Tour No. 7
Mizoram Birding Itinerary
**Day 1: Arrival into Mizoram**
– **Arrival at Lengpui Airport (AJL)**
– After arrival, drive to the **resort** (approx. 3 hours). Accommodation is basic, with attached toilets.
– If time permits, we can bird around **Sailam** (a 30-minute drive away) for some initial birdwatching.
**Day 2: Sailam – Sangau – Phawngpui National Park**
– **Pre-breakfast birding at Sailam**
– Look for **Spot-breasted & Blue-winged Laughingthrushes**, **Brown-crowned Scimitar-Babbler**, **Grey Sibia**, **Red-faced Liocichla**, and **Spot-throated Babbler**.
– After breakfast, drive to **Sangau** (base for **Phawngpui National Park**), a journey of about 8 hours.
– Overnight stay at **resort**.
**Day 3 – 5: Thaltlang – Phawngpui National Park**
– After breakfast, drive to **Thaltlang**, our base for **Phawngpui National park (approx. 2-3 hours drive).
– Key targets: **Dark-rumped Swift**, **Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler**, **Assam Laughingthrush**, **Chin Hills Wren-Babbler**, and **Mount Victoria Babax**.
– Supporting species include: **Mountain Bamboo-Partridge**, **Stripe-breasted Woodpecker**, **Hume’s Treecreeper**, **Striped Laughingthrush**, **Rufous-crowned Prinia**, **Spot-breasted Parrotbill**, **Chestnut-flanked White-eye**, and **Buff-throated Warbler**.
– Evening birding in the area.
– Overnight at **resort**.
**Day 6: Phawngpui – Lengpui**
– **Pre-breakfast birding**: Target lower elevation species such as **White-cheeked Partridge**, **Buff-breasted Babbler**, **Buff-chested Babbler**, **Large Scimitar-Babbler**, **Blyth’s Paradise-Flycatcher**, **Pale-chinned Flycatcher**, and **Yellow-vented Flowerpecker**.
– After breakfast, drive back to **Lengpui**.
– Overnight stay at **resort**.
**Day 7: Lengpui – Departure**
– Early morning birding around **resort**.
– After breakfast, head to **Lengpui Airport** for departure.
– **End of tour**.