Birding & Bird Photography Tour in Bangalore: Experience with an Expert Guide
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The tour is led by a very experienced birder who knows the locations like the back of his hand. He also has authored a field guide.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bengaluru - Experience the beauty of Bangalore’s avian wonders on our exclusive full-day guided bird tour, tailored especially for the visiting birder. Our adventure begins at the break of dawn, embarking on a captivating journey through Bangalore’s most renowned birding hotspots, including Nandi Hills, Hosakote Lake, Valley School, Jakkur Lake, and Hessarghatta. Our seasoned guide, well-versed in the local terrain and birding destinations, ensures a seamless and enriching experience with multiple birding stops along the way. We select destinations based on your preferences, hotel location, season, and current sightings, maximizing your birdwatching time and photographic opportunities. Even if you have not familiar with Indian birds you can be assured that you will have a healthy list at the end of the day. Your tour is entirely customizable, so if you have specific birding targets in mind, we’ll make it happen. To fuel your journey, we provide a delectable vegetarian Indian breakfast and lunch, with breakfast options available for on-the-go adventures. Join us for an unforgettable birding expedition!
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Breakfast and lunch included
  • All fees and taxes covered
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • No health restrictions
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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349garethc
Apr 30, 2024
Excellent days tour - Day was catered to what I needed exactly! Very knowledgeable and pointed all species out very quickly and clearly. Very enjoyable day, I was especially excited to see one of the species that I mentioned I wanted to find, the black shouldered kite. Would highly recommend this tour.
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Paul66728
Sep 15, 2023
Great day birding - I booked a tour with Rajneesh and had a great day. He set up the day with us starting at a nice wildlife area with a trail going around a lake. Great variety of birds in the lake and the scrub around it. Then we headed to Nandi Hills were we spent a good part of the rest of the day hiking the trails as we climbed to the top. He told me that we may not see a ton of birds at Nandi Hills but we will see good variety and he was correct. Ended the day with 86 species. He has a great ear and knows all the birds singing.. I would recommend him and if in Bangalore, I will use him again.
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Debbie_b
Sep 6, 2023
Great bird guide, Great day birding! - Rajneesh was a fantastic bird guide getting me onto several birds I wanted to see. He took my wants and wishes into account when planning the day trip for me. He is a very experienced birder and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to any one of my birding friends. It was nice having the driver stay with the car while we birded certain areas!
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T9474qvmichaels
Nov 27, 2022
A great day of guided bird photography with Rajneesh. Highly recommended! - I visted Bengaluru for two weeks in November 2022 for work, and I was keen to photograph as many Indian birds as possible at the weekend. I found Rajneesh's tour offering on TripAdvisor, and made contact with him. We arranged everything in advance, communication was excellent throughout. On the day, we were out before dawn, and Rajneesh took me to several different locations throughout the day, all very rich in variety and density of birdlife. Rajneesh is a highly experienced naturalist and field-guide, and he has an excellent eye for hidden birds, many times he pointed out something special that I hadn't even noticed (e.g. perched Shikra, Common Buzzard, Brown Shrike, Black-headed Cuckooshrike). Highly recommended.
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Howardtollit
Nov 7, 2019
A great day bird watching & photography around Bangalore - Having been to Bangalore for business a number of times, I was keen to experience what birdlife existed in the area. I contacted Rajneesh via his Birding website and we arranged a day out. I have to say I was very impressed with the variety of habitats and the birds we saw on a fairly grey (initially) Sunday in October. Rajneesh was an excellent companion with a huge local and wider knowledge of birds and their environments. We had a full day out - pretty much dawn to dusk and I was very pleased to have had the opportunity to meet Rajneesh and see more of the Bangalore region, for example the Nandi Hills, than I had before. We spotted over 100 species...100% down to Rajneesh. If you enjoy birding, photography and good company...spend a day with Rajneesh.
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Birdphotographer001
Nov 1, 2019
Bird Photography around Bangalore - As a passionate wildlife photographer with an interest in bird photography I did search the internet to find a guide for the area around Bangalore. Finally I received a recommendation for Rajneesh Suvarna, with whom I did explore the birdlife in Bangalore during a Saturday . We did explore Nandi Hill, the surroundings of Nandi Hill and Jakkur Lake in a 12 hour tour. In total we did see some 74 different species that day, from which I could take for roughly half of them more than decent images. I was extremely satisfied with this outcome. Raj was an excellent guide, on of the best I did ever use. Communication ahead of the tour went very well, a day before the tour, pick up time was confirmed and I did receive as well some recommendations for clothing. Even for a few minutes delay with the pick up in the early morning, I was immediately informed. Raj does have an enormous know how about birds and other animals, for all species he could as well share with me the English names. Not only that he did help me with all the identification, at the end of the day I did receive a list with all spotted species via eBirds. His spotting skill are unbelievable. Raj was as well very patient with me, especially when I was not able to spot the birds as fast, as he did. During the day, I was offered a home made breakfast, and we did have a lunch break in a nice typical Indian restaurant. Overall I did very much enjoy the day with Raj. I would not hesitate one second to recommend him as guide. I’m already considering to come back
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