10-Day Thattekkad & Periyar Birding with Nikhil Devasar

A specialist Thattekkad & Periyar Birding itinerary from Bird Tour India.

  • India
  • 10 days
  • Difficulty: moderate
  • Price on request
  • Custom tour
  • Pace: Moderate to active
  • Language: English
  • City: Kochi
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About this tour

This tour itinerary presents Thattekkad & Periyar Birding across key birding habitats in India.

This is a flexible itinerary. Final dates, price, group size, accommodation standard and inclusions will be confirmed after enquiry before booking.

Itinerary ▼
Day 1
, 2 , 3 – Thattekkad.

Arrive at Kochi where you are met and transferred to your hotel. Thattekkad is a lowland forest with several types of eco-systems – riverine, grasslands, evergreen, scrub, dry deciduous, lowland forest, enabling it to be one of the best birding destinations in India. This is also home to most of the endemics of the Western Ghats. One should sight the Whitebellied Treepie, Rufous Babbler, Crimsonbacked Sunbird, White Bellied Blue Flycatcher, Wayanad Laughing Thrush, Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Grey Hornbill besides owls like the Mottled Wood Owl, Oriental Bay Owl, Oriental scopes owl, Brown Fish Owl, Oriental Scopes Owl and Spotbellied Eagle Owl. You should also be able to sight the Red Spurfowl, Grey Jungle Fowl, Indian Pitta, Black-throated Munia and the Grey headed fishing eagle. Stay will be at the Hornbill Camp, located on the banks of the river Periyar.

Day 4
Periyar. Periyar Tiger Reserve is one of the finest wildlife & birding destinations in South India. With over 320 bird species identified and a leading habitat for the Bengal Tiger, this sanc

Birding and transfers as described in the published outline.

Day 5
Munnar. We will leave for Munnar via the Ghats to Khambam where we should sight the Large Grey Babbler, Common Babbler, Jungle Bush Quail and the Grey Fancolin. We will proceed to Bodi Ghats

Birding and transfers as described in the published outline.

Day 6
Munnar. We will leave for Munnar via the Ghats to Khambam where we should sight the Large Grey Babbler, Common Babbler, Jungle Bush Quail and the Grey Fancolin. We will proceed to Bodi Ghats

Birding and transfers as described in the published outline.

Day 7
Top Slip. We will take the 2 hour drive across the Tamil Nadu border to the Indira Gandhi national park – a place known for its great swathes of forests and wildlife – birds, butterflies, ele

Birding and transfers as described in the published outline.

Day 8
Ooty. We will take the long drive to reach Ooty by afternoon. Ooty – is a hill station, at about 2,200m in the Nilgiri Hills. The Cairnhill Reserved Forest, 3km from town on the Avalanche roa

Birding and transfers as described in the published outline.

Day 9
Ooty. We will take the long drive to reach Ooty by afternoon. Ooty – is a hill station, at about 2,200m in the Nilgiri Hills. The Cairnhill Reserved Forest, 3km from town on the Avalanche roa

Birding and transfers as described in the published outline.

Day 10
Kochi for flight back home.

Birding and transfers as described in the published outline.

Locations & map

  • Kochi - India
  • Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary - India
  • Periyar Tiger Reserve - India

Availability & pricing

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Price: Price on request

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