5 days birding and photography for endemic and specialities birds in Cat Tien National park, Di Linh forest and Dong Nai Nature reserve

Discover Vietnam’s rich biodiversity on this 5-day bird-watching and wildlife adventure. Explore Dong Nai Nature Reserve, home to pittas, kingfishers, and babblers. Continue to Cat Tien National Park for peacock-pheasants, partridges, broadbills, and thrilling night spotlighting. Enjoy Gibbon photography sessions and spot rare species along the forest trails. The journey ends at Di Linh Plateau, where colourful sunbirds, green magpies, and wren-babblers await in the coffee forests. Ideal for birders and nature photographers seeking unforgettable encounters with Vietnam’s exotic birdlife and wildlife in pristine habitats.

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Description

Tour dayDestinationTargetsPlanAccommodation
1Dong Nai Nature Reserve2 bird-hide: Blue-rumped Pitta, Silver-breasted Broadbill, Banded Kingfisher, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Laced Woodpecker, Common Flameback... more we can see 4 species of babblers, 2 species of sunbirds, drongos (White-faced, Ashy, Greater Racket-tailed).

Afternoon for the hide: Siamese Fireback, White-faced Drongo, Racket-tailed Treepie, Greater Racket-tailed Treepie, Indochinese Blue Flycatcher, Indochinese (Scaly-crowned) Babbler; Buff-throated, Puff-breasted, Abbott's Babbler; Striped-throated Bulbul, Ochraceous Bulbul, Black-crested Bulbul...
* Pick you up at the hotel in HCM City, 5:20 am.
* Arrival to Dong Nai NR about 7:00 am for breakfast, then visit 2 hides.
* 16:00 pm: transport to Cat Tien NP, arrive after 2.5 hours.
Green Bamboo
2Cat Tien NP2 bird-hides for: Bar-bellied Pitta, Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Scaly-breasted Partridge, Orange-necked Partridge, White-rumped Shama, White-crested Laughingthrush, Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush...

Other birds on trails: Black and Red Broadbill, Green-eared Barbet, Lineated Barbet, Blue-eared Barbet, Black-hooded Oriole, Blue-bearded Bee-eater, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater…

Night spotlight: Brown Hawk-owl, Collared Scops Owl, Asian Barred Owlet...
* 6:00 am bird-hide in Cat Tien NP, 9:30 am birds on trails.
* Afternoon trails.
* Night spotlight.
Green Bamboo
3Cat Tien NPMorning bird-watching on trails: Black-hooded Oriole, Orange-breasted Trogon, Indochinese Cuckoo-shrike, Grey-faced Tit-babbler, Pin-striped Tit-Babbler, Blue-winged Leafbird, Golden-fronted Leafbird, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Van Hasselt's Sunbird, Grey-breasted Prinia, Violet Cuckoo, Great Iora, Common Iora, Large Woodshrike...

- Gibbon photography time.
- Afternoon birding on trails.
Full day for wildlife.Green Bamboo
4Cat Tien NP - Di Linh townSafari car trip to grassland for wildlife: Sambar Deer, Green Peafowl, pigeons and doves, Red-wattled Lapwing, Woolly-necked Stork, Chinese Pond-heron, Egrets, Oriole, Indochinese Roller...

Leave Cat Tien NP about 10 am; transport to Di Linh town, check-in.

Birding at Di Linh: Burmese Shrike, White-throated Kingfisher, Black Bulbul, Plaintive Cuckoo, Sooty-headed Bulbul, White-vented Myna, Black-collared Starling, Vinous-breasted Starling...
* Morning 6:00 am safari car to grassland for birding.
* Birding Di Linh in the afternoon.
Di Linh town hotel - Xanh Resort
5Di Linh townMorning hide: Blue Pitta, Orange-necked Partridge, Indochinese Green Magpie, Puff-throated Bulbul, Blue Whistling Thrush, Annam Streaked Wren-babbler.

Trail in forest and coffee farm: Red-vented Barbet, Ashy Drongo, Langbian Tit, Annam Prinia...
* Morning from 6:00 am, birding to 11:30 am, then return to HCMC (4.5 hours), arrive ~18:00 pm.
* OR birding full day in Di Linh then drop to Dalat city about 18:00 pm.
Your hotel in HCMC or Dalat city