The stunning
variety of terrains, splendid
landscapes and sparkling rivers
offer adventure sports lovers
a vast choice of activities.
Amongst the popular adventure
activities are angling, river
rafting, mountaineering , trekking,
mountain biking, para-sailing,
hang-gliding and golf.
A few hours trail from the Brahmaputra Jungle Resort could be awarding with a list of 50+ bird species in a span of two hours. My trip started early morning 05 am along with Tridib and his Son Migom and a well known guard cum guide and not to forget Sher Bahadur(Elephant) who kept a track on us from a distance. The first call of the day was the song of the White-browed Scimatar Babbler one of the sulkers found in North East India restricted to Bamboo, as another 15 mnts walk were awarded by the chirping of a Grey-throated Babbler guarding her chicks, as we ventured further we saw another specialty Spot-throated Babbler followed by the sighting of the Rufous-necked Laughingthrush, and then the Great Tit above our heads chirping to glory and far down as we reached en catchment water bed were two White-breasted Waterhen demonstrating on a rock to disappear as they sighted us but not until we had some great views not to forget the screeching of the White-throated Kingfisher not happy because we were intruding into his territory . As we walked along we came to a halt on the path were the carcasses of a Cow killed by a Leopard a week back. A little further was a Red Junglefowl crowing for the early morning light? And then swaying around us were the Green Bee eaters busy with their insects. We did not realize the time as we looked at our watches it was already one hour of Birdwatching and we had down about 20 species of birds.
|
Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary comprises of a total area of 78.64 sq.kms and composed of 3 erstwhile Forest Reserves encircling Guwahati, namely Amchang Forest Reserve, South Amchang Forest Reserve & Khanapara Forest Reserve. The Sanctuary is enriched with a fauna of 44 species of mammals and 250 species of birds. The Sanctuary is the latest addition in the list of Wildlife Sanctuaries in Assam, still raw and virgin.
What you expect to see :
Mr. Peter Lobo – Peter has been working as a naturalist and birding guide for specialist birdwatchers in NE India for more than 10 years and is a stalwart in this profession. He studied ornithology from BNHS and is a member of a host of organizations. Peter is currently the proprietor of Adventure Gurudongma and is putting efforts in capacity building of the local birding guides. 