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Bird spectacles
Places where the birds are the whole point — a village that hand-feeds ten thousand cranes, a grassland of wintering raptors, a reservoir of bar-headed geese, a Ganga wetland with dolphins in the mix. Best from November to February; go at first light and keep your distance.
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Delhi to Khichan & Phalodi
Khichan, a Marwari village near Phalodi in the Jodhpur district, hosts one of India's great wildlife spectacles: every winter, residents scatter grain at a…
Best Nov–Feb
See the route → OutstationDelhi to Tal Chhapar & Churu
Tal Chhapar, in the Churu district, is a flat saline grassland sanctuary — a rare patch of open savanna in the Thar's fringe, thick with blackbuck, and a…
Best Oct–Mar
See the route → WeekendDelhi to Masrur & Pong Dam
Masrur (Masroor), in the Kangra valley, is a group of 8th-century temples carved from a single sandstone ridge — a monolithic complex, weathered and…
Best Oct–Mar
See the route → WeekendDelhi to Garhmukteshwar & Anupshahr
Garhmukteshwar (Brijghat), on NH-9 about 100 km east of Delhi, is the nearest Ganga pilgrimage town — ghats, a long line of temples, and a huge Kartik…
Best Oct–Mar
See the route → ShortDelhi Wetland Loop: Sultanpur & Bhindawas
A flat, easy loop to two of the region's best bird wetlands — Sultanpur National Park, and Bhindawas, the largest in Haryana — with a crumbling Mughal-era…
Best Nov–Feb
See the route → OutstationDelhi to Bikaner
Bikaner, deep in the Thar, is a desert-fort city that most riders skip on the way to Jaisalmer.
Best Oct–Mar
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