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Itineraries
Day 1
Arrival at Port Blair - Garacharma, Sippighat
Pick-up from airport & check into the resort, followed by a briefing of the tour plan. Post lunch, which we will head out
towards our birding hotspot Sippighat. Shore birds and wetland birds that can be seen in this area are Plovers, Stilts, Ducks
(Andaman teal), Curlew, Godwit, Egrets (Chinese egret), Herons (Chinese pond heron), Warblers, Kingfishers Etc.. After
some evening birding, we will cover the nocturnal birds and return back to the resort. Birds to expect include Andaman
Barn Owl, Andaman Scops-Owl, Andaman Hume’s Hawk Owl, Andaman Nightjar and Oriental Scops-Owl.
Day 2
Departure for Great Nicobar Island
Pick up from the hotel and drop at the Haddo Wharf. Our Guide will help you through the embarkation procedure and set
sail to the Great Nicobar Island. The journey usually takes 2 days & 1 night to 4 days depending of the ship, with a halt at
Kamorta, Nancowry.
Day 3-4
Journey to Great Nicobar Island
The ship will berth at Kamorta Island in the Nancowry group of Islands. If the halt is long enough and we can get permission from the captain to disembark, we will bird for a couple of hours. On arrival at Great Nicobar we check-in into a local guesthouse.
Day 5-8
Great Nicobar
Over the next five days, our guide will take you to places ideal to spot birds in the Island, Some of the Sites include spots inside Biosphere Reserve, Magarnallah, Amphibian Road, Shastri nagar, Joginder nagar, Laxmi nagar, Vijay nagar, Govind
nagar East-West Road & Galathea if forest officials permit.
Great Nicobar Serpent-Eagle, Nicobar Imperial-Pigeon, Nicobar Parakeet, Nicobar Glossy Starling, Andaman Green-Pigeon, Pied Imperial-Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, Emerald dove, Andaman Cuckoo Dove, Andaman Wood Pigeon, Red-Cheeked Parakeet, Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Nicobar White Collared Kingfisher, Hooded Pitta, Black-naped Monarch-Flycatcher, Olive-backed Sunbird, Crimson Sunbird, Great Nicobar Hill Myna, Black-naped Oriole, Greater Racket tailed Drongo, Common Kestrel, Chinese Sparrowhawk, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Watercock, Great Nicobar Crake, Corn Crake, Malayan Night Heron, Chinese Egret
Night nocturnal birds Brown Hawk-Owl, Nicobar Scops-Owl Mammals Nicobar treeshrew and crab-eating macaque.
Amphibians and Reptiles can also be seen.
Day 9-11
Departure for Port Blair
Embark on the Journey back to Port Blair, Depending on the vessel; the return journey can take 2-4 days time. M.V Chowra & M.V Sentinel stops at Kamorta, Chowra, Trinket & Car Nicobar Island while M.V Campbell Bay & M.V
Swarajdweep stops only at Kamorta Island.
Day 12
Port Blair
Depending on the ship, you will reach Port Blair late in the afternoon and our coordinator will greet you at the harbor and take you to the pre-booked resort.
Night Birding: Chidiyatapu
Day 13
Birding around Shoal Bay
We will start very early morning drive (4.30 a.m) towards Shoal bay to reach the hotspot on time. We will spend the day
birding around Kalatang and Shoal Bay Mangroves and return back in the evening. Birds to expect include Andaman
Serpent-Eagle, Andaman Crake, Andaman Wood-Pigeon, Andaman Cuckoo-Dove, Andaman Green-Pigeon, Andaman
Coucal, AndamanWoodpecker, Andaman Cuckoo-Shrike, Andaman Bulbul, Andaman Shama, Andaman Flowerpecker,
Andaman White-headed Starling, Andaman Drongo, Andaman Treepie, Small Minivet, Scarlet Minivet, Asian FairyBluebird, Orange-headed Thrush, Black-naped Monarch-Flycatcher, White-eye, Glossy Starling, Hill Myna, Black-naped
Oriole, Greater Racket tailed Drongo, Eastern Jungle Crow, White-Breasted Woodswallow, Forest Wagtail, Spot-breasted
Woodpecker, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, White Collared Kingfisher, White-breasted Kingfisher, Ruddy Kingfisher, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Brown-backed Needletail-Swift, White-bellied Swiftlet, Violet Cuckoo, Indian
Cuckoo, Red-Cheeked Parakeet, Red-breasted Parakeet, Alexandrine Parakeet, Indian Hanging-Parrot, Green-Imperial Pigeon, Andaman Green-Pigeon, Emerald Dove, Daurian Starling etc.
If possible we shall do some night birding.
Day 14
Ograbranj/Sippighat Wetlands
At 5 a.m, we will start towards the Ograbraj Wetlands stopping at Sippighat wetlands. We will move to Ferrargunj to
spot the endemic birds missed out on previous days. We will return back after covering the nocturnal birds. Birds to
expect include Shore birds and wetland birds including Plovers, Stilts, Ducks (Andaman teal), Curlews, Godwit, Egrets
(Chinese egret), Herons (Chinese pond heron), Bittern (Yellow, Black & Cinnamon), Warblers, Pacific Swallow,
Kingfishers, Water cock; Edible-nest Swiftlet; Glossy Swiftlet; Terek Sandpiper; Ruddy breasted Crake, Brown-backed Needletail; Red-throated Pipit; Wagtails.
Night Birding (2:30-7:30) Mt. Harriet National Park Andaman Scops-Owl, Andaman Hume’s Hawk Owl, Andaman Hawk-Owl and Oriental Scops-Owl
Day 15
Birding around Shoal Bay
On our last day, we will spend the day birding at Kalatang and Shoal Bay to cover the endemics missed out in the previous days.
Day 16
Departure
Drop to the airport. The Andaman & Nicobar birding tour ends
