Doi Angkhang + Doi Lang Bird Photography Tour 3 Days
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3 Days
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Tour Code: NTBPH#0003D
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Doi Ang Khang/Doi Lang National Park
Included/Exclude
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English-speaking Bird Leader.
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Breakfast, Lunch, Fruit, Coffee and Tea
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Transfers as itinerary
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Park entrance fees
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Refreshment
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Insurance
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Personal expenses
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Any other service not mentioned in the programs
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All alcoholic.
Preparation
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Light walking boots or Sports Shoes
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Camera+Lens
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Long trousers and Long-sleeved Shirt for walking in the Forest
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Mosquito Repellent, Sun hat and Sun Cream.
Tour Plan
Day 1: Chiang Mai-Doi Inthanon NP.
Day 1
Chiang Mai-Pha Plong Temple-Doi Ang Khang.
05:30
Early morning starting from Chiang Mai. After breakfast or breakfast on the way drive an hour or so to Pha Plong Temple. This is not an especially notable place for photography but it gives you a location in the morning not too far from Chiang Mai city, to take advantage of the morning light. Our best spots are just a bit too far for the first stop. Here there are some commoner birds, often in low trees and flowering bushes; bulbuls, spiderhunters, sunbirds, orioles.
Continue the journey to Doi Ang Khang. This area has some spectacular scenery and well-planted gardens are a magnet for birds. The photography is done freestyle, there may be a photo stakeout for a few species but the focus will probably be on the gardens
Continue the journey to Doi Ang Khang. This area has some spectacular scenery and well-planted gardens are a magnet for birds. The photography is done freestyle, there may be a photo stakeout for a few species but the focus will probably be on the gardens
12:00
Lunch.
16:00
Transfer to Fang District/Check into Tangerine Ville Hotel.
18:30
Dinner.
- Meals: B/L/D
- Overnight at: Tangerine Ville Hotel.
- Expert Bird Leader:
Day 2: Chiang Mai-Doi Inthanon NP.
Day 1
Doi Sanju or Doi Lang West.
05:00
Starting, All day at Doi Sanju or Doi Lang West. Arriving very early gives you an excellent chance of photographing Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant at a feeding area. Other birds that visit the feeding area include Mountain Bamboo Partridge, Japanese Tit, Buff-throated Warbler, Chestnut-vented Nuthatch, Olive-backed Pipit, Ultramarine Flycatcher, Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler, White-browed Laughingthrush and Grey-backed Shrike.
On Doi Sanju or Doi Lang West there are a number of regular photo stakeouts which you can visit over the course of your two visits. You can usually get all of the stakeout birds in one day but two visits allows you to get them in the best light; the midday light can be rather harsh. Species I would expect include Silver-eared Laughingthrush, White-gorgetted Flycatcher, Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher, White-tailed Redstart, Rusty- cheeked Scimitar Babbler, Hill Prinia, Slaty-blue Flycatcher, Siberian Rubythroat, White-browed Laughingthrush, Blue Whistling Thrush and possibly others depending on the conditions.
On Doi Sanju or Doi Lang West there are a number of regular photo stakeouts which you can visit over the course of your two visits. You can usually get all of the stakeout birds in one day but two visits allows you to get them in the best light; the midday light can be rather harsh. Species I would expect include Silver-eared Laughingthrush, White-gorgetted Flycatcher, Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher, White-tailed Redstart, Rusty- cheeked Scimitar Babbler, Hill Prinia, Slaty-blue Flycatcher, Siberian Rubythroat, White-browed Laughingthrush, Blue Whistling Thrush and possibly others depending on the conditions.
12:00
Lunch.
16:00
Return back to your hotel.
18:30
Dinner.
- Meals: B/L/D
- Overnight at: Tangerine Ville Hotel.
- Expert Bird Leader:
Day 3: Doi Lang East.
-Today there is a bit of a bumpy ride up Doi Lang East but it is worth it for a couple of stakeouts at the top of the road. Here you can photograph Scarlet-faced Liocichla, Spectacled Barwing, Large Niltava, Black-backed Sibia, Himalayan Bluetail, Silver-eared Laughingthrush, White-tailed Robin. In “cold” years there can be a thrush or two visiting too. In surrounding trees “freestyle” photography is often quite good too with flocks of small birds regularly passing through visiting low trees with small fruits. Usually there are decent chances to photograph Whiskered Yuhina, Striated Bulbul, Mountain Bulbul, Buff-barred Warbler, Davison’s Leaf Warbler, Grey-chinned Minivet, Chestnut-crowned Warbler, Golden-throated Barbet.
12:00
Lunch.
16:00
Return back to your hotel.
18:30
Dinner.
- Meals: B/L/D
- Overnight at: Tangerine Ville Hotel.
- Expert Bird Leader:
*On Day 3: Afternoon transfer to Chiang Mai Air-port or your hotel in Chiang Mai/End of the Trips.
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