- What does the price of a trip include?
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The price of each tour is all-inclusive. This includes exclusive birding services with Jungle Lore Birding network By Asian Adventures and our team of expert birding guides; all meals (as per the itinerary) and transfers (air, overland, water) mentioned in the detailed itinerary; accommodation in the specified hotels or similar ones (based on double occupancy); and those charter and/or scheduled flights between points specified within the itinerary. For those who are traveling alone, there is a supplemental charge if they cannot or do not wish to be assigned a roommate for lodging. Please inquire.
- What isn’t included in the price of a trip?
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Not included are International Airfare, visa, and insurance, extra services/alcoholic beverages/meals that aren’t mentioned in the itinerary, and emergency medical services.-Optional tours, tips, laundry, drinks, camera fee, monument entrance fee, few meals, and any other services not specified in cost inclusions.
- What will I need to bring?
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Because each trip is different, Our team will e-mail you a personalized packing list detailing particular clothing and other items you should bring to make your birding trip comfortable and memorable. He will also recommend appropriate field guides and suggest optics (binoculars, photographic equipment) that you will want to have with you to maximize your opportunities to view and photograph the wildlife you’ll be encountering.
- Some wildlife might be too far away! Is a spotting scope provided?
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Yes! Although our goal is to bring you as close as safely and ethically possible to wildlife, sometimes a little extra help might be needed. At those times, your Tour leader will have a spotting scope.
- These itineraries are very detailed. Do they ever vary from what we read on the website?
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To give you the best natural encounters possible, all programs are potentially subject to some change, based on daily conditions and information from our local guides and other contacts. We plan our itineraries a year or more in advance, but nature keeps its own minute-by-minute schedule. Asian Adventures Birding Tours adapts to take you to the adventure!
- How many other people will there be with me on a tour?
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Ordinarily, there are no more than six participants on each trip, so that everyone can equally enjoy the personal service that Asian Adventures and its staff provide.
- Some wildlife might be too far away! Is a spotting scope provided?
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Yes! Although our goal is to bring you as close as safely and ethically possible to wildlife, sometimes a little extra help might be needed. At those times, your Tour leader will have a spotting scope.
- These itineraries are very detailed. Do they ever vary from what we read on the website?
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To give you the best natural encounters possible, all programs are potentially subject to some change, based on daily conditions and information from our local guides and other contacts. We plan our itineraries a year or more in advance, but nature keeps its own minute-by-minute schedule. Asian Adventures Birding Tours adapts to take you to the adventure!
- How many other people will there be with me on a tour?
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Ordinarily, there are no more than six participants on each trip, so that everyone can equally enjoy the personal service that Asian Adventures and its staff provide.
- How can I pay for my tour?
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We offer three means of payment for your convenience. E-mail us stating which tour you would like to join. We will confirm whether space is available and send you an invoice with a link to our secure credit card payment site. You may also choose to pay by check or electronic funds transfer. We ask for an initial payment of at least 25% of the stated cost of your selected trip, per person, to hold your reservation. See our Join a Tour page and our printable reservation form for further details.
- Something has happened and I have to cancel. Can I get a refund?
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Any deposits or payments you have made are completely refundable if cancellation occurs more than 60 days before the tour departs.
- Most of these locations are really remote! What will the food be like?
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No matter where in the world Asian Adventures goes, that question can be answered in one word: delicious! We’ve found that food is the most important part of any trip–after wildlife, of course. Our Eco birding lodges prepare farm-fresh meals using local ingredients.
- There is a place in India I’ve always wanted to bird in, but it’s not on your calendar. Can you guide me there anyway?
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It would be the Absolute pleasure of Asian Adventures With our knowledge of 60+ years and being in business for 27+ years we can create bespoke birding tours to virtually anywhere around the Indian Subcontinent can be tailored to suit your birding dreams.