ACCOMMODATION
Cat Tien National Park :
- Best hotel : Forest Floor Lodge (inside NP) , Cat Tien Jungle Lodge (outside NP)
- Standard : Cat tien NP guess house (inside NP) : nice room with Air condition, Hot Water, Wifi, nice landcape ; Cat tien side hotel ; Green Bamboo Lodge, Green Hope Lodge, Forest Call Lodge…
Di Linh : Small town but the guesshouse in there is good, some hotel list :
- Best hotel : Silver Ivory Fall Resort (old name : Juliet resort)
- Standard hotel : Bao Phu Hotel, Thuy Duong Hotel
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Free : Fresh water all time.
ITINERARY
With this program, some nice picture of endemic and specialties of Cat tien National park and Di linh Plateau (Deo Nui San pass) : Bar-bellied Pitta, Blue Pitta, Blue-rumped Pitta, Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Black-hooded Laughingthrush, Indochinese Green magpie, Black and Red Broadbill, Silver breasted Broadbill, Long-tailed Broadbill…
Cat Tien National Park and Di Linh Plateau are only 90km apart but have completely different geographical and climate. Cat Tien National Park is only higher than sea level not more than 300m, but Di Linh Plateau has an average elevation from 800m to 1000m above sea level. This makes a difference of the two-region bird system, a typical bird system for hot and humid tropical broadleaf forests and dipterocarp forests in lowland areas such as Cat Tien. Another bird system is a tropical rainforest, with a cold climate and broad and coniferous trees interspersed like in Di Linh.
Day 1: Pick up at the airport or your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city. Driving to Cat Tien National Park (4 hours)
- Target birds: Bar-bellied Pitta
- Other birds: : Black and Red Broadbill, Dusky Broadbill, Banded Broadbill, Blue-bearded Bee-eater, Banded Kingfisher, Pied HorbillBlue-winged leafbird, Chestnut-fronted leafbird, Yellow-vented Flowerpecker, Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird…
Day 2: Full-day birding at Cat Tien National Park.
- Target birds: Blue-rumped Pitta.
- Other birds: Scaly-breasted Patridge, White-rumped Shama, Hainan Blue Flycatcher, Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher, Abbott’s Babbler, Puff-throated Babbler, Buff-breasted Babbler
Day 3: Morning birding at Cat Tien National Park. Afternoon driving to Di Linh town (3 hours)
- Target birds: Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Siamese Fireback.
- Other birds: Scaly-breasted Patridge, White-rumped Shama, Hainan Blue Flycatcher, Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher, Abbott’s Babbler, Puff-throated Babbler, Buff-breasted Babbler, Stripe-throated Bulbul, Grey-eyed Bulbul, Black-crested Bulbul,…
Day 4: Full-day birding at Nui San Pass (near Di Linh town)
- Target birds: Indochinese Green-magpie, Black-headed Parrotbill, Silver-breasted Broadbill.
- Other birds: White-throated Rock-thrush, Siberian Thrush, Blue-throated Blue-flycatcher, Streak-wren Babbler, Orange-headed Thrush, Buff-breasted Babbler, Grey-throated Babbler, Puff-throated Bulbul, Ashy Bulbul, White-bellied Erpornis,…
Day 5: Full-morning birding at Nui San Pass
- Target birds: Blue Pitta, Blue-rumped Pitta
- Other birds: White-browed Scimitar-babbler, Siberian Blue Robin, Blue-throated Blue-flycatcher, Streak-wren Babbler, Orange-headed Thrush, Buff-breasted Babbler,…
Afternoon driving back to Ho Chi Minh city or Dalat city. End trip!
