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India - Bird Photography Tour

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India - Bird Photography Tour 2025

04 Dec 2025 - 18 Dec 2025 (15 days)

USD6,495 - 4 Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Stephan Lorenz

Tour price (Per person): USD6,495 * GBP5,186 * EUR6,252 * AUD10,430

Single Supplement: USD1,050 * GBP838 * EUR1,011 * AUD1,686

India - Bird Photography Tour 2026

03 Dec 2026 - 17 Dec 2026 (15 days)

USD6,800 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Lisle Gwynn

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*

Tour price (Per person): USD6,800 * GBP5,430 * EUR6,546 * AUD10,919

India is a country with no equal and boasts a staggering range of habitats from deserts and forests to tropical, palm-lined shores and snow-capped peaks. Home to over a billion people India offers arguably the world’s richest cultural landscape but is also famous for its rich avifauna and iconic mammalian megafauna, foremost of which is the regal Bengal Tiger. This specially designed Photo Tour visits the core mammal, birding and cultural sites including the fabled Ranthambhore National Park, the exquisite wetlands of Keoladeo (Bharatpur) and incomparable Taj Mahal. We’ll also be searching for a good number of mammals and birds in Kaziranga National Park, one of the most spectacular wildernesses in all of Asia. This area gains its fame as one of the last places on earth where the prehistoric Indian Rhinoceros can be found, but no other site in Asia can match the vast herds of big mammals to be seen. Join us for an unforgettable photo tour experiencing India’s incredible birds, iconic mammals, dramatic scenery, and kaleidoscope of cultures!

Highlights

  • Incredible photographic opportunities with many species of birds and animals being easy to view and highly approachable
  • Explore some of Asia’s most prolific national parks where big game still thrives such as Ranthambhore and Kaziranga National Parks. India’s overall array of megafauna is comparable to Africa and makes for a wonderful wildlife experience
  • Ranthambhore holds the highest density of Tigers anywhere on the planet and our chances of seeing and photographing this incredible big cat is very good
  • Kaziranga is home to one-third of the world’s Indian Rhinoceros population and holds significant numbers of wild Asian Elephant.
  • Explore Keoladeo (Bharatpur). This exceptional wetland is one of the most famous birding sites in India
  • Boat cruise on the Chambal River where endangered species such as Gharial, Indian Skimmer, Black-bellied Tern and Ganges River Dolphin still reside
  • See famous historical landmarks such as Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal

Top Birds

Brown Fish Owl; Painted Spurfowl; White-throated Kingfisher; Painted Stork; Bar-headed Goose; Great Stone-curlew; Greater Yellownape; Sarus Crane; Black Bittern; Indian Skimmer; Bluethroat; Black Francolin; Indian Peafowl; Indian Courser; Indian Skimmer; Black-bellied & River Terns; Cotton Pygmy Goose; Black-necked Stork; Pheasant-tailed & Bronze-winged Jacanas; Greater & Lesser Adjutants; Swamp Francolin; Siberian & Himalayan Rubythroats.

Top Mammals

Bengal Tiger; Indian Rhinoceros; Leopard; Asian Elephant; Sambar; Nilgai; Chital; Hog Deer; Ganges River Dolphin (rare); Sloth Bear (rare); Jungle Cat; Golden Jackal; Five Striped Palm Squirrel.

Habitats Covered

wetlands, teak woodlands, rivers, sal (oak & rhododendron) forests, dry acacia woodlands

Expected Climate

cool to mild in lowlands.

Max Group Size

6 with 1 Rockjumper leader

Tour Pace & Walking

Undemanding. Suitable for all birding / wildlife interest levels. India is an assault on the senses first time around, requiring a little tolerance to begin with. • Our Bird Photo Tours are a hybrid between our Classic birding tours and dedicated photographic tours. You don’t have to be a professional photographer or have the biggest lens; this is for everyone with an interest in photography and birding. Whether you’re using a bridge camera or the latest body and prime lens, our aims are the same. • These tours are not aimed at seeing the most species possible on the route, rather taking time to photograph key targets and any other interesting species we may find. Naturally, the overall species list will be lower than a comparable birding focused tour. • Whilst we may use blinds, feeders and hide setups on some of these tours, we will not be spending an entire day nor even several hours fixed in one spot. • These tours are suitable for photographers who prefer opportunistic photography over entire days in a hide. • Our leaders will assist in helping everyone secure good photographic opportunities and advise as much as they can on camera setup. However, they are not professional photographic tour leaders.

Accommodation

Comfortable to very comfortable.

Ease of Birding

Undemanding. Most species provide good visuals in open conditions. Mostly savanna, wetland & woodland birding.

Other Attractions

Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal

Photographic Opportunities

Generally excellent. From vehicle, lodge gardens and on foot while in Keoladeo.

What our clients say about us

Peter Kaestner
JR, India 2020

This trip was great! We were told the trip should generate about 250 bird species and our total was very close. Peter was excellent at finding birds, leading us and keeping a positive group atmosphere. The local guides also were competent and helpful. Accommodations are not an important aspect of a trip to me but the ones we stayed at were excellent, as were the meals. The trip was an excellent introduction to India for me tho I was happy to have it very much concentrate on birding.

Gregory de Klerk
HS, India 2018

Greg de Klerk and David Erterius were great - super knowledgeable and really kind. You can tell that they both care about birds and their guests. I hope I can go on a Rockjumper tour with them again.

Nigel Redman
MC, India 2023

This was the first group birding tour Ive ever taken (meaning, more than myself and either one or two other persons). Rockjumper and Nigel Redman made it a very pleasurable experience, with wonderful birds, beautiful landscapes, and good flexibility and adaptability to the various challenges and obstacles thrown our way on the trip. I heartily recommend both this tour and Nigel Redman as a tour leader! I would happily go on any tour for which Nigel was the leader; his knowledge of ornithology, history, and birding folklore is encycylopedic, and his easy humor and casual nature made for happy hours in our vehicles or over dinner tables (this, in contrast to the group next to us in some of the dining halls, where hardly a word was spoken by any tour member when the trip leader was going through the days list; that was a dictatorship; Nigels tour was a democracy in many ways.)

David Hoddinott
CH, India 2018

David Hoddinott is simply outstanding: Calm, focused, truly excellent knowledge of the birds, their calls and habits. He has a wonderful sense of humour, too.

David Hoddinott
TM, India 2018

This was my first Rockjumper trip. I definitely will be a repeat customer. The booking process was easy and painless. The transport and hotel logistics during the trip were flawless. David Hoddinott and Ansar Khan were excellent guides and worked diligently to make sure we saw as many birds as possible.

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