Wildlife Conservation Holiday in India

Get up close and personal with elephants and red pandas in the Eastern Himalaya, one of the world’s top eight biodiversity hotspots! This 22-day cultural & wildlife conservation holiday is a unique opportunity to explore – and help conserve – this remote region.

Covering sections of Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and north-east India, the Eastern Himalaya is a fairytale region of pristine jungle, hill tribes and ancient kingdoms in the clouds! The geography here is more diverse than elsewhere in the range, and this is reflected in the extraordinary biodiversity of the area. The forests, alpine meadows, tundra and marshy Terai grasslands are home to some of the world’s rarest creatures, including the snow leopard, the Indian rhinoceros and, according to local legend, the abominable snowman! But the Eastern Himalaya is about more than lofty peaks and elusive animals; this is arguably the world’s most sacred landscape, one that has profoundly shaped the spiritual life of South Asia and beyond. Prepare to be enchanted!

From salamander studies to panda patrols, this Eastern Himalayan wildlife conservation holiday is an endless parade of one-of-a-kind experiences! You’ll get involved in several local conservation schemes, from tracking elephants to monitoring golden langurs, as well as visiting local communities engaged in eco-preservation initiatives. There’s also some excellent trekking to be had, including hikes through alpine meadows and tea plantations with a Himalayan backdrop! And to top it all off, you’ll ride the famous toy train to the heritage town of Darjeeling, a charming hill station that’s home to the Everest Museum, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute and some pretty good tea!

This is a wild three-week trip chock-full of heart-warming, hands-on experiences! It should be pretty obvious from the above info what sort of person’s going to enjoy this: if you ‘like’ ecological systems and their constituent flora and fauna (and the idea of conserving them) then you’ll love this tour. Conversely, if you like cities, clean hands and clinical culture, you’ll probably hate it. Personally, the sounds of seeing some of the world’s rarest species in their natural habitat, itself one of the most precious centres of biodiversity on the planet, sounds pretty appealing, but what do we know!?