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India: Ranthambhore, Bharatpur, Nainital and Corbett

Paul Holt’s Northern India is an amazing combination of natural abundance… …new experiences… …cultural wonders… …riveting moments… …and of course spectacular birds. We stay in comfortable places… …some full of charm… …and others simpler, but in the middle of great national parks… Our transport is normally familiar and comfortable… …but includes open-topped trucks in some national parks… …a fleet of jeeps in mountain towns… …small boats on occasion… …and even a night train; here a view of the boy’s room. Meals vary from elegant… …to on-the-fly outdoor picnics. The scenery is wonderful and varied; here dawn at Bharatpur… (dt) …sunset at Corbett National Park… …and midday in the mountains. Birds range from the the spectacular Plum-headed Parakeet… (dt) …to the camouflaged Blue-throated Barbet… …the clearly pied Pied Bushchat… …the rare Long-billed Thrush… …Woolly-necked Stork… …the scarce and localized Red Spurfowl… …and the elegant Indian Skimmer Owls such as Tawny Fish Owl are always popular… …as is Siberian Rubythroat… …while Black Bittern is always a bonus. There are plenty of mammals too; Spotted Deer… …elusive Indian Gazelles… …massive Asian Elephants… …pensive (sometimes) Plains Grey Langurs… The prehistoric Indian Monitor is just one, if an an arresting one, of the tour’s reptiles. Of course, the Indian people and their approach to life are endlessly fascinating:… …a pilgrim carrying Ganges River water… …a colorful fruit stall… …a “not in Kansas anymore” sign… …and charming and curious school children. And like all trips, one hopes to return home with at least a few lasting images… ….at least one of which we hope involves a tiger.

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