The best birding tours in Central and South Vietnam| 17 days
This is a longer version of The Best birding tours in Central Highland and South Vietnam in 12 days, which different is last 5 days, in those days we will birding tours in two famous National Park in central Vietnam are Bach Ma and Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. And also we will have a good chance to see Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush on the way from Bach Ma to Phong Nha.
In Central and South Vietnam tours you will be reached: Cat Tien National Park – Dalat Plateau – Yok Don National Park – Mang Canh forest and Ngoc Linh National Park (Kom Tum Province) – Bach Ma National Park – Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.
Cat Tien national park is located in South Vietnam; it is one of the best birding sites with the most accessible site in South Annam for Orange-necked Partridge and lots of birder’s wanted birds.
Most Wanted birds 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; 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.
Dalat Plateau is located in the Central highland (C Annam), it is an EBA has the natural evergreen-forest and coniferous forest where is home for six endemic birds species and also supports several subspecies.
Most Wanted birds 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.
Yok-don National Park is located in Dak Lak province, Central Highland Vietnam. It is dominated by a mosaic of deciduous forest and semi-evergreen (mixed deciduous) forest (Dry open-forest).
Most Wanted birds in Yok Don National park:
Mekong Wagtail; White-rumped Falcon; Collared Falconet; Black-hooded Woodpecker and other woodpeckers; Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch; Alexandrine, Grey-headed, Blossom-headed Parrakeets; Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
Mang Canh forest and Ngoc Linh National Park are also located in Kom Tum Province, Central Highland Vietnam, it is one of recently recognized as an EBA (Endemic Birds Area) of the World. Kom Tum EBA perhaps the least known avifauna to both scientists and birders. As it is located in a “politically sensitive” area, most people who want to visit here have to obtain complicated permit to access the remote forests.
Most Wanted birds in Mang Canh forest and Ngoc Linh National Park
Pale-capped Pigeon; Northern Brown Hornbill; Stripe-breasted Woodpecker; White-winged Magpie; Ratchet-tailed Treepie; Pale Blue Flycatcher; Grey-crowned Tit; Rufous-faced Warbler; Grey-headed Parrotbill; Indochinese Wren-babbler; Grey-faced Warbler; Himalayan Cutia; Green Shrike-Babbler; Black-crowned Barwing; Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush; Golden-winged Laughingthrush, Red-tailed Laughingthrush.
Bach Ma National Park is located in Hue province, Central Vietnam which situated in the central Annamite Mountains, 2 hour-diver from Hue city. The national park lies at the southern extent of the Annamese Lowlands Endemic Bird Area and is known to support populations of at least four of the restricted range species found in this EBA: Annam Partridge, Crested Argus, Indochinese Wren Babbler, and Grey-faced Tit-Babbler. In addition, the national park supports a population of an endemic subspecies of Silver Pheasant.
Most Wanted birds in Bach Ma National Park
Rufous-throated Partridge; Annam Partridge; Silver Pheasant; Red-collared Woodpecker; Blyth's Kingfisher; Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo; Silver-breasted Broadbill; Indochinese Green Magpie; Siberian Thrush; Japanese Thrush; Sultan Tit; Masked Laughingthrush; Lesser-necklaced Laughingthrush; Black-throated Laughingthrush; Short-tailed Scimitar Babbler; Grey-throated Babbler; Spot-necked Babbler; Grey-faced Tit-Babbler; Black-browed Fulvetta…
Shamu pass is new birding spot near Laos which Ho Chi Minh trails across this site, it is home for Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush (near-endemic bird)
Most Wanted birds in Shamu pass:
Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush; Indochinese Wren Babbler; Moustached Barbet; Yellow-billed Warbler…
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is located in Quang Binh province, Central Vietnam, close to the international border with Laos. This is situated in one of the largest areas of contiguous limestone karst in Indochina, which also includes Hin Namno National Protected Area in Laos. The limestone massif is located in a transitional zone between the northern and central Annamite Mountains.
Most Wanted birds in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park:
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge; Red-collared Woodpecker; Brown Hornbill; Sooty Babbler; Indochinese wren-babbler…
Itinerary: 17-day birding tours in South and Central Vietnam
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 tours in Cat Tien National Park
Day 3: (B L D) Full day birding tours in Cat Tien National Park
Day 4: (B L D) Morning birding tours 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 tours in Dalat
Day 6: (B L D) Full day birding tours in Dalat
Day 7: (B L D) Morning birding in Dalat and then drive to Buon Me Thuot city Daklak Province for night
Day 8: (B L D) Morning birding in Yok-don National park and then drive to Mang Den, Kom Tum Province for later birding tours
Day 9: (B L D) Full day birding tours in Mang Canh forest
Day 10: (B L D) Short morning birding in Mang Den and then drive to Tu-M-Rong
Day 11: (B L D) Full day birding tours in Ngoc Linh national park for in search Golden-winged Laughingthrush.
Day 12: (B L D) Morning birding tours in Ngoc Linh national park and then drive to Da Nang city for a night.
Day 13: (B L D) Drive 3.5 hours to Bach Ma national park for birding tours in the top of the mountain
Day 14: (B L D) Full day birding tours in Bach Ma National Park
Day 15: (B L D) Morning birding tours in Bach ma and then drive to Quang Tri province, Central Vietnam to get close Shamu pass and birding there
Day 16: (B L D) Morning birding tours in Shamu pass and then drive to Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and birding in the later afternoon
Day 17: (B L) Morning birding in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National park and leave the National park for a flight at Dong Hoi airport depend on you flight-time.
Including accommodation, bird guide, private car with driver, meals and entrance fee, jeeps. Providing birding spotting scope, bird book.
