TOUR:
Beijing – Manchuria – Hengshui Lake – Mysterious Temple – Mt. Wuling – Beijing
BEST TIME:
April – July
GROUP SIZE:
1-12 persons
TOUR PRICE:
Please contact us for the latest tour price.
Day 1 Beijing
Arrive Beijing, then drive to Beijing Botanical Garden to search Chinese Nuthatch, White-browed Chinese Warbler, Siberian Accentor, Marsh Tit, thrushes etc. Overnight in Yanqin.
Chinese Nuthatch
Plain Laughingthrush
Day 2 Beijing – Manchuria
Early morning drive to Baihe Valley to search Ibisbill and Chukar. Late afternoon back to Beijing to catch overnight train to Manchuria.
Day 3 Manchuria
Morning arrive Manchuria, then 3 hours drive to Jankowski's Bunting breeding sites. We’ll spend 2 day here to search this most endangered bunting and other birds around. Overnight in Manchuria.
Day 4 Manchuria – Beijing
Morning birding in Manchuria, late afternoon catch the overnight back to Beijing.
Jankowski's Bunting
Daurian Partridge © Zhang Ming
Day 5 Beijing – Hengshui Lake
Morning arrive Beijing, then dirve to Wildduck Lake to search raptors, gulls. Spring and summer passengers. Evening 3 hours train to Hengshui and overnight.
Day 6 Hengshui Lake
Full day birding in Hengshui Lake to search Baer's Pochard, Reed Parrotbill and Pheasant-tailed Jacana around Hengshui Lake.
Day 7 Hengshui Lake – Jiaocheng
After morning birding in Hengshui Lake, then 5 hours drive to Jiaocheng and overnight.
Baer's Pochard
Reed Parrotbill
Day 8 The Mysterious Temple
Full day birding in the Mysterious Temple to search Brown Eared-Pheasant, Long-tailed Rosefinch, White-browed Chinese Warbler etc.
Day 9 Mysterious Temple – Beijing
Morning birding around the Mysterious Temple and nearby area, afternoon 4.5 hours high speed train back to Beijing and overnight.
Brown Eared-Pheasant
Long-tailed Rosefinch
Day 10 Beijing – Mt. Wuling
Leave Beijing in the early morning, then 3 hours drive to Mt. Wuling. We’ll spend 2.5 days here to search褐头鸫 Grey-sided Thrush, Green-backed Flycatcher etc. Overnight in Mt. Wuling.
Day 11-12 Mt. Wuling
Full day birding in Mt. Wuling and overnight.
Day 13 Mt. Wuling – Beijing
After final morning birding in the Mt. Wuling area we will drive back to Beijing airport for overnight.
Day 14 Beijing
Departure from Beijing. Tour end.
Grey-sided Thrush © Liu Jia
Green-backed Flycatcher © Li Xin