Day 1: January 2
Arrive at Bangkok Airport and transfer straight to your hotel. Spend your time relaxing at the hotel or you can go out for walk. In the evening our senior staff will meet you at the hotel for short briefing and providing Bird Check list. You can buy “A field guide to Birds of Thailand” book written by Craig Robson which would be very useful for birdwatching.
Overnight : Royal river hotel(3 star) Superior room
Day 2 : January 3
Depart your hotel sharp at 0600 am for an hour drive to Samut Sakhorn. Spend half day birding in the salt farm of Khok Kham, you will find hundreds of shoreline species. Spoon –billed sandpipers have been recorded several times at Khok Kham ( Samut Sakhon). After lunch drive to Ban Phak Tale to find the species like Norman’s Greenshank.Reach your resort around 1900pm.
Overnight: Ban Thale ( 3 star) Riverside rooms
Meals: [B,L, D]
Day 3-4 : January 4- January 5
After the full morning birding at Phetchaburi drive to Kaengkrachan, enter the national park around 1100 for full day birding. Kaeng Krachan is arguably the best tract of evergreen forest left in Thailand, and it is truly a birding must. The park is also rich of wildlife like Gaurs, elephants, Gibbons.Spend the day birding on the lookout for such birding gems as the wreathed hornbill, woodpeckers, babblers ,ratchet-tailed treepie and whole lots more. Exit the park after dusk on the lookout for nocturnal birds such as the Indian nightjar and mammals such as porcupine, civet, elephant and more.
Overnight: Kaeng krachan country club ( 3 star) Bungalows
Meals: [B,L, D]
Day 5 : January 6
Spend full morning birding in Kaeng Krachan national park and depart for Khao yai.Have you lunch and set out on a roadside birding tour in the area of the headquarters and take a short easy walk through the grassland habitat of Nong Phak Chi for birding and on the lookout for some of the other wildllife that inhabits the park. Possible sightings include Wild Dog, Sambar Deer, Stock billed-Kingfisher, Bright-capped Cisticola, Hill Myna and Wreathed Hornbill. After dinner, we head out on a night time spotlighting trip on the look out for deer, civet, porcupine, slow loris and possibly elephant.
Overnight: Juldis Resort. (3 star) -superior room
Meals: [B/L/D]
Day 6-7: January 7- January 8
Spend 2 full days birding at Khao yai
Overnight: Juldis Resort(3 star) – superior room
Meals: [B/L/D]
Day 8: January 9
Wake up early for the Transfer to airport to catch internal from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Reach Chiangmai and have lunch Our driver would be waiting to take you to your resort on the edge of Doi Inthanon National Park. Check in the resort and head out for birding rest of the day in the national park. Back to your resort around 1900pm
Overnight: Inthanon Highland Resort ( 3 star) Bungalow room
Meals: [B, L,D]
Day 9-10: January 10- January 11
Depart early with your expert birding guide for Doi Inthanon National Park for a full day bird watching. Climbing to an altitude of 2,565 metres, Doi Inthanon provides great habitat for a range of birds including many montane birds not found elsewhere in Thailand.
Overnight: Inthanon Highland Resort ( 3 star) Bungalow room
Meals: [B,L,D]
Day 11: January 12
Depart early for another full day of bird watching at Doi Inthanon. Spend full day birding in the national park and drive to Chiangmai. Reach Chiangmai around 1800pm.You are free to have dinner on your or go out to Night market for shopping which is walking distance from the hotel.
Overnight: Porn Ping tower ( 3 star) Superior room
Meals: [B,L]
Day 12: January 13
Wake up early for a short drie to Doi suthep national park. There are about 220 bird species found in the national park. Spend your time birding near Doi Suthep temple and drive to Doi Pui for some mountain birds.Back to your resort around 1900pm.Spend your time relaxing and reading books at the hotel or go out for night walk.
Overnight: Porn Ping tower ( 3 star) Superior room
Meals: [B,L]
Day 13: January 14
After breakfast at the hotel drive to Doi AngKhang another hot spot for birding in the north to record species like Hume´s Pheasant, Rufous-winged Buzzard, Black Eagle, Mountain Bamboo-Partridge, Golden-throated Barbet, Crimson-breasted Woodpecker, Bay Woodpecker etc. Reach your Angkhang resort around 1930pm.
Overnight : Ang Khang nature Resort ( 4 star) mountain view room
Meals: [B,L,D]
Day 14: January 15
Head into the National Park early morning for full day birding. Spend the day exploring the wonders of this mountain park.back to the resort around 1900pm.
Overnight: Ang Khang nature Resort (4 star) mountain view room.
Meals: [B,L]
Day 15: January 16
Spend another half day birding at Doi AngKhang before driving to the airport to take flight back to Bangkok.Check in the hotel close to the international airport.You are free to spend your time on your own before getting back to your country or go on for the below extensions.
Overnight: Novotel Bangna ( 4 star) Deluxe room
Meals: [B,L] |
