SOUTHERN INDIA ENDEMICS
Fly-in, drives, guided tour
12 days /11 nights
- Regional endemics as well as other south Indian specialties.
- One of the most important endemic bird areas in Asia.
- Picturesque backdrop of dense forests, lakes and tea plantations
- Opportunity to see the Nilgiri Tahr found globally only here.
- Opportunity to see the Asian Elephant in the wild.
Southern India is an extremely beautiful part of this vast country, with a more friendly and relaxed atmosphere than the bustling north. On our travels we visit one of India's premier nature reserves and journey amongst mountain tea plantations, evergreen forests and coastal backwaters, in search of some of the region's distinctive wildlife. Our travels will be in the State of Kerala where moist, tropical hill forests form a distinct vegetation zone in the Western Ghat hills, which has resulted in the evolution of many bird species unique to this region of the country. In this tour besides a variety of birds, we hope to see the 16 Western Ghats Endemics : Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Rufous Babbler, White-bellied Treepie, Grey-headed Bulbul, Wynad Laughing Thrush, Black & Orange Flycatcher, Nilgiri Flycatcher, White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, Nilgiri Pipit, Crimson-backed Sunbird, Nilgiri Laughing Thrush, White-bellied Shortwing, Broad-tailed Grassbird, and Grey-breasted Laughing Thrush.
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