From mudflats and salt pans to shrimp ponds, mangroves, and melaleuca forests, the Mekong Delta is home to a wide variety of birdlife. Thriving in the diverse landscapes, flooded grasslands, swamps, canals, and rivers provide shelter for countless bird species. National parks like Tan Thanh – Go Cong, Tram Chim, Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary, U […]
Little known by birders around the world, the Sa Mu pass is located in the northwest Quang Tri province and belongs to Bac Huong Hoa Natural Reserve Area. The area encompassed by lowland and mid-montane evergreen forest in central Vietnam, adjacent to the international border with Laos. The avifauna of reserve area is typical of the Annamese […]
Birding in Mang Den Mang Den is surrounded by montane evergreen forests, making it an ideal place for bird havens. Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush, a recently discovered near-endemic, is one of the main highlights for birders. It also shares a few specialties with Dalat Plateau, such as Indochinese Wren-babbler, Black-hooded Laughingthrush, Grey-crowned Crocias, and Yellow-billed Nuthatch. Other […]
Bird fauna in Lo Xo – Birding in Lo Xo Lo Xo is actually the name of a pass on Ho Chi Minh road leading Da Nang southwest-ward to Kon Tum. The mountain forest along the Vietnam border with Laos. It is located in the Kontum Plateau EBA nearby Ngoc Linh national park, the tantalizingly […]
Yok Don National Park is a biodiversity hotspot of deciduous forests with seasonal pools, semi-evergreen forests along rivers, and low hills. The Srepok River, a key tributary of Mekong river, runs through the park into Cambodia. Along with dry dipterocarp forests, the park shares a unique habitat for birds found mostly in northwestern Cambodia, making […]
Why birding in Bach Ma National Park At an average height of 1,450 meters and only 10 kilometers from the sea, Bach Ma has a very pleasant climate. Bach Ma stretches within an area of 37,487 hectares and comprises three zones: a strictly protected core area, an administrative area and a buffer zone. It still retains a […]
Why birding in Phong Nha Ke – Bang national park Designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2003, the remarkable Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park contains the oldest karst mountains in Asia, formed approximately 400 million years ago. Riddled with hundreds of cave systems – many of extraordinary scale and length – and spectacular underground […]
Why birding in Sapa & Fansipan Mountain Sapa is a popular tourist destination located in the far northwest of Vietnam, close to the border of China’s Yunnan province. The town is a hub for adventure travelers and trekkers, and is situated on the slopes of Vietnam’s highest peak, Mount Fansipan (3143 m). You can find […]
Why birding in Tam Dao National Park Located on a mountain ridge rising up from the plain of the Red River Delta to the north of Hanoi. Lower montane evergreen forest with areas of the bamboo forest dominate at around 1100 m rising to just below 1600 m at the highest point with remnant lowland evergreen […]
Why birding in Cuc Phuong National Park Subtropical lowland evergreen forest on limestone with areas of secondary forest and scrub where the natural forest has been cleared. Popular with day trippers from Hanoi the park can be especially busy at weekends and during holidays. Accommodation is available at several locations within the national park and outside. […]