[3 Days] Birding Tour in Cat Tien National Park – Best birding place for Vietnam

This Birding Tour is designed by WANEE VIETNAM for you who have 1 week in Vietnam but would like to have the best birding time with more than 60% target birds of Vietnam. Let's see where the birding spot is. Cat Tien National Park and Dalat are the best birding sites in Vietnam, located in the South Annam part, Cat Tien is 150 km far from Saigon and Dalat is 150 km far from Cat Tien. It is very convenient to travel from Saigon. Cat Tien National Park which recorded 320 bird species is one of the best birding sites in Vietnam and also the most accessible site in Vietnam for Orange-necked Partridge (Indochinese endemic) leaving in the thick bamboo forest. Home for many birder’s most wanted birds such as Siamese Fireback, Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Green Peafowl, Blue-rumped, and Bar-billed Pitta… Dalat is an EBA that has a natural evergreen forest and coniferous forest that is home to six endemic bird species and also supports several subspecies. Dalat is a unique terminus of a South-East Asian montane leapfrog area. In addition to the pronounced element of avian endemism found on the Dalat Plateau, Dalat multiple widespread montane SouthEast Asian birds that share their closest vocal or plumage similarities not with adjacent populations in central Vietnam and Laos, but with distant populations, often in Peninsular Malaysia, that are separated by a string of dissimilar populations in between. This evolutionary and biogeographic mode of distribution, in which two similar terminal populations are separated by dissimilar intervening populations, is known as a ‘leapfrog pattern, and has been well-characterised inlinear mountain ranges such as the Andes of South America. In Asian birds, leapfrog patterns have been found in archipelagic situations such as eastern Indonesia. Birds highlight of Birding Tours in Cat Tien National Park and Dalat Most Wanted in Cat Tien Orange-necked Partridge; Germain’s Peacock-Pheasant; Green Peafowl; Great Slaty, Pale-headed, Black-and-buff, Heart-spotted and White-bellied Woodpecker; Wreathed Hornbill; Great Hornbill; Orange-breasted Trogon; Blue-bearded Bee-eater; Stork-billed Kingfisher; Banded Kingfisher; Blyth’s Frogmouth; Great-eared Nightjar; Grey-headed Fish-eagle; Lesser Fish-eagle; Collared Falconet; Woolly-necked Stork; Lesser Adjutant; Blue-rumped, Bar-bellied and Blue-winged Pitta; Black-and-red, Dusky and Banded Broadbill; Golden-crested Myna; Grey-faced Tit-babbler. Most Wanted in Dalat Black-hooded, White-cheeked, Orange-breasted, and Collared Laughingthrush; Bar-backed Partridge; Silver Pheasant; Red-vented Barbet; Black-browed Barbet; Red-headed Trogon; Long-tailed Broadbill; Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon; Mountain Imperial Pigeon; Black Eagle; Rufous-bellied Eagle; Jerdon's Baza; Rusty-naped and Blue Pitta; Burmese Shrike; Indochinese Green Magpie; Eurasian Jay; Slender-billed and Maroon Oriole;  White-throated Rock Thrush; Green Cochoa; Rufous-browed, Blue-and-White, Mugimaki , Snowy-browed and Little Pied Flycatcher; Large Niltava; Lesser Shortwing;  White-tailed Robin; Spotted Forktail; Yellow-billed Nuthatch; Yellow-cheeked and Grey-crowned Tit, Grey-bellied Tesia;  White-spectacled, Chestnut-crowned  Warbler; White-browed Scimitar Babbler; Streaked , Eye-browed, Pygmy  Wren-Babbler; Rufous-capped Babbler; Vietnamese Cutia; Clicking shrike-babbler; Blue-winged Minla; Black-crowned, Indochinese Fulvetta; Grey-crowned Crocias; Rufous-backed, Black-headed Sibia, Black-headed Parrotbill; Gould's Sunbird; Streaked Spiderhunter; Vietnamese Greenfinch; Red Crossbill. Bird-list of Cat Tien & Dalat CLICK HERE Itinerary: 7-day Birding Tour in Cat Tien National Park and Dalat Day 1: (L D) Pick up from hotel or Airport at Ho Chi Minh City, 3.5 hour-drive to Cat Tien National Park and after lunch and rest, we start for Birding Tours in Cat Tien. Day 2: (B L D) Full day Birding Tour in Cat Tien National Park Day 3: (B L D) Full day Birding Tour in Cat Tien National Park Day 4: (B L D) Morning Birding Tour in Cat Tien National Park then leave Cat Tien for travel to Dalat for the later afternoon birding there. Day 5: (B L D) Full day Birding Tour in Dalat Day 6: (B L D) Full day Birding Tour in Dalat Day 7: (B L D) Morning Birding Tour in Dalat and then drive back to Ho Chi Minh City for flight or hotel… This itinerary is the best design in search of endemic species and with hardcore birding expecting 200 bird species in South Vietnam however, it can be modified to fit based on you. Please contact direct us for a detailed customized itinerary that will be the best fit for you. Price list for groups:

