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Day 1: New Delhi
to Leh
Meals: dinner
Fly from New Delhi to Leh in the morning. We will spend the day
in the vicinity of the hotel for birding and acclimatization.
One can expect to see black redstart, common kestrel,
black-billed magpie, mountain chiffchaff, black kite, red-billed
chough, great tit etc. Hotel Snow View or similar.
Day 2:
Surrounding area of Leh
Meals: breakfast & dinner
Today morning we will bird along Shey marshes. One can expect
common rosefinch, Hume's lesser white-throat, blue rock thrush,
Eurasian hobby, common coot, booted eagle, blue throat, common
tern, Hume's short-toed lark, plain mountain finch, rock
bunting, citrine and grey wagtail etc. Afternoon visit to Trisul
lake for red-crested pochard, northern pintail, common teal,
tufted duck, little grebe, garganey etc. Hotel Snow View or
similar.
Day 3:
Surrounding area of Leh
Meals: breakfast & dinner
Today morning we will bird at Thiksey. One can expect to see
golden oriole, long-tailed shrike, blue-whistling thrush,
Eurasian cuckoo, common rosefinch, hill pigeon etc. Afternoon
visit to Hemis area after Stok Palace for Tibetan snowfinch,
Eurasian crag martin, northern house martin, lammergeier, white
wagtail, fire-fronted serin, plain mountain finch, blue sheep
etc. Hotel Snow View or similar.
Day 4: Excursion
to Khardung Pass
Meals: breakfast, packed lunch and dinner
Today morning we will bird at Khardung La. We will be reaching a
height of 18500 feet, the highest motorable pass in the world.
One can expect winter wren, brown dipper, robin & alpine
accentor, Himalayan snowcock, Brandt's mountain finch, great
rosefinch, white-winged redstart, yellow-billed chough etc.
Mammals will be Himalayan marmot, mouse hare, wooly hare, and
blue sheep. Afternoon free at the hotel. Hotel Snow View or
similar.
Day 5: Leh-Rumbak
Valley
Meals: breakfast, packed lunch & dinner
Drive to Chinjan in the morning (1 hour). Trek to Rumbak for
birding (5 hours, moderate trek). Full day birding in Rumbak
Valley. One can expect golden eagle, Himalayan griffon, Tibetan
snowfinch, chukar, fire-fronted serin, sulphur-bellied warbler,
white-throated dipper etc. Overnight stay in fully serviced
tented camp or in a home stay (promoted by Snow Leopard
Conservancy).
Day 6: Rumbak
Valley
Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner
Full day birding around Rumbak. One can see brown & robin
accentor, tickell's leaf warbler, streaked rosefinch, Tibetan
snowfinch, chukar, common & fork-tailed swift, red-billed
chough, Himalayan snowcock, fire-fronted serin, twite etc. One
can also expect to see blue sheep, Red fox and the elusive snow
leopard. Overnight stay in fully serviced tented camp or in a
home stay (promoted by Snow Leopard Conservancy).
Day 7: Rumbak
Valley-Leh
Meals: breakfast, packed lunch & dinner
Morning birding in Rumbak Valley. Trek to Chinjan (3˝ hours).
Check the forest patch at Chinjan for unusual species such as
rusty-tailed flycatcher, grey bushchat etc. Travel to Leh (1
hour) for overnight stay in Hotel Snow View or similar.
Day 8: Leh-Puga
Meals: breakfast, packed lunch & dinner
We will spend the day travelling to Puga stopping en route for
birding at Chumathang. One can expect to see golden eagle,
common merganser, Ibisbill, horned lark etc. Check the stream at
Puga emerging out of sulphur spring for black-necked crane,
brown-headed gull, ruddy shelduck etc. Overnight stay in fully
serviced tented camp.
Day 9: Day
excursion to Lake Tso Moriri and Lake Tadsang Karu
Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner
Morning excursion to the lakes for ruddy shelduck, bar-headed
goose, ruff, lesser sand plover, white-winged black tern,
long-legged buzzard etc. Black-necked crane is big a possibility
too. Spend the evening near the camp checking the stream, rock
faces and bushes for Eurasian eagle-owl, white-winged redstart,
robin accentor, Asian house martin, white-throated dipper,
lammergeier etc. Overnight stay in fully serviced tented camp at
Puga.
Day 10: Puga-Lake
Tso Kar
Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner
Travel to the lake in the morning across Polo Kongka Pass. One
can see large flocks of Brandt's mountain finch. As you enter
the lake area, you may see black-necked crane, common redshank,
lots of other waders and waterfowl. Tibetan wild ass, marmot,
Stolizka's mountain vole are mammal species that are seen
commonly. Explore the area for little owl, Tibetan sandgrouse,
plain-backed snowfinch etc. Horned lark, Hume's short-toed lark
and Tibetan snowfinch are some of the common birds here.
Afternoon visit to fresh water lake for avocet, breeding colony
of crested grebe, ruddy shelduck etc. Black-necked crane is a
possibility too. Overnight stay in fully serviced tented camp.
Day 11: Tso Kar-Leh
Meals: breakfast, packed lunch & dinner
After morning birding at Tso Kar, travel to Leh via Tanglang
Pass (17500 feet) stopping en route for birding. Arrive Leh in
the afternoon. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight stay in Hotel
Snow View or similar.
Day 12:
Leh-New Delhi
Meals: breakfast in flight
Fly to New Delhi in the morning. Arrive Delhi before noon.
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