We booked our Bharatpur bird sanctuary trip through Book My Safari (BMS).This was our 3rd wildlife trip that we have booked through BMS in the last 12 months. I must say that the overall experience has been excellent, right from travel to itinerary, farm stay to the guides, everything was very professionally taken care of.
We stayed at Ibis farm stay. The place was spacious,clean & very well maintained. We could sight about 8-10 species during our brief stay of 2 days from here itself. Food served was very fresh & tasty. Service was also excellent & warm. The place is owned by Ratan Singh, who himself has birding experience for over 4 decades. He had been an assistant to the famous ornithologist, Dr.Salim Ali ! In the evenings, we had the opportunity to interact with him and get to hear his interesting experiences & stories about wildlife.
Keoladeo national park is just 2-3Kms from Ibis farm stay & the car pickup and drop facility was included in our package, which was very convenient. Our Package also included full day travel by cycle rickshaw & the driver also doubled up as our guide. We spent entire day inside the park.
Must walk through jackal & hyena trails. We explored the area from watchtowers to get a bird's eye view. We could sight over a 100 species in our 2 day visit. Highlight were the majestic Saras cranes,pelicans,cormorants,python,variety of duck and geese,owls & birds of prey like eagles, kites, etc.
Overall, a superb experience thanks to BMS.