Our last visit to India was in 2012 so a next visit was due. We chose the North-East because the mouthwatering set of species (and landscapes, and food). This destination had been on our radar for many years, and this spring the plan came together. We were joined by our friends Sjoerd Radstaak, Jelmer Poelstra, Marten Hornsveld & Vivian Jacobs and as a total group of 6 people this worked out very well. Most of NE India cannot be done independently so we arranged the help of Peter Lobo (All India Birding Tours) and with 2 cars with drivers and a guide we set out for an awesome 3-week adventure. This was a great destination to visit with our friends and, as none of us had been in the area, everyone came home with an impressive list of new birds. In total we saw 511 species, of which 137(!) were lifers for us.

Tripreport NE India
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Southern India: 2 weeks: October/November
This was our first trip to India and since we had heard good things about the South we planned a two week trip to South India. Due to work obligations we could not go any later than the last two weeks of October, which was a bit tricky since this was at the ending of the monsoon period. We managed to see all our main target which included all South India endemics. India is a beautiful country and besides all the special birds there are, we also really enjoyed the friendly people, delicious food and beautiful scenery.

Tripreport South India
GPS
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