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Desert India Birding Tour
Duration: 11 Nights / 12 Days
Places to See: Ahmedabad - Dasada - Rann of Kutch - Gondal - Gir - Sasan
- Bhavnagar - Mumbai
Day 1 : Ahmedabad - Dasada
This
is a 90 km drive that takes about 1 1/2 hours. After lunch, drive into the Little
Rann of Kutch Sanctuary in search Asiatic wild ass, blue bull, Indian gazelle,
wolf, jackal, Indian and desert foxes, desert and jungle cat, etc. Dryland birds
like the sandgrouse, houbara bustard, desert wheatear, steppe eagle, montagu
harrier, etc can be seen in winter. This is a village-theme resort imaginatively
designed using local materials, with a/c bedrooms and attached baths, surrounded
by organic agriculture fields, berry plantations, water bodies. A variety of
birds can be seen at the property itself.
Day 2 : Rann of Kutch
Visit the marshlands of the Little Rann of Kutch.
Day 3 to 5 : Gondal - Gir
This is a 123 km drive from Gondal to Sasan. Gir National Park and Wildlife
Sanctuary is the abode of the Asiatic lion, panther, sambar, spotted deer, blue
bull, 4-horned antelope, Indian gazelle, etc. Crested hawk eagle, crested serpent
eagle, bonneli's eagle, paradise flycatcher, treepie, blossom headed parakeet,
are among the many birds seen. O/n Maneland Jungle Lodge.
Day 6 : Sasan - Bhavnagar
Evening birding at Victoria Park and Gaurishankar Lake. O/n at Dil Bahar heritage
hotel.(FITs) or Nilambag Palace Hotel (groups). Dil Bahar is a four-room 1930s
art deco mansion with a vast collection of wildlife pictures, facing Victoria
Park.
Day 7 : Bhavnagar
Day trip to Velavadar National Park,one of the best areas for blackbuck viewing
in India. Velavadar is the winter roosting ground for a large number of montagu,
pallid and marsh harrier. Look for other wildlife like wolf nilgai, Indian fox,
jungle cat, hare, etc. Return to Bhavnagar for o/n halt as one day-6.
Day 8 : Mumbai
Fly to Mumbai from Bhavnagar or Delhi from Ahmedabad.
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