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Natural History Tours In Sikkim

Cultural Monastry Tour In Sikkim / Mammal Watching Tour In Sikkim / Botanical Bilogy Entomology Tour In Sikkim

Simply, Natural History is learning about animals and plants in their wild habitat. Sikkim is one of the richest places in the Himalayas, where the wild flora and fauna is well distributed across the state. The indigenous Lepcha people of the state have preserved their distinctive understanding of the natural environment and their cultural experiences enrich their comprehension of each fruit and flower and bird and mammal of the jungle.

The nature worshipper Lepcha has a very rich folk life set up around the carried-off spirit world. Thus Sikkim hosts immense opportunities to study Human Anthropology, Tribal Cultural Heritage, Monastery, and Monastic Ethos.  Broadly such natural history tours can be segregated into four parts

  1. Birdwatching Tours in Sikkim (or Bird Photography Tours in Sikkim - Which are mentioned in our website, please visit the "Tour" page for more details)
  2. Monastic and Tribal Cultural Heritage Tours in Sikkim (Where Pilgrimage, Dharmic Study, Tibetan Ritualistic Studies, Monastery Visits, Tibetology Studies are part of Cultural Heritage) 
  3. Mammal Watching and Mammal Photography Tours in Sikkim (Red Panda Expedition and Photography Tour)
  4. Botany and Zoology Study Tours in Sikkim (Botanical Orchid Biology Lepidoptery Entomology Study Scopes in Sikkim for Post Graduates and Under Graduate Students)

Sikkim hosts a variety of mammals from Carnivores to Omnivores to Herbivores. The most celebrated mammal from the Sikkim Himalayas is the Red Panda. Apart from the Red Panda, other critically endangered and near-threatened mammal species also dwell in Sikkim's rocky mountain ridges and thickly covered montane vegetation. Some of the important and sought-after mammalian species that photographers and mammalogists seek are Snow Leopard, Himalayan Serow, Himalayan Brown Goral, Argali, Blue Sheep, Kiang, Pallas's Cat, Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel (or Red Giant Flying Squirrel), Particolored Flying Squirrel, Himalayan Crested Porcupine, Large Indian Civet, Masked Palm Civet, Yellow-bellied Weasel, Mountain Weasel, etc. [Mammal Watching Tours In Sikkim]