Trip Overview

This 5-day Mt. Victoria Birding Expedition tour will start from Bagan and end back in Bagan. We will begin our adventure birding tour by picking you up at your hotel in Bagan and take a long drive heading towards the national park of Natmataung in the Chin Hills. The Chin Hills are mountain ranges that consist of a southern extension of the eastern Himalayas. We make some stops along the way to locate the scarce and habitat-specific White-rumped Falcon, along with other lowland specialties and arrive at our mountain lodge set inside the national park, at an elevation of about 1400m (4200ft) above sea level. We spend four nights exploring the best birding sites in the national park of Natmataung that is ornithologically considered to be the best birding region of the country for a variety of habitats ranging from mixed oak and rhododendron forest, montane bamboo, pine forest, thick secondary growth with tall grass and scrub, semi-cultivated fields and grasslands. We concentrate our efforts on searching for the highly sought-after endemic White-browed Nuthatch and Burmese Tit, along with other widespread Asian mountain birds & Himalayan species including Striped, Assam, and Brown-capped Laughingthrushes, “Mount Victoria” Chinese Babax, Rusty-capped Fulvetta, Streak-throated Barwing, Gray-sided Thrush, Spot-breasted Parrotbills, Collared Finchbill, Chin Hills Wren-Babbler, Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler, Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker, Darjeeling Woodpeckers, Great and Golden-throated Barbets, Chestnut-vented Nuthatch, Himalayan Cutia, Green-tailed, Mrs. Gould’s, and Fire-tailed Sunbirds, Gray Sibia, White-browed Fulvetta, Bar-throated, Blue-winged, and Red-tailed Minlas, Black-headed, White-browed, Green, and Black-eared Shrike-Babblers, Yellow-billed Blue Magpie. We will watch for some raptors like Crested Goshawk, Black and Rufous-bellied Eagles, Himalayan Buzzard and much more. After scanning the national park, we make our way back to hot and dry Bagan. We’ll leave early to spend our limited time exploring some sites in the dry dipterocarp and mid and low-altitude deciduous forest that is found along the way in search of Gray-headed, Blossom-headed, Alexandrine, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Himalayan and Greater Flamebacks, Greater Yellownape, Collared Falconet, Pin-tailed Green Pigeon, Red-headed Trogon, Large Woodshrike, Large Cuckooshrike, Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, and Blue-throated Flycatcher. Upon arrival back in Bagan in the late afternoon, we conclude our adventure birding tour by dropping you off at your hotel in Bagan.

Practical Information

Practical Information

Our Travel Package Inclusions

• 4 night accommodations at a mountain lodge in Kanpetlat (Mt.Victoria)
• Services of a local English speaking bird guide
• Ground transportation by private air- conditioned vehicle
• Entrance fee
• Bottled drinking waters
• Snow towels
• Service charge

Exclusions

• Hotel accommodation in Bagan
• Meals (Lunche & Dinner)
• Optional activities
• Extension trips
• Tips, drinks, personal expenses
• ANY other not mentioned above