Day 1: Arrive from Delhi, acclimatise; stay Leh
Day 2: Acclimatise, maybe visit Shey Palace and Thiksey monastery, before afternoon birding at Sindhu Ghat/Shey Marshes on Indus River (e.g. Ibisbill).Around shey, Blue Throat, chiffchaff, water pitit, common rosefinch, Black redstart, yellow wagtail, citrine wagtail, lesser-throat warbler. Blue whistling thrush, Rock thrush, buzzard, common krestel. Red billed chaff,
Day 03: Leh to Nubra via Warila pass. Distances between Leh to Nubra via Watika is approx 120 kms and total travel time is about 4/5 hours. But we need to leave early morning as there is some rare birds animals in this part of route. . On the way We would see White-Throated dipper in the tanyar river, Golden red start, trickell’s leaf warbler. close to the warila pass a very good chance to see Tibetan Snow-Cock, and Himalayan Snowcock, Golden Eagle, lammergier, himalayan Vulture and golden red start. Mammals like Blue-sheep and Marmot. if we are lucky, a very good chance to see Lynx and Wolf. Overnight Nubra.(Agyam)
Day 4: Very early Drive to Leh via Warila we taking same pass as we have good chance to see Tibetan and Himalayan Snowcock. overnight leh.
Day 05: Early morning Drive to pangong via Changla (5360m). Today the target species would be himalayan and Tibetan snow cock, Tibetan partrage , chinese ruby throat, robbin accentor , alpine accentor Tibetan sandgrouse , Overnight In merak pangong
Day 06: Drive to Hanely via tsagala , takes 5/6 hrs drive. we reached Hanely by noon ans evening birding around Hanely. We see birds like Black necked crane, Eurasian Eagle owl, Mongolian Finches, Tibetan Lark, Tibetans sbow-Finches, Buzzard, Golden eagles, Eurasian >>> Roller, Hobby, Cuckoo. Dessert >>> Ezabalian and Pied wheatears and many waters birds as well. Mammals like Red-Fox, Tibetan Wolf, wild Ass, if lucky can see Pallas’s Cat as well. Overnight Hanely.
Day 07 : Hanely full day Birding and for Mammals. Overnight Hanely.
Day 08: Hanely to Tsokar 170 km, and 6/7 hrs drive via Polokongka 4850 meters of altitude. we reached Tsokar by afternoon. Overnight stay Tso Kar. we do Birding in the afternoon we see birds like Black-necked Crane, Tibetan sand grouse, Humes ground tit, Tibetan Snow finches, Blandford snowfinch, Black wings snowtfinch, little owl, lots of water birds like bar headed geese, ruddy shelduck, great crested-grebe etc.. Overnight Tsokar.
Day 09: We drive to Leh late afternoon after morning Birding via Thaglang la.. Overnight at Exotic House.
Day 10: Depart to Delhi..
Accomodation private property in Choklamsar in Exotic House, Nubra(agyam) in Namgyal villa, pangong in padma cottage,Hanely HomeStay, Tsokar Resort or Druk Resort with all three meals.
Birds we will look for during the trip:
Himalayan Snowcock, Tibetan Snowcock,
Tibetan Sandgrouse, , Chukar Partridge,
Ibisbill, Black necked Crane,
Guildestart redstart, Common Merganser,
Great crested grebe, Brown headed gull,
Mongolian finch, Lesser sand plover,
Sulphur bellied warbler Eurasian Collared dove , Eurasian Jackdaw, White throated dipper,
Brown Dipper, Plain Mountain finch,
Black redstart, Rock Bunting,
Robin accentor, Brown Accenture,
Alpine Accenture, Red billed cough,
Yellow billed chough, Northern Raven ,
House Crow, Hume’s Ground packer or Ground Tit, Common rose finch , Great rosefinch,
Red fronted rosefinch , Red fronted serin,
Eurasian Magpie, Hill pigeon,
Eurasian Cuckoo, Golden eagle,
White browed tit warbler, Saker falcon,
Common Kestrel, Bearded Vulture,
Upland Buzzard, Tibetan Snowfinch,
Brandtt’s mountain finch, Bluethroat,
Mountain Chiffchaff, Hume’s White-throat,
Eurasian Eagle Owl, Little Owl,
Tibetan lark and Tibetan partridge..
Chinese Ruby throat, lesser white throat.
Humes Short toe lark. Horn lark