Day 02-05:
Kalimpong-Lava-Kalimpong
We will stay at Kalimpong and Rishyap, Kolkham for four days and make daily trips to Lava Forests, Rushet Forests, and Neora Forests, visiting identified hot spots.

Lava is the prime birding destination in this region. It is at an elevation of 2100 m. Surrounded by very large tracts of protected forests ranging in elevation between 1600 and 2400 m, it includes the remote and uninhabited Neora National Park, and it is a bird watcher's delight. One can expect to see Crested Goshawk, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Buzzard, Black Eagle, Mountain HawkEagle, Kalij Pheasant, Barred Cuckoo Dove, Large Hawk Cuckoo, Greenbilled Malkoha, Brown Wood Owl, Golden throated Barbet, Striated Bulbul, etc.

Day 06:
Kalimpong- Rangeet Valley- Damthang
Forests, 2700 m - Rabangla, 2200 m

Drive through the Teesta & Rangit Valley to Damthang Forests, stopping enroute to look for Red Junglefowl, Dollarbird, Great Barbet, Greater Yellownape, Orange bellied Leafbird, Common Iora, Blue Rock Thrush, Chestnut bellied Rock Thrush, Oriental White eye etc. At the Damthang Forest a birding walk will be for 06 hr. Some of the species we might see are Eurasian Buzzard, Eurasian Kestrel, Grey winged Blackbird, Buff barred Warbler, Blyth's Leaf Warbler, Grey hooded Warbler, Black faced Warbler, Rufous gorgeted Flycatcher, Red flanked Bluetail, Blue fronted Redstart, Grey Bushchat, White throated Fantail, Chestnut tailed Minla, Red tailed Minla and more. In the evening drive 20 Kms to Rabangla for overnight stay at hotel.

Day 07:
Rabangla - Pamayangtse
 2085 meters In the morning a 04 hrs birding walk to Menam forests of Oak, Chestnuts, magnolia and Rhododendrons. at altitude of 2900 meters. Likely to spot the same species as seen at Damthang. In the afternoon, drive 52 kms to Pamayangtse. with birding halts enroute at selected spots. Arrive Pamayangtse / Pelling in the evening. Overnighht at hotel.

Day 08:
Pamayangtse
On hill tops, inter-visible to each, on the fringes of the Rathang Chhu River Valley, are located a string of holy sites. After viewing the awe inspiring sunrise on Mount Khangchendzonga, we bird for the full day visiting Pamayangtse & Sanga Choling Monasteries - which are prime birding sites. Birds we are likely to see are Mountain Hawk Eagle, Black Eagle, Himalayan Griffon, Common, Oriental and Indian Cuckoo, White-throated Needletail, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Lesser Yellownape, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Hoary-throated and Rusty-fronted Barwing, Striated, Grey-sided and Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Rufous-winged and White-browed Fulvetta, Whiskered Yuhina, Cutia, White-browed Shrike-Babbler, Rufous Sibia, Blyth's, Ashy-throated, Lemon-rumped and Yellow-browed Warbler, Dark-breasted Rosefinch and Red-headed Bullfinch etc.

Day 09:
Pamayangtse-Khichepheri Lake,
1980 m-Yoksom, 1780 m. Drive to Khichepheri Lake for birding. Some of the best birds are migrant waterfowl, Black necked grebe, Baer's Pochard, Speckled wood pigeon, Emerald Cuckoo, Blue-winged and Scaly Laughing thrush, White-naped Yuhina and many of the birds at Pamayangtse. We continue to Yoksom in the afternoon, check in at the hotel.

Day 10:
Yoksom
We spend the day birding around Yoksom. Some of the birds you are likely to see are: Mountain Hawk Eagle, Crimson breasted Woodpecker, Maroon Oriole, Short-billed and Grey chinned Minevets, Himalayan Bulbul, Red -tailed Minla, White-naped Yuhina, various Thrushes, Grey winged Blackbird, various Tits, White tailed Nuthatch, and various sunbirds, and various bushcats.