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Day 01: Flight to India (Mumbai)
Around Midnight arrival in Mumbai. Upon arrival, you will be
met by our representative and transferred to the hotel.
Day 02: Mumbai
Today after having breakfast you will have a walk through the
harbor area and visit the Gateway of India built in 1927 by
the English to commemorate the visit of George 5th from
England. Sightseeing in Mumbai includes the Gandhi Museum,
Hanging Garden and Gateway of India.
Day 03: Mumbai - Goa (by air)
After breakfast in the morning drive to the airport for the
flight to Goa. In the afternoon arrive at Goa. On arrival you
will be met by our representative and transferred to hotel.
Evening free for leisure.
Day 04: Goa
Today you will drive to Carambolim Lake and have bird watching
alongside the Lake. Carambolim Lake, an incredibly rich site,
filled with an astonishing variety of waterfowl includes
Purple Swamphens, Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacanas,
Spot-billed and Comb Duck, and the delightful Cotton Pygmy
Goose. Standing around the lake or in nearby meadows can be
found Lesser Adjutant, Woolly-necked and Asian Openbill
Storks, while Citrine Wagtails and Wire-tailed Swallows feed
around the cattle. Raptors can include Tawny and Spotted
Eagles. After watching the sunset at the lake you will drive
back to the hotel.
Day 05: Goa
Today after having breakfast you will drive to Mayem Lake and
have birding around Mayem Lake. Then you will drive to Charao
Island.
Day 06: Goa
Today you will drive to the beautiful forest reserve of Bondla.
The hills here form the edge of the Western Ghat range, and
the forests also offer quite challenging bird watching.
Drongos, Bulbuls and Babblers can be seen easily, but an
amazing range of Flycatchers and Warblers could be trickier.
The forest floor could give us Orange-headed Ground Thrush and
White-rumped Shama, or more confiding Forest Wagtail,
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher and White-throated Fantail and also
the birds like Crested Tree-Swifts, Scarlet Minivets,
Brown-cheeked Fulvettas, Black-naped Monarchs, Golden-fronted
Leafbirds, Paradise Flycatchers and many others.
Day 07: Goa
Today you will drive to Tambdi Surla. You will enjoy the whole
day watching the birds and their activities in the Tambdi
Surla.
Day 08: Goa
Today you will drive further to get the best out of the
Western Ghat forests, home to so many Malabar specialities,
the huge Molem Forest Reserve is the perfect venue for us. A
series of excursions here will bring us into contact with a
wide range of exciting forest birds which includes the Great
and Malabar Pied Hornbills, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Brown Hawk
Owl and the beautiful Malabar Trogon, Bulbuls, Babblers,
Flycatchers, Fairy Bluebird, Heart-spotted Woodpecker,
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch and Crimson-fronted Barbet, Sunbirds,
Flowerpeckers and the curious Little Spiderhunter,
Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters and the spectacular Brown-backed
Needletail, one of the world's very fastest birds. This
wonderful pageant of birdlife is supported by a host of
colourful butterflies, exotic lizards and mammals such as
Common Langurs, Bonnet Macaques and Indian Giant Squirrels.
Day 09: Goa
Today you will spent your day at Anjuna beach in Goa. Anjuna
Beach is famous for its fluorescent painted palm trees and
infamous full moon parties. In the evening you will visit Baga
beach. Baga beach is an ideal place to view the sunset. Baga
beach is basically an extension of Calangute beach.
Day 10: Goa - Mumbai (by air)
Morning at leisure. In the afternoon transfer to airport for
flight to Mumbai. On arrival in Mumbai, you will be met by our
representative and transferred to the hotel.
Day 11: Mumbai (Departure)
Around midnight flight to home destination.
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