Dalat is the best bird watching site in Vietnam located in Central highland Vietnam which is 300 km from HCM city. This is an EBA has the natural evergreen forest and coniferous forest where home for six endemic birds species: 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, Biduop-Nui ba national Park are a most famous place for birder where almost endemic birds occur.
Bird highlight for watching tours 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.
Itinerary: 4 days bird watching tours in Dalat
Day 1: (L D) Pick up from the hotel around Dalat or Pick up from Lien Khuong Airport for bird photography (or We could pick up you from Sai Gon and then 7 hour-drive to Dalat for bird watching tours.
Day 2: (B L D) Full day bird watching tours in Dalat
Day 3: (B L D) Full day bird watching tours in Dalat
Day 4: (B L) Morning or full day bird watching depend on your schedule.
Including accommodation, bird guide, private car with driver, meals and entrance fee, jeeps.