1 day for Bird watching in around Ho Chi Minh City for more than 50 bird species

1 day for Bird watching in around Ho Chi Minh City for more than 50 bird species.

This tour is only “1 day” around Ho Chi Minh City, If you have no time to go far away, Why you don’t try to bird in near the Big City?

1 day for Bird watching in around Ho Chi Minh City for more than 50 bird species

Itinerary

Early morning will pick you up, then move to Can Gio mangrove forest, an Island district of Hochiminh city that has good habitat for birds: Grass, bush, mangrove, beach, and salt farm too.

Only in the morning time, you can see about 30 bird species with Easy to move, Easy to see, and enjoy another part of the bustling City.

Chinese Egret in Can Gio Beach.

Target: Golden-bellied Gerygone, Ashy tailorbird, Laced Woodpecker, Collared Kingfisher, Cinereous Tit, Little Green Bee-eater, Cinnamon Bittern, Greater Coucal, Plaintive Cuckoo, Yellow-vented Bulbul, Streak-eared Bulbul, Little Egret, Great Egret, Chinese Egret, Javan Pond Heron, Yellow Bittern, Striated heron, Purple heron, Grey heron, White-breasted Waterhen, Common moorhen, Baya Weaver, Asian Golden Weaver, Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia, Great Myna, Vinous-breasted Myna, Mangrove whistler, …

Little Tern in Can Gio

Depending on the time, if your trip is from Nov to Feb, you can see more migratory shorebirds: Caspian tern, Gull-billed Tern, Black-naped Tern, Common tern, Little tern, Whiskered Tern, Grey plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Greater Sand-plover, Lesser Sand-plover, White-faced Plover, Malayan plover, Kentish plover, Great Knot, Nordmann’s Greenshank, Common Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Eurasian Curlew, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew sandpiper, Red-necked Stint….

Collared Kingfisher in mangrove forest – Can Gio

it will be a very busy day of bird watching, you won’t get a lunch break, because at that time also many birds come to the salt fields to rest and feed

Great Knot and Terns in Can Gio Beach

Mud-keeper at Can Gio mangrove forest

You may have another option, don’t spend too much time with seabirds and migratory birds, we will return to HCM city center after lunch, and spend the afternoon in small parks where we can observe many beautiful birds in nature: Red-breasted Parakeet, White-crested Laughingthrush, Coppersmith Barbet, Black-naped Oriole, White-throated Kingfisher, Common Kingfisher, Black-browed reed-warbler, Oriental reed-warbler, …

Black-napped Oriole – Greenpark at Hochiminh city center.

The tour includes all services: Bird-guide, private car travel (about 200km in a day), breakfast and lunch with a menu of famous Vietnamese dishes with unique flavors: pho, bread…; local fruit; Drinks, and nice Vietnam coffee…

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