Wild Walk Tours
Who We Are
Wild Walk Tours was founded in 2000 by a group of professional and experienced birders and photographers who specialize in exotic birding tours in India. Wild Walk tours provide birdwatchers and photographers with the best-guided tour services. We’ve always been passionate about making people happy, and what better way than to help them reach their happiest destination? We provide our clients with all the travel services they need for the trip of their choice. India being home to such rich biodiversity and varied culture, Wildl Walk now also offers mammal watching and photography tours, and also cultural tours.
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Our team comprises people who have memories of great experiences in almost all national parks in India. It’s not just the national parks; we also know many natural unreserved forests and places not so popular on the map very well. The team Wild Walk is well versed with the enchanting wildlife of the Indian subcontinent including some in the neighbouring countries such as Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. We love to explore and learn and in recent years our expertise has also grown, now covering the best of South East Asian wilderness, Borneo, Spain, Sweeden, East Africa and more.
This enables us to offer exclusive itineraries that promise new experiences of wildlife encounters. We conduct dedicated tours for wildlife photography and outdoor camping that lets you get a glimpse inside the wild world.
Giving back to the Society
A percentage of our business revenue is allocated for sustaining and supporting the conservation efforts that we are also involved in through a non-profit organization Life Line For Nature Society at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, which is a UNESCO Heritage site.
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Team Wild Walk
Ansar Khan
Lead Naturalist
Sandeep Chakraborty
Naturalist - North East
Chotu Khan
Naturalist & Photographer
Nayan Khanolkar
Advisor
Ansar grew up in Keoladeo National Park , a known paradise for ornithologists and photographers that inspired his interest in Nature and birds. He is keen observer and has a meaningful knowledge of the varied bird life in India.
Ansar has travelled the length and breadth of India as a Naturalist and bird guide. He owes his interest and his expertise on the subject to the guidance of his father who was in the Forest Department. The knowledge and experience he has gained has been since childhood.
Ansar is considered to be amongst the best birders in India and consults and guides for many international tour groups and companies.
Sandeep is a naturalist based out of Neora Valley, Kalimpong in the North East of India. Right from his early days, birds caught his attention, so much so that it became his singular aspiration to learn about the subjects as much as he could. Sandeep has been a birder for the last 12 years and spends his free time observing lesser known species, their behaviour and documenting them through sound recordings and photographs and notes . He strongly believes in presenting bird photographs in the form of art.
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Chotu Khan is an award winning wildlife photographer. He has been photographing nature and wildlife for over a decade. His knowledge of the flora and fauna of Keoladeo National Park is exceptional. He is also actively involved in charitable activities and has been instrumental in several special programs done by Life line a local NGO to increase awareness about the need to save and protect nature amongst the children who are living in the vicinity of Keoladeo National Park.
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Nayan is a self taught avid nature photographer, who has been traveling the length and breadth of India to document Indian wildlife for over two decades. He currently is working on documenting big cats in urban areas. Urban leopards have been his single-minded obsession for the last two years and has become the sole focus of his photography. It is his ongoing endeavour to sensitize people to animal behaviour and raise awareness on conserving India’s rich wildlife heritage through his images.
Nayan has been awarded BBC Wildlife Photographer of the year 2016, 2020, 2021
Photo Journalism Story Award, Big Picture and many more
Gajendra Singh
Naturalist & Guide
Illyas Khan
Guide
Ikrar Khan
Naturalist & Guide
Robin Khan
Nature and Birding Guide
Gajendra Singh is senior birding guide of our team in India. A birdlife specialist who has a considerable experience and knowledge about Indi. For the travelling bird watcher he is an absolute joy. His friendly and knowledgeable company whilst touring is a real treat. He has been a leading light in so many national bird censuses including the Sarus Crane project. A graduate from the University of Rajasthan, he has worked as an approved naturalist for several Indian government agencies including Keoladeo National Park(Bharatpur), Govt. of Rajasthan (Dept. of Forest). He has also worked at Bandhavgarh National Park (Madhya Pradesh) as a resident Naturalist where he has assisted on various documentary film projects, bird watching and wildlife photographer groups.
