HIMALAYAN
NATURAL BIRD WATCHING TOUR
[18 Nights/19 Days]
Bhutan
has a total land area of 46,500 square kilometers and an
impressive diversity of plant, animal and bird species.
The country’s rich biological diversity is the result
of its unique geographical location in the eastern Himalayas,
within an area that extends through both the Indo-Malayan
(oriental) and thee Palearctic bio-geographic regions; its
annual rainfall, which is significantly higher than in the
western Himalayas; and its considerable altitudinal variation,
from 200 meters in the South to over 7,000 meters in the
north.
Among
the country’s threatened birds are the Blyth’s
Tragopan and the Black necked crane. The country still has
much of its original forest cover.
About
60% of Bhutan is forested, ranging from moist tropical evergreen
and semi-evergreen forests in the south to temperate of
missed Oakland conifers and sub-alpine forests of fir, spruce,
juniper, larch and birch in the north.
Because
of its unique setting and relatively un-exploited environment,
Bhutan probably possesses the greatest biological diversity
of any country of its size in Asia. It certainly contains
some of the best remaining representatives of habitat types
found in the Himalayas.
Tour
itinerary:
DAY
01: ARRIVAL AT PARO
DAY 02: PARO THIMPHU
DAY 03: THIMPHU PUNAKHA
DAY 04: PUNAKHA [Halt]
DAY 05: PUNAKHA GANGTEY
DAY 06: GANGTEY TONGSA
DAY 07: TONGSA BUMTHANG
DAY 08: BUMTHANG MONGAR
DAY 09: MONGAR TASHIGANG
DAY 10: TASHIGANG [Excursion to KHALING]
DAY 11: TASHIGANG [Excursion to TASHIYANGTSE]
DAY 12: TASHIGANG MONGAR
DAY 13: MONGAR BUMTHANG
DAY 14: BUMTHANG PUNAKHA
DAY 15: PUNAKHA THIMPHU
DAY 16: THIMPHU [Excursion to PHAJODING]
DAY 17: THIMPHU PARO
DAY 18: PARO [Excursion to TAKTSANG]
DAY 19: PARO [Departure]
Early breakfast and transfer to Paro Airport for your onward
departure flight.