Birding Tour (5) Mandalay - Alaungtaw Kathapa (Wildlife Sanctuary)

Day

Route

Destination

Over Night

Transportation

1.

Mandalay Arrival :

Mandalay

Mandalay

Car

2

Mandalay Birding

Mandalay

Car

Car

3.

Mandalay - Alog Taw Kathapa (Wildlife Sanctuary) 

Alog Taw Kathapa

Alog Taw Kathapa

Car

4.

Mandalay - Alog Taw Kathapa (Wildlife Sanctuary) 

Alog Taw Kathapa

Alog Taw Kathapa

Car

5.

Mandalay - Alog Taw Kathapa (Wildlife Sanctuary) 

Alog Taw Kathapa

Alog Taw Kathapa

Car

6.

Alog Taw Kathapa-Bagan

Bangan

Bagan

Car

7.

Bagan   Ayeayarwaddy- Birding

Bagan

Bagan

Car

8

Bagan-Mt.Popa –Bagan Birding

Bagan

Bagan

Car

9.

Nyaung U Airpoart Transfer/Nyaung U –Heho Flight/Heho Airport Transfer/Inle Lake Boat Transfer 

Inle Lake

Inle

Car /Flight/Car/Boat

10.

Inle –Kalaw Birding

Kalaw

Kalaw

Boat

11.

Kalaw Birding

Kalaw

Kalaw

Car

12.

Kalaw –Heho  Airpoart Transfer/Heho-Yanong (or)Mandalay /Yangon (or ) Mandalay Birding

Yangon (or) Mandalay

 

Yangon (or) Mandalay

Car/Flight/Car

13.

Departure to Yangon International Airport

 

 

Car

Day 1. Mandalay Arrival and Birding at Mandalay

Arrive to Mandalay and we drive to the one of Water Birds Area we can able to see Glossey Ibis ,Great / little Cormorants ,Egrets ,Herons and any other winter visitor birds and then we drive to Mandalay city Area.We will be lunch at local Restaurant .After dinner we will check in to your hotel.About 3:00 pm we will have bird watching and sight seeing around Manually Hill Area,Sun rise at Mandalay Hill and then we go back to your hotel.

 

 

Over night at Hotel in Mandalay.

Day2.Mandalay Birding

After breakfast we will drive to Mandalay Jetty, visit to Ayeyarwaddy River and Mingun Area also Bird watching and Sight seeing. After that lunch at Local Restaurant,we will visit to Taung Thman Lake .We will birding around U Bein Bridge we will birding at this lake area and sunset at U Bein Bridge and go back to your hotel .

Over night at Hotel in Mandalay.

Day3. Mandalay - Alaungtaw Kathapa (Wildlife Sanctuary) 

After breakfast we will rive to Alaungtaw Kathapa(National Park ) on the way we will cross the Ayeyarwaddy River after that Sagaing and Monywa .Ater that we will also cross the Chindwin River ,we will arrive to one of big village for lunch.After lunch we drive again we will birding about two places we will arrive to Alaungtaw Kathapa (National Park) Wodden Guest House.

Over night at Alog Taw Kathapa(Wildlife Sanctuary) Guest House.

Day4.5 Full Day Birding at Alog Taw Kathapa (Wildlife Sanctuary)

We will be get two full days bird watching atAlaungtaw Kathapa  National Park.This area is also know as Woodpecker area.We able to see Speckled,White-broed Piculets ,Eurasian Wryneck,Lesser,Greater,Yellonapes,Common,Himalayan ,greater Flamrbacks, Grey-capped Pygmy,Yello-crowned , Streak-throated ,Streak-breasted ,Grey –headed, Pale-headed,Rufous ,Bay, White-bellied ,Great Slaty Woodpeckers,Kalij Pheasant,Great ,Oriental Pied Hornbill,Red-headed Trogon,White-rumped Falcon,Collared Falconet,Black Baza,Blue –eraed,Blue-throated,Liniated Barbets ,Large,Common Woodshrike ,Olive Bulbul,Greater Neckalced,Lesser Neckalced Laughinghrushes and more birds.

Full day birding tour in Alog Taw Kathapa (Wildlife Sanctuary) .

Day6. Alaungtaw Kathapa  National Park & drive to Bagan

After breakfast ,we will drive to Bagan about 6 or 7 hours  form Alaungtaw Kathapa  National Park .Lunch is on the way ,when we arrive to Bagan we will check in your hotel.At the evening time we will be small birding and Sun Set at nice view Pagoda.

Over Night at Hotel in Bagan.

Day7. Bagan   Ayeayarwaddy- Birding

After breakfast and biding at Bagan. In the morning time,we will try around  Bagan Chinese Franolin,Laggar Fancon ,Burmese Shrike,Spotted Owlet,Inian Nightjar and other species.After lunch we will visit around  the Ayeyaraddy River by boat .We will try the White –tailed Stonechat,Snad Lark,Spot-billed Duck,Ruddy Shelduck  ,River Lapwing ,Small Pratincole and we can also see wintering bird species at around the Boat trip. Drive back to your hotel .

Over night at Hotel in Bagan.

Day8. Bagan-Mt.Popa –Bagan Birding

Drive to Mt .Popa after breakfast .Full day birding at Mt.Popa .We will try one of best bird for Mt.Popa.One of the Endemic Myanmar Bird Hooded Treepie and any other bird Green –billed Malkoha, Rufous Treepie,Whie –throated Fantail,Darian Redstart,hestnut –flanked and Oriental White-eyes ,Lesser Necklaced Laughinghrush and many other species .We will try the whole day.Driver  back to Bagan and sight seeing at Bagan.

Over Night at Hotel in Bagan.

Day9. Bagan-Nyaung U-Heho-Inle Lake

After check out from your hotel and drive to Nyaung U Airport and fly to Heho.And drive to Nyaung Shwe and boat transfer to Inle Lake. We able to see rare Jerdon’s Bushchat, Collared Myna, Striated Babbler,  Blue –eared Kingfisher, very rare Sarus Crane ,Jungle,Wgite-vented,Collered  Mynas ,Water birds  and any other winter visitor birds.Driveback to Inle Lake by boat .

Over night at hotel in Inle Lake.

Day10. Inle Lake- Kalaw

After breakfast we will have Bird watching just morning time at Inle Lake about 12 noon we drive back to Nyaung Shwe by boat and lunch at local restaurant. After lunch we will drive to Kalaw about 2 hour’s .When we arrive to Kalaw, we will check in to hotel and bird watching about 2 or 3 hour’s .We will have dinner at Restaurant.

Over night at Hotel in Kalaw.

Day11. Kalaw Birding

After breakfast we will drive to Yae Aye Kan Area and we will start birding we can ale to see near-endemic  birds Burmese-Yuhina ,Indochinese Cuckooshrike ,Dark-backed Sibia ,Rusty-cheeked ,White-browed Scimitar Babblers,Soty-headed ,Brown-breasted ,Ashy, Black Bulbuls ,Sliver-breasted and Long-tailed Broabills,White –crowned ,Black-backed Forktails, White-capped Water Redstard,Warblers and any other species. We will drive back to hotel and dinner at hotel.

Over night at Hotel in Kalaw.

 

 Day12.Kalaw-Heho and Fly to Yangon or  Mandalay

After breakfast we will drive to Heho Airport about an hour. Fly to Yangon Airport (or ) Mandalay and we will check in your hotel and we will have sight seeing and bird watching around Yangon Area (or) Mandalay .

Over night at hotel in Yangon.

Day13. Departure to Yangon (or ) Mandalay Airport

Drive to Yangon International Airport.

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