Kundapur is famous for bird feeding and breeding grounds

• 12noon Birding basics, what to expect
• 1.30pm Leave Basecamp, 2 hour drive to Blue waters parking point
• 4.30pm Leave on rowing boat
• 6.30pm Return
• Summary of observations and Feedback

Birding checklist

1. Kingfisher 2. Ibis 3. Western reef heron 4. Sand plover 5. Open bill stock 6. Collard king fisher 7. Cormorants 8. Gull billed tern 9. ⁠Crested tern 9. Night heron 10. White bellied sea eagle 11. Brahmini kite 12. Black kite 13. Curlew Sand pipers 14. Great heron 15. White throated kingfisher 16. ⁠Ruddy turnstone 17.Osprey

Valikunji is one of the peaks within the Kudremukh National Park

• 4.30am Leave Basecamp, 1 hour drive to Kerekatte to pick up guide
• 6am Kerekatte
• 20-40mins from Kerekatte to start of trek
• 2-4hrs Trek in each direction
• 6pm leave park

Narasimha Parvat is one of the peaks within the Kudremukh National Park

• 4.30am Leave Basecamp, 2 hour drive to Kigga to pick up guide
• 7am Park at Kigga and start trek
• 2-4hrs Trek in each direction
• 6pm leave park
• Visit to Sirimane falls can be considered