India is one of the most exotic and popular birding destinations offering almost 1200 species and varied habitats – the high Himalayas, North Indian plains, evergreen forests of North-East India and Western Ghats, Deccan Plateau, Thar Desert, Coastal plains and Mangroves.

Being a subcontinent and far too large to be covered in a single tour we offer specialized and tailor made birding and wildlife tours for each region of India. We organize trips not only to the well trodden destinations of India but also to the almost unknown birding sites! In fact, we enjoy the challenge of organizing birding trips to these destinations to suit individual needs.

Our trips have included a photo tour during monsoon time to shoot displaying floricans in remote south Rajasthan and trip to Tirthan Valley in the Great Himalayan National Park in search of rare Western Tragopan and other pheasants. Another exploratory trip is in the offing to the Mishmi Hills, north-east India for those who like the idea of exploring untrodden birding trails in search of birds.

Our regular birding itineraries include North India and the Himalayan foothills (Indian Skimmer, Ibisbill, Sand Lark, Wallcreeper, Hodgson’s Bushchat, Lammergeier, Nepal Wren Babbler). Gujarat and western India (Crab Plover, Great Indian Bustard, Demoiselle Crane, Laggar Falcon, Red-naped Falcon, Syke’s Lark) and Kaziranga, Nameri and Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary (Bengal Florican, White-winged Wood Duck, Ward’s Trogon, Blyth’s Tragopan, Rufous-necked Hornbill, Bugun Liocichla).

Successful birding tours, to us, means not only listing unending number of bird species for the tour but also to cater to the individual needs of tour participants like individual food preferences and other activities including visits to local cultural sites to keep the non-birding spouses busy.

Our tours are ideal for people looking for customized birding tours that have flexibility of being altered to suit personal needs. Tailor-made tours can be offered with itineraries as wild as one can think of. Unless you insist to bird from dusk to dawn, we do not forget to include enroute visits to wonderful historical monuments like Taj Mahal.

Our itineraries offer great opportunities to observe mammals of India like Tiger, Asian Elephant, Asiatic Lion, Leopard, Great Indian One-horned Rhinoceros, Indian Wild Buffalo and the Blackbuck.

We also organise butterfly-watching, cultural and historical tours that meet specific requirements of our clients.

Tragopan Tours is run by people who have organized birding tours for more than ten years. Our unrivalled wealth of experience and local contacts has been responsible for the success of our tours.

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