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Chennai Birding and Photography Tour: Spot Rare Species with Expert Guide
5.0
12 Ratings
Chennai
Join our Chennai Birding and Photography Tour to spot rare species with an expert guide. Enhance your birdwatching experience and capture stunning birding photography. Book now!
Join our Chennai Birding and Photography Tour to spot rare species with an expert guide. Enhance your birdwatching experience and capture stunning birding photography. Book now!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Sholinganallur Marsh Land - This is an Indicative place. Our curator recommends and takes the Birders to the right spot in and around Chennai depending on the season and time.
Place could be changed as per season.
Last Birding trip - 298 Birds of 48 Species identified within 192 minutes of Birding.
Photos Courtesy - Mr. Moulie
- Sholinganallur Marsh Land - This is an Indicative place. Our curator recommends and takes the Birders to the right spot in and around Chennai depending on the season and time.
Place could be changed as per season.
Last Birding trip - 298 Birds of 48 Species identified within 192 minutes of Birding.
Photos Courtesy - Mr. Moulie
What's Included
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Breakfast (some hotels may offer this at an additional charge)
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
- Transport by private vehicle
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- All activities
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Breakfast (some hotels may offer this at an additional charge)
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
- Transport by private vehicle
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- All activities
What's Not Included
- Anything other than inclusions
- Anything other than inclusions
Additional Information
Our Chennai Birding or Birding Photography or Birdwatching trips are popular. Why should you do Birdwatching Trip with KeyTerns?
- You will be taken to the best locations to see maximum / rare species
- You will get enhanced birdwatching with the experienced Birding Guide and Bird call expert using high end Spotting Scope / Binocular
- You will…
Our Chennai Birding or Birding Photography or Birdwatching trips are popular. Why should you do Birdwatching Trip with KeyTerns?
- You will be taken to the best locations to see maximum / rare species
- You will get enhanced birdwatching with the experienced Birding Guide and Bird call expert using high end Spotting Scope / Binocular
- You will experience the best Birdwatching, and learning several species of birds, their behaviors, sound and life.
- You will do some stunning Birding photography
- Much more
Curator profile: Curator is Subbu. He is a passionate Birdwatcher, Bird call specialist, Bird sound recorder and a Researcher providing lectures at various places. He can identify a bird by listening to the sound. He has contributed a lot to the Bird counting and is part of various Birding organizations. He uses high quality Spotting Scope or Binoculars to spot the birds at distance and explains.
Last Birding Trip details
2.96 km, 192 minutes, 298 Birds of 48 Species identified.
Location
Chennai
For Guide only package, meeting point will be the Birding location which will be shared one day prior to the date of trip. For Guide with Transport package, meeting point will be the hotel in general which will be agreed one day prior to the date of trip.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(12 Ratings)
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Sunshine01999609549
Mar 17, 2025
if you have the time, do this - absolutely fantastic trip! went out early in the morning to a lake outside of chennai and walked around with out tour guide for ~2,5h. he was very friendly and knowledgeable, answering all our questions. we were a group of mixed birding-levels but all had fun. bee-eaters, kingfishers, storks, herons and a variety of smaller birds were great to spot. booked the extra cab option and our driver was reliable and nice. definitely recommend this option as far-away places can be a burden to get to/away from. 10/10 would do again
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Juliaw613
Feb 23, 2025
A true expert guide on short notice! - I was able to book Subbu on short notice the day before I flew over to India for a last minute work trip. (But certainly avoid last minute because he is working through an agency so there is coordination/confirmation lead times). After working through some logistics via WhatsApp we met at a nearby pick-up downtown spot and he directed my driver to a local spot on “the great salt lake” as Google calls it south of the city with better air, less noise, and more birds! We saw so many great birds - bee-eaters(green & blue), king fishers(blue, pied, white-throated), lapwing, Indian spotted duck, open bill stork, pond heron, hoopoe, crow (jungle, common), ring eyed plover, sand piper, jacana, munias, barn swallows, ibis, avocet (downtown marsh), bush chat, spotted dove, clamorous reed warbler, ashy prinia, yellow billed babbler, drongo. Subbu has a passion for acoustics and works for eBird, capturing many of the recordings you might hear on the Merlin app. Great morning out!
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Shalini2018
Jul 23, 2024
Excellent morning birding - Excellent morning birding in Chennai. Mr Subramaniam Sankar is a knowledgeable birder and passionate conservationist.
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Chris
Apr 22, 2024
A wonderful days birding - We had a great days birding with Subbu who is a very knowledgeable and personable birder. Subbu phoned the night before the trip to check if we had binoculars etc and what types of birds we wanted to see so tailored the day to meet our requirements. He brought his spotting scope so we were able to get some great close views of the more distant birds. I also asked if we could go out early before it became too hot and he duly obliged, arranging for a taxi to collect us from the hotel before the temperature hit 30 degrees. I’m a fairly experienced UK birder but this was my first time out and about in Chennai and it didn’t disappoint as we clocked up over 70 species in a few hours including spotted eagle, 3 kingfisher species, 3 bittern species, bee eater, roller, golden oriole, fulvous whistling ducks and spotted owlets. Subbu also has a very keen ear and was constantly identifying calls for us. I would thoroughly recommend a birding trip and will definitely go again when the opportunity presents itself.
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Adventure44860530462
Apr 9, 2024
Ticking off one new experience in life- Bird Watching! - "I must say, this was truly one of the best experiences of my life. I had never been birdwatching before. When they mentioned that we would be accompanied by an expert, we were hopeful for a great experience. It happened to be my wife's birthday, and she thoroughly enjoyed it. Amidst the chaos of the city, they took us to a beautiful spot, guiding us through some exquisite birds. Just by observing them, a sense of calmness washed over our minds. The experience was further elevated when we began to listen to the sounds of those birds. A special thanks to Mr. Subramanian Shankar and the Key Terns for providing us with this amazing experience!"
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Quest28010441401
Feb 5, 2024
3rd Feb 2024 - The guide Mr. Subramaniam was excellent. He taught me about identifying birds calls. If not for him, I wouldn't have scored 5.
The tour was advertised at 6000 INR, however they charged me 10500INR.
Promised a SUV but sent me on a Taxi. They were prompt in collecting the money. After that the treatment changes.
Mr. Subramaniam was a through gentleman!
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742venkata
Nov 16, 2023
A short guided birding trip in Chennai - Very nice info filled trip . Subramaniam is an extremely knowledgeable ornithologist - it was such a pleasure
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Sunflower5555
Oct 20, 2023
Excellent trip and excellent guide - An excellent morning bird-watching with Subramanian Sankar. We had booked this trip as we had limited time in Chennai. The guide took us to two lakes and whilst we had binoculars he had brought a scope which proved to be very useful in seeing some of the birds on the opposite side of the lake. We would not have seen as many birds without Subramanian Sankar and we would certainly not have identified all the birds we saw.
If we return to Chennai in the future we would certainly book another trip with this guide.
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Roger_r
Oct 16, 2023
Highly Recommended Birding - Great Guide - The guide was excellent and really knows his birds. Without such an experienced guide we would have been able to identify far fewer birds in the time available. The driver was safe and careful.
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F1405yxdanc
Feb 8, 2023
nature at its best - wow what a great experience. i could not believe such an experience right in Chennai. the guide was my hero. amazing skill. we seen 63 species of birds. his heart for birding was unmatched. I will never forget it
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