Group size	1	2	3	4	5	6-10
$US/Pax	1,800	1,440	1,280	1,230	1,200	1,170

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Bird Photography tour at Dalat is designed for you to have a great time for a bird-shooting show with 4 full days with almost reach all target birds of Dalat. Da Lat is the best bird photography spot in Vietnam. Located in the Central Highland of Vietnam (Approx. 300 km from HCMC). This EBAs has natural evergreen and coniferous forests which is home to six endemic birds species (50 % of endemic bird of Vietnam) "It's nowhere else in the world only in Dalat." Collared Laughingthrush (Garrulax yersini), Orange-breasted Laughingthrush (Garrulax annamensis), Vietnamese Cutia (Cutia legalleni), Grey-crowned (Crocias Crocias langbianis), Black-crowned Fulvetta (Alcippe klossi) and Vietnamese Greenfinch (Carduelis monguilloti). The Dalat Plateau also supports several subspecies including Rufous-backed Sibia (eximia), Black-headed Sibia (robinsoni), Blue-winged Minla (orientalis), Black-throated Sunbird (johnsi), and Red Crossbill (meridionalis). Datala Waterfall, Ta Nung Valley, and Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park are the most famous places for Bird- photography where almost all endemic birds are found. Target Birds for photography tour at Dalat Plateau White-throated Rock Thrush, Rufous-browed Flycatcher, Green Cochoa, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Blue-and-White Flycatcher, Mugimaki Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Nuthatch, Large Niltava, Lesser Shortwing, White-tailed Robin, Spotted Forktail, Yellow-cheeked Tit, Grey-crowned Tit, Grey-bellied Tesia, White-spectacled Warbler, Chestnut-crowned Warbler, White-cheeked Laughingthrush, Orange-breasted Laughingthrush, Collared Laughingthrush, Black-crowned Fulvetta, Grey-crowned Crocias, Da Lat Shike-Babbler,  Black-headed Parrotbill,  Vietnamese Cutia, Vietnamese Greenfinch. Dalat Bird recently list DOWNLOAD HERE (Ebird.org)

An Itinerary: 4 days bird photography tour at Dalat

Day 1: (L D) Pick up from the hotel around Dalat or Pick up from Lien Khuong Airport for bird photography tours (or We could pick up you from Sai Gon and then 7 hour-drive to Dalat for this tour. Day 2: (B L D) Full day bird photography tours Day 3: (B L D) Full day bird photography tours Day 4: (B L) Morning bird photography tours or full day bird shooting depending on your schedule. Including accommodation, bird guide, private car with driver, meals and entrance fee, jeeps, and bird hide. The period needed for bird photography tours in Dalat is from 4 to 7 days. It depends on the list of birds and your time. Please contact direct us for a detailed customized itinerary which will be the best fit for you.