Bird watching tours in CatTien National Park 3 days/ 2 nights
• Category: Short birding tours.
• Tour name: Cat Tien national park birding.
• Destinations: Cat Tien national park.
• Duration: 3 days.
• Hotel: Standard National Park accommodation.
We will begin our journey at Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh City as it is nowadays officially known), but only pause here briefly on our way to visit Cat Tien National Park in southern Viet Nam, which protects one of the largest remaining areas of lowland forest and wetlands in the country. Tour birding at Cat Tien National Park. There are excellent trails starting right at the park headquarters and for areas further afield such as Crocodile Lake jeeps are used. The 5 km walk through semi-evergreen forest to Crocodile Lake can be good for the near-endemic Germain’s Peacock-Pheasant and Blue-rumped and Bar-bellied Pittas while the beautiful Siamese Fire-Back can often be seen on an early morning drive to the start of the Crocodile Lake trail. Among the many other avian treats to be found at Cat Tien are Scaly-breasted Partridge, Woolly-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant, White-bellied, Great Slaty, Pale-headed, Black-and-buff and Heart-spotted Woodpeckers, three species of Broadbill and the Indochinese-endemic Grey-faced Tit-Babbler.
The three days, two nights birding tour in Cat Tien will give us a chance to see most important bird species and some other wildlife (Black-shanked Duoc Langur, Golden-cheeked Gibbon and Monkeys) although this can be optioned for only 1 night stay or 3 nights stay depends on your time budget. We will start early in the morning to leave Sai Gon and travel by private car for 150km (about 3.5 hours) to reach the park. One afternoon and two full days birding here will give you a marvelous trip.
Detail itinerary :
Day 1. (L, D) , Saigon Cat Tien
Pick up in Sai Gon in the early morning, about 3.5 hours driving to Cat Tien National Park. At afternoon we will have short walk to the left of the park on the grassland for the near-endemic Orange-necked Partridge often see in the Bamboo frest. And Green Peafowl and Bar-bellies, Blue-rumped Pittas could be found here.
Day 2. (B, L, D), Cat Tien
This day, we use jeep to visit Crocodile lake, a long list of targets such as Germain's Peacock Pheasant, Siamese Fireback, Green Peafowl, Wreathed Hornbill, Lesser Adjutant, Woolly-necked Stork, Blue-rumped and Bar-bellied Pittas and many other widespread species such as Doves, Bulbuls, Purple Swamphen, White-breasted Waterhen, Kingfishers, etc.
Later in the afternoon we bird around HQ for Grey-faced Tit Babbler, Woodpeckers, Green Pigeons, Nighjars.
Day 3. (B, L) Cat Tien – Saigon.
The morning jeep to Heaven rapid to find Pale-headed and Black-and-buff Woodpeckers, Black-and-red, Banded, Dusky Broadbill. Check out guest house then have lunch.
After lunch, transfer back Saigon. End trip around 17h00 pm.
Rate in USD per person (Valid till 30 April 2019) Except Tet Holiday 03 to 08 Feb 2019
Group size |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 to 8 |
3-day trip ($US/pax) |
417 |
321 |
287 |
255 |
232 |
Including: accommodation ( Cat Tien guest house ), bird guide ( English speaking guide) , private car with driver, meals and entrance fee, jeeps.
Birding Eco Tours in Mekong delta 5 days/ 4 nights
- Category: Medium birding tours
- Tour name:Birds and Cultures in Mekong delta
- Destinations:Tram Chim national park, Tra Su and Bang Lang.
- Duration:5 days
- Hotel:Standard
Day 1: Saigon – Cai Be – Homestay ( L, D)
7h30 am.Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel. You leave Saigon to Mekong Delta, especially you visit Cai be-Vinh Long provinces. It takes you about 1h30 going there. For people living in Mekong, their lives are attached to rivers, water. Almost activities could be organized on river as living, working, market gathering. On the way you can see the green paddy rice fields stretching forwards the horizon. Upon arrival in Caibe town, you’ll be on board for an exploration of lush vegetation of Mekong Delta and the Caibe lively floating market buyers bargaining. Next, a crowing boat rides on the maze of shady canals to arrive at a local orchard to enjoy the local tropical fruits and visit the daily activities, the handicraft villages of local people as making coconut candy and rice paper with pop-rice and pop-corn, rice-wine. You enjoy the traditional folk music, called “Cai Luong”.
Break your time for lunch at Ba Kiet, old house built since 1838 inside the garden. From here, you can walk around the garden before Proceed to homestay. Cycling along river to see the countryside’s landcape. Homestay.
Day 2: Tram Chim Bird Sanctuary - Dong Thap ( B, L, D)
After breakfast, you will have a bike ride in the village of My Qui_ThapMuoi. Depending on your condition, you can make 3, 6 or 10 km. Check out homestay and transfer to Tram chim.
Cham Trim National Park in Dong Thap is cover the area of more than 7,500ha, one of Ramsar preservation in the world and home of many rare birds. You better to arrive there in the afternoon around 2:00pm, take a long trip boat to go deep inside the National Park, from where you can view birds come back in the afternoon. Back Dong Thap Town for check in Hotel. Night in Dong Thap,
Day 3: Dong Thap – Tra Su Bird Sanctuary – Chau doc ( B, L, D)
After breakfast, free and easy then transfer to Chau doc . On arrival. Check in Hotel.
Pm: Continue the tour to visit Tra Su, getting to the wild birds Sanctuary, cruising smoothly with small boats to discover the arrays of splendid canals deep into the forest, watching storks, cranes and other tropical birds. Back to the Town. Overnight in Chau Doc.
Day 4: Chau doc – Bang Lang Bird Sanctuary – Can Tho ( B, L, D)
After breakfast, take a nice boat trip through the floating village to visit a fish farm to see how the Mekong Delta people raise fish in their floating houses. Visit the Cham minority with their traditional weaving village, followed by a local Islamic Mosque. Lunch
Pm: Drive to Can Tho. Continue the tour to visit the Bang Lang Stork Sanctuary.
As one of the famous stork sanctuaries in Mekong Delta, Bang Lang stork sanctuary has attracted thousands of stork and other kinds of birds to make nets and live here.
This is a right destination for tourists to observe and explore the natural life of birds and storks in a very green, romantic space of the bamboo forest.
On arrival in Can Tho at late afternoon. Check in Hotel. Night in Can Tho.
Day 5: Can Tho – Saigon. ( B, L, )
Take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river (Bassac River), then proceed to Cai Rang floating markets, which are the liveliest in the whole religion.Have you ever tasted Vietnamese vermicelli soup? Well, now go and see how it is made. Then wander around the village and meet the friendly local people and experience how to pass a "Monkey bridge" which is built by only one stem of bamboo. Visit the orchard garden. Stop for lunch. Proceed to Saigon. End trip with drop off at your hotel around 16h30 pm
Rate in USD per person (Valid till 30 April 2019) Except Tet Holiday 03 to 08 Feb 2019
Group size |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 to 10 |
5-day trip ($US/pax) |
578 |
447 |
397 |
355 |
326 |
Including: accommodation, bird guide ( English speaking guide) , private car with driver, meals and entrance fee, boat trip.
- 3 star hotel / ( double or twin room ) aircondition room.
Saigon Cantho hotel in Can tho and ChauPho hotel in ChauDoc, Huong Tra Hotel hotel in Dong Tham and Homestay in Thap Muoi.
|