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Koshi Tappu Bird Watching Tour Nepal

Country
Nepal

Duration
4 Days

Maximum altitude
1400 M

Activity
Tour

Difficulty
Leisure / Moderate

Best Season
All year Round

Accomodation
Included

Meals
Included

Start/End Point
Kathmandu

Tour Overview

Tour Overview

Koshi Tappu bird watching tour in Nepal for keen bird lovers and naturalists, including expert ornithologists: we have designed this wonderful "Koshi Tappu Bird Watching Tours” within a week duration time where one can observe the bird life within 3 nights at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Camp or similar lodge, located in the Far-South East of Nepal, and it is one of the first comfortable camps with modern luxury that this place has to offer, located at a mere distance from Koshi Tappu wildlife reserve, in the eastern part of the country, is truly a natural paradise on this planet earth. Koshi Tappu Wildlife and the lodge with camps, established as a reserve in the year 1992, especially for birdwatchers all over the world, is staffed with bird specialists renowned in the country. Now, this area also serves the holiday needs of the nature lovers seeking peaceful harmony away from the city and the hectic chores of life. Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve has earned a place for itself as a birdwatcher’s haven. The reserve spreads over the Saptari and Sunsari districts in East Nepal over the embankments of the River Koshi. The reserve, which has been recognized as a wetland site since 1987, was established mainly to preserve habitat for the remaining population of wild buffalo known as “Arna” in Nepal.

Starting this “Kosi Tappu Bird Watching Tours” with a warm and friendly welcome with a grand dinner and the scenic flight towards the southeast lowlands of Nepal at Biratnagar with panoramic views of a 360-degree wide mountain range covering nearly most of the world’s highest peaks from Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Makalu to Kanchenjunga with other unparalleled ranges of snow-capped peaks with high-rolling green hills dotted with traditional villages. On reaching Biratnagar, one of the important industrial cities of Nepal close to the border of Bihar, India, and then an interesting few hours’ drive through the towns of Inwara to reach our “Kosi Tappu Bird Watching Tours," on arrival, we were received by our naturalist and manager of the hotel and camps with a wide range of information, with exciting programs during your stay.

Koshi Tappu bird watching tour in Nepal with a marvelous time on walks, boating, and short jeep rides in the peaceful environment, observing the exotic bird life, as this place is known as the bird sanctuary where one can observe water birds like storks, egrets, cormorants, ibises, kingfishers, and Indian rollers to various species of ducks, including flamingos and pelicans, also in the winter migratory season. Besides a wide range of birds, this place is equally famous for other life, with occasional views of Royal Bengal Tigers, leopards, deer, and the wild buffalo known as Arna, with other reptiles. It is interesting to know that this place also harbors the rare and nearly extinct freshwater Gangetic dolphins. At Kosi Tappu, with great time observing various birds and wildlife, a scenic sweeping flight from Biratnagar brings you back to the hustle and bustle of city life in Kathmandu, concluding this “Kosi Tappu Bird Watching Tour” with a cultural and historical tour around famous world heritage sites, leisure activities, and then farewell to amazing Nepal after a great excellent service of Himalayan Smiles Treks & Adventure.

Tour Highlights

Tour Highlights

Drift by boat across Koshi Tappu’s lovely wetlands, noticing 450 plus, magnificent and rare bird species as they move around.

Watch for the rare black ibis , along with ospreys and peregrine falcons, in their wetland dwelling right at dawn.

See bold flocks of migratory Ruddy Shelduck showing up from Siberia and Mongolia, especially during the winter season.

Go exploring Nepal’s first Ramsar wetland area, where 26 duck species have been recorded, plus other rare waterfowl too.

Rest at the famous Koshi Tappu Wildlife Camp, founded 1992, made solely for birdwatching lovers who really care about it.

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