Ilyas khan is a nursing assistant by qualification and a birder by passion. He has been working as a naturalist for over a year.. His knowledge of the flora and fauna of Keoladeo National Park is exceptional. Having spent a considerable amount time in the park from a young age instilled In him a deep love for animals and the outdoors. He has spent the last year working with experts from Wildwalk learning about wildlife and culture and heritage in the country. His sense of humour and relaxed demeanour ensures that he is a hit with all.
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"Babloo" Ikrar khan is a trained naturalist with over 15 years of experience in leading both international and Indian birding groups .He is considered to be amongst the best birders in india with a birds count of over 700 birds on his list. He is very familiar with the habitat of Bharatpur. Hopefully you will enjoy the time with him in the park
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Robin grew up in Keoladeo National Park , a known paradise for ornithologists and photographers that inspired his interest in Nature and birds. He is a nature conservationist and the newest member of Life Line for Nature Society. For the past 5 years he has worked on various conservation projects in and around Bharatpur. He has a meaningful knowledge of the wildlife and the environment of Keoladeo National Park. He too has been actively involved in the Vulture conservation project, national bird censuses including the Sarus Crane project and also participated in educating school children about wild life conservation. Robin has travelled to different wildlife parks across India and has good knowledge and experience about the wild life and their habitats.
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Sourav Mondal
Lead Expert - Eastern Himalayas
Anuradha Marwah
Advisor - Photography , Content & Tours
Sameer Khan
Naturalist & Guide
Sunil Gaur
Birding Guide
Sourav Mondal, is a naturalist and a wildlife photographer who has been working in the Himalayan landscape and guiding wildlife expeditions for the past 8 years. He is a post graduate in Zoology and has been associated with many wildlife research projects in the Eastern Himalayas. Sourav works closely with Red Panda Eco-tourism of Eastern Nepal.
He has spent many years in the Eastern Himalayas in the quest of Red Pandas and other Himalayan wildlife. He works with a wildlife destination tour company that conducts awareness programmes in villages adjacent to forests. His work has been recognised across various platforms
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Anuradha, is an erstwhile IT-professional, having worked with leading-edge organizations like NIIT and Microsoft. She is now a photographer and author, who over the past 2 decades has traveled extensively across various wilderness domains in India and abroad, learning and documenting natural history moments.
She has authored the recently published Official Coffee Table book of Corbett Tiger Reserve, for the Uttarakhand Forest Department. She has also conducted several workshops for schools and Govt. Institutions like the IGNFA, Dehradun, LBSNAA, Mussourie, and has served as a trainer and mentor for Canon India, with an emphasis on encouraging and empowering women photographers.
While she loves to travel and shoot for its simple pleasures and for the joy of being in the moment, awards and accolades have not eluded her, she has been the recipient of many National and International awards.
Sameer is a nature conservationist and the newest member of Life Line for Nature Society. For the past three years he has worked on various conservation projects. He has extensive knowledge of wild life and the environment of Indian Parks. He has recently been involved in the Vulture project, national bird censuses including the Sarus Crane project and also participated in educating school children about wild life conservation. Sameer has extensively travelled across different wild life parks in India to holds great knowledge and experience about the wildlife and their habitat. Sameer is a licensed guide and is a trained naturalist having experience in leading international birding groups across India. He strongly believes that conservation can happen only with involvement of the local population.
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Sunil has an experience of more than a decade as a naturalist has been a resident naturalist at Kanha Jungle Lodge for over 3 years. He has been leading tourists groups to many national parks including Bharatpur (where he has lived since 1996), Bandhavgarh, Corbett, Ranthambhore and many many more. He is a member of Life Line for Nature-India, Bombay Natural History Society, WWF for Nature India and the Guide Association of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. At Bharatpur he is also involved in conducting mammal censusing, non-native plant eradication efforts such as the removal of water hyacinth and vulture surveys in other parts of Rajasthan.
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