V Chandrasekar: Namdapha National Park, Miao, Arunachal Pradesh

10.10.2014 to 15.10.2014 (Miao, Arunachal Pradesh)

We were joined by first by 5 members of Bombay Natural History Society who came via Dibrugarh and rest of the 14 members who came via Guwahati. After lunch, the group headed by Isaac Kehimkar, and local expert Puphla Singho left for Namdapha National Park in 3 vehicles. All five days, there was no connectivity to outside world, except for the beautiful nature, flora and butterflies, sometimes the fauna like Flying Squirrel, Gibbons, Giant Squirrel, Hornbill, White-bellied Heron, Pied Falconet, etc. Trekking on the Miao-Vijoynagar Road to 19^th Mile, 21^st Mile, Jungle at Haldibari for which we crossed the Noa-Dihang river by boat as well as elephant. 117 different spices of butterflies, 60 different types of birds were spotted during the 5 days. On the last day, we were given traditional Singho farewell. We were fortunate that there was no rain except on the last night of the camp. As we were leaving for Parashuram Kund, other members left for Guwahati and Dibrugarh. We stayed at Miao for one night.

Some of the photographs are attached herewith and is self-explanatory. The ones without names will be updated in due course.