Red Panda Expedition

Singalila ridge · India–Nepal border. 5 days / 4 nights. High point approx. 3,000 m. Easy to moderate.

Slow days in the bamboo and rhododendron forest around Tumling with local trackers who know where the pandas have been feeding. Dawn and dusk walks, long quiet waits, and the Kanchenjunga range for company.

Route

NJP / Bagdogra to Maneybhanjyang, 4x4 to Tumling
Dawn birding walk, afternoon briefing with the trackers
Tinchuley forest: full day tracking on the Nepal side
Gairibas slopes: second tracking day, optional Kanchenjunga sunrise
Tumling to Maneybhanjyang and the drive to NJP / Bagdogra

November to April, when the forest is open and pandas feed lower down. March to May for flowers alongside.

Red pandas are wild and shy; a sighting is likely but never promised. Also seen here: Himalayan serow, yellow-throated marten, satyr tragopan and blood pheasant.

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