Cat Tien national park & Dalat bird photography tours

Cat Tien & Dalat are the most famous place for birders and bird photographers when they decide to birdwatching or bird photography in Vietnam, Located in South Annam part which Cat Tien is 150 km far from Saigon and Dalat is 150 km far from Cat Tien.

Cat Tien national park is one of the most intact lowland forest avifaunas in Vietnam and there is home for 3 kinds of Pitta: Bar-billed, Blue-rumped, and Blue-winged Pitta who are the most attractive to keen photographers.

Dalat is an EBA has the natural evergreen forest and coniferous forest where is home for six endemic birds species and also supports several subspecies.

Target bird for photography on Cat Tien national park & Dalat bird photography tours

Cat Tien national park 

Bar-billed Pitta; blue-rumped Pitta; Germain’s Peacock; Siamese Fireback; Black and Red, Banded, Dusky Broadbill; Orange-breasted Trogon; Banded Kingfisher and MORE

Dalat plateau

Orange-breasted Laughingthrush; Collared Laughingthrush; Green Cochoa; Grey-crowned Crocias; Dalat Shike-babbler;  Black-headed Parrotbill; Vietnamese Cutia; Vietnamese Greenfinch; White-throated Rock Thrush; Rufous-browed Flycatcher; 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; Black-crowned Fulvetta.

An Itinerary: 8 days bird photography tours in Cat Tien national park & 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 rest, we start for Bird photography show there.

Day 2: (B L D) Full day bird photography 

Day 3: (B L D) Full day bird photography

Day 4: (B L D) Morning bird photography tours in Cat Tien National Park then leave Cat Tien for travel to Di Linh for the afternoon bird photography tour there.

Day 5: (B L D) Morning bird photography in Di Linh then 2 around 2 hour-drive to Dalat for bird photography tours there

Day 6: (B L D) Full day bird photograph tours in Dalat

Day 7: (B L D) Full day bird photograph tours in Dalat

Day 8: (B L D) Morning tours in Dalat and then drive-back Ho Chi Minh City for flight or hotel…

Including accommodation, bird guide, private car with driver, meals and entrance fee, jeeps, bird hide.