Dolphins, gharial, tigers and twenty thousand geese
The Ganga, Gandak, Son and Kosi make Bihar a land of water. Follow them to India's only dolphin sanctuary, the largest wild gharial population outside the Chambal, Bihar's tiger forest, and three Ramsar wetlands that fill with Central Asian waterfowl each winter.
01 · Bhagalpur · 1–2 days
Ancient Champa, capital of Anga; today India's tussar-silk capital and gateway to the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary — 60 km of the Ganga protected for the blind river dolphin, India's national aquatic animal.
Discover02 · West Champaran
Valmikinagar & the Gandak03 · West Champaran
Valmiki National Park04 · Begusarai
Kanwar Lake05 · Jamui
Nagi & Nakti Bird Sanctuaries06 · Munger
Munger
07 · Bhagalpur
Nalanda's sister university, on a bluff above the Ganga
08 · Bhagalpur
A Shiva temple on a rock in the Ganga
5 days / 4 nights · Steady
East along the river to Munger's fort and Bhagalpur's dolphins, then north into Mithila for Darbhanga's palaces and the home of Madhubani painting.
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5 days / 4 nights · Steady
Up through the republic of Vaishali and the stupa at Kesaria to Champaran's forest: two days of safaris in Bihar's tiger reserve and a day on the Gandak with gharial, dolphins and a raft.
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