Detailed Itinerary for Himalayan Wildlife Tour India (13 N / 14 D)

Time You Have to Spend in this Tour: 13 Nights / 14 Days
Places Covered: Delhi - Guwahati - Kaziranga - Bagdogra - Kalimpong - Siliguri - Kolkata - Sunderbans.

Day 01: Arrival At Delhi
Upon arrival at Delhi international airport in midnight, Indian Wildlife Tourism representative will greet and take you to hotel. Get freshen up and relax, Overnight stay at hotel.

Day 02: At Delhi
Have relaxed breakfast and then move towards major attraction of New Delhi like Qutub Minar, Lotus temple, India gate, Jantar Mantar, and Humayun’s Tomb. After enjoyment back to hotel, have dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 03: At Delhi
After having delicious breakfast, move to watch the Old Delhi attractions like Red Fort, Jama Masjid, and Chandani Chowk. After enjoying bustling old Delhi back to hotel, have dinner and stay overnight at hotel.

Day 04: Delhi – Guwahati – Kaziranga National Park
Take hearty breakfast then leave Delhi to catch flight for Guwahati. Upon arrival check into resort, get freshen up and relax. Later move for Kaziranga National Park to spend the evening in enjoying traditional Bihu dance beside the log fire. Afterwards have dinner in same atmosphere and later back to resort, and overnight stay at resort.

Day 05: In Kaziranga National Park
Have breakfast and move to have a short walk of park by enjoying the rich flora and fauna of the park. Later in afternoon visit the near by village to watch the silkworm rearing. Then back to resort have dinner and overnight stay at hotel

Day 06: In Kaziranga National Park
Take delicious breakfast and then move to take elephant ride within the boundary of park. And later in afternoon enjoy the visit of tea garden and factory. Return to resort, have dinner and overnight at resort itself.

Day 07: Kaziranga - Guwahati - Bagdogra – Kalimpong
After having breakfast drive towards Guwahati, on arrival proceed to catch the flight for Bagdogra. After reaching Bagdogra drive towards Kalimpong. Upon arrival check into hotel, get freshen up, have dinner and overnight stay.

Day 08: At Kalimpong
Have breakfast and enjoy the morning time in leisure. In afternoon get ready to head towards major attractions like Catholic Church, Crockety, Galingka, Loleygaon, Ringking Farm, Samco Ropeway, and St.Therasa Church. Then back to hotel have dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 09: Kalimpong – Siliguri – Kolkata
Have light breakfast and then move towards river Teesta to experience some thrill while doing rafting. Afterwards drive towards Siliguri on arrival, get the train for Kolkata. Dinner and overnight will be at train.

Day 10: At Kolkata
Upon arrival to Kolkata check in at hotel, get freshen up and later enjoy full day sightseeing of major attractions like Fort William, Victoria Memorial, Eden Gardens (Stadium), Birla Planetarium, Howrah Bridge, Marble Palace, Writer's Building, Nicco Park, Saheed Minar, National Library, Belur Math, Botanical Gardens etc. In late evening back to hotel, have dinner and overnight stay.

Day 11: Kolkata – Sunderbans National Park
Have relaxed breakfast then drive to Basanti Port for Sunderbans National Park. On arrival to Sunderbans check into hotel get freshen up and then take pleasure of cruise. Afterwards enjoy rare species like Estuarine Crocodile Fishing Cat, Common otter, Water Monitor lizard, Gangetic Dolphin Snubfin dolphin, marine turtles like Olive Ridley, Green Sea Turtle, Hawksbill Turtle and of course royal Bengal tiger. By evening back to hotel have dinner and overnight stay.

Day 12: At Sunderbans National Park
Take breakfast and then move towards full day tour of cruise. After reaching enjoy the ride through mangrove creeks for wildlife viewing & bird watching at the Sunderbans. Enjoy lunch at cruise between soothing atmosphere. Later enjoy the sunset on cruise and mesmerize lovely atmosphere. Then have dinner and overnight stay on cruise.

Day 13: At Sunderbans National Park – Kolkata
After having delicious breakfast, move towards Basanti port to drive back to Kolkata in afternoon. Upon arrival, move towards Kolkata after reaching check into hotel have dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 14: Kolkata – Delhi
In morning after taking breakfast, move towards airport to take flight for Delhi. On arrival the Indian Wildlife Tourism representative will meet you and transfer you to pre-booked hotel. Get freshen up and relax later spend the noon time in leisure. In evening get ready to proceed for Delhi international airport to take flight for home with exciting and lovable memories.

Travel Tips For Visiting the National Park

Before choosing India as your destination it’s better to have a little knowledge of this land of diversity. Since its inception in tourist books, India’s tourism sector continuously increase in dimension and popularity and today the country becomes one of the most striking destination in the world and is host to scores of international tourist every year.

To make your visit simpler, effective and more enjoyable, India presents well-organized infrastructure covering all the aspects of tourism. Apart from the exotic and colorful places, India offers a profusion of hotels of all shapes and sizes right from the reasonable budget hotels to state-of-the-art luxury hotels and heritage hotels that can even vie with the foremost hotels of the world in the field of comfort and hospitality.

Just as its varied landscape, the climate of the country varies too – from the arid deserts of Rajasthan to the coolest and wettest valleys of Assam. Practically India moves on with three seasons a year –hot, wet and the cool. The sun starts to grow hotter in the Nothern Plains around February and by April it becomes almost unbearable, and monsoon in the form of huge rainstorms kick start around the month of June.


Before you depart

Research the wildlife you want to spot as well as the destination you are traveling to.

• Plan your trip to coincide with the peak wildlife season.
• Determine the best place for spotting animals and birds.
• Organize wildlife watching trips for the early morning or late evening.
• Hire an outfitter or guide that caters to families and has experience with children.

Engage the kids

Introduce the kids to the animals and birds they are likely to see on your wildlife watching trip.

• Investigate wildlife as well as its habitat.
• Help them learn to identify animal tracks.
• Research the natural history of the area together.

Make it fun

Knowing where and how to look for wildlife will increase your child’s chance of spotting birds and animals and it will help him or her understand the need to be alert, patient and quiet.

• Scan the horizon rather and rather than focusing on a bush or tree.
• Detect motion from a bird in flight to the twitch of an ear.
• Look for shapes that stand apart from the geography.
• Watch for the flash of color both in the sky and on the ground.
• Look at the edge of the animal’s habitat, be it a forest, field or pond.
• Keep an eye out for signs, from animal tracks to gnawed wood, that animals have been there.
• Don’t focus only on sight, listen to the sounds and detect the smells.

Turn your outing into a wildlife adventure

Spotting wildlife is only part of the fun. Include the following in your child’s day pack and turn the family outing into a wildlife adventure.

• Field guide.
• Animal or bird checklist.
• Binoculars.
• Camera, many disposable models work fine.
• Notebook to record ‘evidence’ of what they see.

Things More Important ! Never Forget Them

Essentials Doccuments : If you are an outsider and visiting India, carrying proper identification is inevitable. Like any other place in the world a proper identification in the form of passport and visa is necessary and should be always with you throughout your journey period. Besides the originals, a photocopy of your passport, visa, air ticket and other travel documents should be maintained.

Travel Insurance : Wherever you go the element of risk is always there with you like a shadow. And travelling to a foreign country can make the risk unnecessarily bigger. So it is wise to shed this uncertainty of life by insure against it. What happen if you find that your luggage and other personal valuables disappeared after arrival, or a medical emergency arises during your stay or some personal emergency that demands an early return to your homeland? Your travel insurance will defend all financial crises during such fragile moments of your visit.