04 Dec 2025 - 18 Dec 2025 (15 days)
USD6,495 - 4 Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Stephan Lorenz
Tour price (Per person): USD6,495 * GBP5,126 * EUR6,202 * AUD10,206
Single Supplement: USD1,050 * GBP829 * EUR1,003 * AUD1,650
Tour Leader: Lisle Gwynn
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): USD6,800 * GBP5,367 * EUR6,493 * AUD10,685
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
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.
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.
wetlands, teak woodlands, rivers, sal (oak & rhododendron) forests, dry acacia woodlands
cool to mild in lowlands.
6 with 1 Rockjumper leader
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.
Comfortable to very comfortable.
Undemanding. Most species provide good visuals in open conditions. Mostly savanna, wetland & woodland birding.
Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal
Generally excellent. From vehicle, lodge gardens and on foot while in Keoladeo.
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.
To David Hoddinott with many thanks. In my book, you are still the best guide I’ve ever birded with. Please give my regards to the office team. I am very proud to be part of the Rockjumper Family.
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.)
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.
Clayton was friendly, informative and fun.... Very athletic and cheerful. Find him to be a wonderful guide.
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