Singalila Bird Watching

Tumling, Gairibas & Sandakphu · Darjeeling. 5 days / 4 nights. High point 3,636 m by 4x4. Easy.

Based at Tumling with a local bird guide, dawn walks on the ridge and a 4x4 day up to Sandakphu. Pheasants in the bamboo, sunbirds in the rhododendrons, rosefinches and accentors on the high meadows.

Route

NJP / Bagdogra via Mirik and its tea gardens to Maneybhanjyang and Tumling
Dawn birding at Tumling and Gairibas
4x4 day to Sandakphu with birding stops, back to Tumling
Flexible day: the Tonglu trail or a second Gairibas morning
Tumling to Maneybhanjyang and the drive to NJP / Bagdogra

March to May for breeding plumage and song; October to December for clear light and altitudinal migrants.

Target species include satyr tragopan, blood pheasant, Himalayan monal, fire-tailed sunbird, fire-tailed myzornis and grandala. Birds are wild; lists are hopes, not promises. Vehicle-supported, little walking required.

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