This itinerary is the most classic birding tour route in Yunnan, especially suitable for winter. The entire itinerary covers excellent bird watching sites in Tengchong,such as Baihualing in Yingjiang, Hornbill Valley, and Nabang (the junction of China and Myanmar). Here you can observe the pheasants, owls, and laughing thrushs that interest you the most, and even more great horbills.
Code of Tour: CTT0000068
Length of Travel: 10 Days
Departure City: Baoshan
Price of Tour: Request
Features of Tour: Birding and Wildlife Tour Tengchong
Highlights
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The richest birds type birding tour in Yunnan.
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Pheasants, Owls, Laughing Thrush and Great Horbills.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Baoshan Arrival
- Day 2: Baihualing
- Day 3: Baihualing
- Day 4: Baihualing-Tengchong
- Day 5: Tengchong-Yingjing
- Day 6: yingjiang-Nabang
- Day 7: Nabang-Shiti Village
- Day 8: Yingjiang(Hornbill Valley Tropical Rainforest)
- Day 9: Yingjiang(Hornbill Valley Tropical Rainforest)-Ruili
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Day 10: Ruili Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Baoshan
Attractions & Activities: Birding tour near the Baoshan airport
Meals: L/D
Accommodation: Baihualing Homestay
The guide will pick you up at Baoshan airport or high speed train in the morning. Do some wild observation and watch the winter ducks overwinter at Qinghua Lake and Dahaizi reservoir near the airport.
Specialty bird:Pheasant-tailed Jacana,Ruddy-breasted Crake,Clamorous Reed Warbler,Northern Pintail,Eurasian Wigeon,Gadwall.
Day 2: Baihualing
Attractions & Activities: Birding tour in the wild
Meals: B/L/D
Accommodation: Baihualing Homestay
Specialty bird:Mrs.Hume’s Pheasant,Lady Amherst’s Pheasant,Rufous-throated Partridge,Hill Partridge,Red-tailed Laughingthrush,Blue-winged Laughingthrush,Scarlet Finch,Slaty-bellied Tesia,Mountain Bamboo Partridge,Himalayan Shortwing.
Day 3: Baihualing
Attractions & Activities: Birding tour in the wild
Meals: B/L/D
Accommodation: Baihualing Homestay
Specialty bird:Golden-throated Barbet,Fire-tailed Sunbird,Himalayan Owl,Brown Wood Owl,Oriental Scops Owl,Scaly-breasted Cupwing,Bar-throated Minla,Purple Sunbird,Rusty-capped Fulvetta,Rusty-fronted Barwing.
Day 4: Baihualing-Tengchong
Attractions & Activities: Birding tour from Baihualing to Tengchong
Meals: B/L/D
Accommodation: Tengchong Homestay
In the morning, check and fill in the gaps of the unfinished birds watching from the previous day at Baihualing,then head to Tengchong afternoon.Night-time photography of Brown Fish Owl.
Specialty bird:Yellow-cheeked Tit,Crested Finchbil,Mountain Bulbul,Whiskered Yuhina,Silver-eared Mesia,Streaked Spiderhunter.
Day 5: Tengchong-Yingjiang
Attractions & Activities: Laifeng Mountain National Forest Park,Beihai Wetland Park
Meals: B/L/D
Accommodation: Yingjiang Homestay
Birding tour in Laifeng Mountain National Forest Park and Beihai Wetland Park.
Specialty bird:Slender-billed Oriole,Grey-headed Swamphen,Red-crested Pochard,White-browed Shrike-babbler,Tibetan Serin,Gould's Sunbird,Eurasian Coot,Collared Owlet,Green-backed Tit,Chestnut-flanked White-eye,Chestnut-vented Nuthatch.
Day 6: Yingjiang-Nabang
Attractions & Activities: Birding tour from Yingjiang to Nabang
Meals: B/L/D
Accommodation: Nabang Town
Birdwatching in Yingjiang Wetland Park in the morning, search for migratory raptors near Yingjiang in the afternoon, observe birds along the way and head to Nabang Town.
Specialty bird:River Tern,Small Pratincole,Bronze-winged Jacana,Barn Owl,Large-tailed Nightjar,Alexandrine Parakeet,Rufous-necked Laughingthrush,Eastern Imperial Eagle,Steppe Eagle,Greater Spotted Eagle,Booted Eagle,White-browed Shrike-babbler,Pin-tailed Green-pigeon,Long-tailed Broadbill,Sliver-breasted Broadbill.
Day 7: Nabang-Shiti Village
Attractions & Activities: Birding tour from Nabang to Shiti village.
Meals: B/L/D
Accommodation: Shiti Village
Birdwatching in the Nabang Wetland in the morning, followed by bird watching along the way to Shiti Village afternoon.
Specialty bird:Indian Pied Myna,Burmese Myna,Wire-tailed Swallow,Green Bee-eater,Collared Myna.
Day 8: Yingjiang(Hornbill Valley Tropical Rainforest)
Attractions & Activities: Birding tour in Hornbill Valley
Meals: B/L/D
Accommodation: Shiti Village
The hotspot area for bird watching in western Yunnan will be searched for numerous characteristic birds, some mammals, amphibians and reptiles through bird ponds, wild observation, and night observation.
Specialty bird:Spot-bellied Eagle-owl,Oriental Bay Owl,Black-hooded Oriole,Blue-eared Barbet,Kalij Pheasant,Red Junglefowl,White-crested Laughingthrush,Grey Peacock-Pheasant,
White-cheeked Partridge,Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler,
Great Slaty Woodpecker,Blue-naped Pitta,Rusty-naped Pitta,White-headed Shrike Babbler,Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler,Sapphire Flycatcher,Common Green Magpie,Grey-sided Laughingthrush,Collared Treepie,Dark-sided Thrush,White-crowned Forktail,Large Scimitar-babbler,Collared Falconet,Greater Flameback,Pale-billed Parrotbill and so on.
Day 9: Yingjiang(Hornbill Valley Tropical Rainforest)-Ruili
Attractions & Activities: Birding tour from Yingjiang to Ruili.
Meals: B/L/D
Accommodation: Ruili
Birding along the way to Ruili City.
Specialty bird:Red Avadavat,Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush,silver pheasant,Black-throated Laughingthrush,Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush,House Crow,Little Cormorant,Blossom-headed Parakeet,Rose-ringed Parakeet,River Lapwing,Red-wattled Lapwing,Small Pratincole,Asian Openbill and so on.
Day 10: Ruili Departure
Attractions & Activities: None
Meals: B/L
Accommodation: None
The guide will transfer you to the airport for departure after lunch.
Service ends.
Service Included
- Service included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Accommodations throughout the whole journey(Twin room);
- Meals everyday(B/L/D);
- Guide: Professional local bird guide(If necessary, we provide English interpreters);
- Transportation: Private car;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Yunnan travel insurance package;
- Mineral water: 2 bottles per person per day;
Service Excluded
- Arrival and departure airfares;
- China visa fees;
- Personal expenses;
- Single room supplement;
Price Notice
Please inquire for quotation.
Itinerary Notice
To offer you better travel experience, our company reserves the right to adjust the order of the tour itinerary, but the content of the tour will not be reduced. If certain attractions cannot be visited due to force majeure or policy adjustments, our company has the right to cancel or replace them with equivalent attractions, and any fees for additional attractions will not be refunded.
