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East Sikkim Birding Tours

Birding Tour in East Sikkim / Bird Photography Tour in East Sikkim / Bird Watching Tour in East Sikkim

Be it a bird photography tour in Sikkim or just a birding tour in Sikkim; east Sikkim is always the best choice amongst bird watchers. There is some travel embargo for foreign birdwatchers to travel in certain parts of east Sikkim. However, Indian birdwatchers can explore all the areas. Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the most asked places amongst Indian birdwatchers. This birding destination in Sikkim has excellent roads, through birding trails are inside the sanctuary if one wants to explore the birding trails. The elevation goes up to 15,000 ft from as low as 800 ft. With too much variation in bird vegetation, birders can get all the season birding experience. Both the Central Asian flyway and East Asia - Australian flyway crossover here. So these flyways have influenced both the bird migration routes and patterns here in east Sikkim. Birding in Sikkim can be throughout the year even during the monsoon.

Birding hotspots in Sikkim like Zuluk, Thambi, Gnathang valley, Phadamchen, and Nimachen all fall under this district. Recently, Dikling Pacheykhani is found to be another nice birding destination in Sikkim; Spot-bellied Eagle Owl, Himalayan Rubythroat, and White-bellied Redstart are some of the important birds from Pakyong outskirt at Dikling Pacheykhani. Just adjacent to Pakyong airport, and well connected to other parts of Darjeeling and Siliguri. You can make a combination of birding tours in Sikkim, by merging different itineraries in your travel plan.

Birding in the Gangtok area; places like Himalayan Zoological Garden, Ganesh Tok, Hanuman Tok, and Fambong Lho WLS are worth considering as nice birding destinations in SIkkim. These birding hotspots in Sikkim can be easily covered just by staying in Gangtok town. Check the below-mentioned birding Tour itineraries for eas Sikkim. 

Birding in Zuluk - Gnathang - Kupup - Nathula - Phadamchen - Lingtham - Rongli would be the best locations for birding in Sikkim if you are a first-timer birdwatcher in Sikkim. Other birding options could be birding in Aritar - Regu - Tal Kharka - Mulkharka - Phusrey Lake area; the third option is birding in Gangtok - Fambong Lho wildlife Sanctuary - Tsomongo - Sherathang - Nathula; fourth and the newest addition is birding in Pakyong - Dikling - Pacheykhani - Central Pendam - Budang - Naitam Pabyuk. Let us share detailed birding tour itineraries for Sikkim with you! 

The famous silk route is not only famous for ordinary tourists but also for Indian Bird watchers and bird photographers. The main advantage is, that the entire birding would be done from a vehicle, and hardly one has to walk. Thus the ease of birding is there. In northeast India or the Himalayas, people think that they would have to make tough hiking, but no, not here. You would experience the most easy-going birding, and that too where you see the rare skulker birds in the open. Since the spiral roads are there against the hill slopes thus you always get a vantage point for this bird watching and bird photography in Sikkim. However, if someone prefers to explore the jungle trails and rough nature walks, those options are also there. Click here for a detailed itinerary for [Birding Tour for Zuluk Gnathang Kupup Nathula Phadamchen Lingtham Rongli for 6 Days]

 

 

This region falls in between Pangolakha WLS and Neora Valley NP. Many birdwatchers or bird photographers visit Sikkim, but this part is still not well covered by many. We as a birding tour operator in Sikkim, offer this unique birding destination. Come explore, for a bird photography tour in east Sikkim with us in this region! The bird habitat here mostly consists of bamboo thickets of a different kind, mixed montane forests in mid-elevation, and alpine-conifer forests in the upper ridges. Click here for [BirdWatching Tour Details for Aritar Regu Talkharka Mulkharka Pangolakha Neora Valley for 6 Days]

This birding tour in east Sikkim would cover two major IBAs (Important Bird Areas in Sikkim) i.e. Fambong Lho - Pangthang complex and Tsomongo - Nathula complex. Both of these two places comprise varied avian fauna habitats. From the high-altitude rocky outcrops to high-altitude lake regions to alpine conifer belts to bamboo thickets and mixed montane forests. Nearly 80% of the entire avian fauna of Sikkim can be seen here. It is placed at a crossway between two major bird migration flyways as well. So it has zoo-geographic importance as well. Click here to know details for [Bird Photography Tour Itinerary for Gangtok Fambong Lho WLS Tso Mongo Lake Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary Nathula for 6 Days] 

These are some of the most remarkable birding hotspots from east Sikkim. For a dedicated bird photography tour in east Sikkim, birders can choose this itinerary and bag in Himalayan Rubythroat, White-bellied Redstart, Spot-winged Grosbeak, Yellow-rumped Honeyguide, Scarlet Finch, Red-faced Liocichla, Spotted Elachura, Blue-fronted Robin, Purple Cochoa like never before. So if you are a bird photographer and want to photograph, some of the rare photographs of birds from Sikkim and in the eastern Himalayas; this tour is your take buddy! Some of these above-mentioned birds like the Blue-fronted Robin or Himalayan Rbuthroat are tougher to photograph elsewhere in the eastern Himalayas! [Birding Tour in Pakyong Central Pendam Dilkling Pacheykhani Changthang Naitam Pabyuk] - click here for details.