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India - Northeast: Mishmi Hills & Assam specialities

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India - Northeast: Mishmi Hills & Assam specialities 2025

18 Apr 2025 - 28 Apr 2025 (11 days)

INR325,000 - 3 Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Glen Valentine

Tour price (Per person): INR325,000 * USD3,816 * GBP3,047 * EUR3,674 * AUD6,128

Single Supplement: INR34,750 * USD408 * GBP326 * EUR393 * AUD655

Flight costs: INR8,250 * USD97 * GBP77 * EUR93 * AUD156

Can be linked with: India - Northeast: Eaglenest & Beyond 2025

India - Northeast: Mishmi Hills & Assam specialities 2026

16 Apr 2026 - 26 Apr 2026 (11 days)

INR338,000 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Forrest Rowland

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

Tour price (Per person): INR338,000 * USD3,969 * GBP3,169 * EUR3,821 * AUD6,373

Can be linked with: India - Northeast: Eaglenest & Beyond 2026

These exotic birding adventures take us to many seldom visited and remote destinations in northeast India. We will have the rare opportunity to search for a host of Asia’s most tantalising and desirable species, including the stunning Temminck’s and Blyth’s Tragopans, Ward’s Trogon, exquisite Beautiful Nuthatch, endemic Bugun Liocichla, incredible Grandala, rare and endangered White-winged Duck, Swamp Francolin, dazzling Fire-tailed Myzornis, localised Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush and Collared Treepie – to name just some of the many exciting possibilities! These thrilling tours take us to some of Asia’s best birding sites, where few birders have ever ventured, and we will no doubt encounter many rarely seen species!

We’ll also be searching for a good number of mammals, primarily at 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.

This tour is not available to nationals (and other nationals having their origin in these countries) of China, Pakistan or Afghanistan due to Restricted Area Permit requirements to enter Arunachal Pradesh and/or Assam.

Top Birds

Mishmi Wren-Babbler; Marsh, Swamp Grass (rare) & Jerdon’s Babblers; Black-breasted Parrotbill; Rusty-bellied Shortwing; Manipur & Rufous-throated Fulvettas; Fire-tailed Myzornis; Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler; Maroon-backed Accentor; Himalayan Cutia; Beautiful Nuthatch; Blyth's Tragopan; Hill, Chestnut-breasted, White-cheeked & Rufous-throated Partridges; Rufous-necked Hornbill; Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler; Pale-billed Parrotbill; Austen's Brown Hornbill; Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush; Greater Adjutant; Bengal Florican; Collared Treepie.

Top Mammals

Ganges River Dolphin; Indian Rhinoceros; Hoolock Gibbon; Barasingha (Swamp Deer) & Hog Deer; Asian Elephant; Asian Buffalo; an outside chance for Bengal Tiger.

Habitats Covered

montane & lowland forest, bamboo thickets, rivers, woodland, rocky, alpine/heathland habitat

Expected Climate

warm to hot in the lowlands and cool to cold in the mountainous. Rain is possible every day.

Max Group Size

8 with 1 Rockjumper leader & 1 local leader

Tour Pace & Walking

DIFFICULT: This is a high-intensity “mega” tour designed for passionate listers and serious birders who enjoy a fast-paced schedule. Due to its demanding nature, it’s not recommended for avid photographers, inexperienced birders, or anyone with mobility or health limitations.

Challenging. This is a Mega-style tour designed for the avid lister & serious birder. Not suited for dedicated photographers, inexperienced birders, or anyone with mobility or serious health challenges.

Accommodation

Variable. Comfortable in larger towns, homestays in villages & tents at Eaglenest. This is a very remote part of India, hotel standards are not comparable to other similar sized towns even in India.

Ease of Birding

Challenging. Many skulking, shy species. Several are low density.

Number of Species Expected

300

Other Attractions

amazing scenery and wildlife sanctuaries, incredible forest

Photographic Opportunities

Can be decent. No dedicated hides. More challenging in forested environments.

What our clients say about us

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.

Glen Valentine
DH - India 2024

We had a great tour. It was smaller even than usual, as two of the participants departed after two days due to illness. Glen, was as always his uber-keen birder, cheerful self. His magic pulled out quite a few surprising sightings.

Glen Valentine
BG, Pvt Castleman India

This was a great trip. A terrific itinerary and we saw lots of birds and we saw tigers at Ranthambhore and Corbett. Glen and [the local leader] were excellent guides—great spotting skills, and they made sure everyone saw the bird. The logistics worked very well because Glen and [the local leader] were a great team.

Erik Forsyth
NM, Northern India

I just have to write and tell you how much I enjoyed the N. India trip and how superb the leaders are… Erik and Rich worked so well together and both are so funny, such a great combination…. With much gratitude to RBT for bringing birds and mammals into my life.

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