant birds. Godavari Botanical Garden, at the
base of Phulchoki Hill itself records more than
100 species of birds including the lesser racket-tailed
drongo, Tibetan siskin and the spotted forktail. |
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Chitwan
National Park ( 160km, southwest of Kathmandu) |
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 Chitwan
National Park is located in the sub-tropical
lowlands and consists of sal forests, tall grasslands,
hills, oxbowlkaes and flood plains. Ornithologists
have recorded more than 525 different species residential
and migratory of birds in Chitwan National Park, including
Bengal Florican, Giant Horn Bill, King fishers, Wabblers,
Peacock, Babblers, magpies, forktails etc. Drive 5
hours or flight 25 minutes followed by 30 minutes drive.
Ranges of bungalows accommodations are available |
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Shivapuri
Watershed and Wildlife Reserve |
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Shivapuri
Watershed and Wildlife Reserve situated
11 km to the north of Kathmandu, is another exciting
location. Nagarjuna
Forest , 5 km from Kathmandu on the way
to Kakani from Balaju. Blue magpies, kalij pheasants,
Bonelli;s eagles, Great Himalayan barbets and other
exotic birds.
As for the wetlands in the valley, the banks of Manohara
river on the way to Bhaktapur, and
the Bagmati River, which flows into the valley
from Shivapuri Hll and out through Chobhar Gorge,
are good places for watching waders and waterfowls.
Harboring 40 species of birds mostly dependent
on wetlands, Taudaha, a lake on the way to Dakhsinkali,
attracts flocks of migrant birds. |
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Koshi Tappu
Wildlife Reserve |
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Koshi Tappu Wildlife Resort is
situated in the Eastern Terai lowlands of Nepal. The
vegetation here is mainly wetland grassland, scrub and
deciduous forests. Over 300 species of birds including
ibises, storks, egrets, herons, swamp partridges and
Bengal Floricans are found here. Flight 50 minutes followed
by one-hour drive. |
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