5 days birding and photography for endemic and specialities birds in Cat Tien National park, Di Linh forest and Dong Nai Nature reserve
Itinerary
| Tour day | Destination | Targets | Plan | Accommodation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dong Nai Nature Reserve | 2 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 |
| 2 | Cat Tien NP | 2 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 |
| 3 | Cat Tien NP | Morning 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. |
Full day for wildlife. | Green Bamboo |
| 4 | Cat Tien NP – Di Linh town | Safari 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 |
| 5 | Di Linh town | Morning 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 |
Included
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