Category

Long birding tours

Destinations

Vietnam - Cambodia

Duration

17 days

Hotel

Wildtour standard

Price

4,340USD

This tour is designed for those who has been birded in Vietnam and Southeast Asia once or several times but missed some key/endemic species or has not visited the sites for such targets. The guests can request more species base on available at the sites in this itinerary, there are also other many easy species we might encounter throughout the tour.

Itinerary

Cambodia

Day 1 – April 4: Arrival in Siem Reap airport

Overnight in Siem Reap city

Day 2 – April 5: Kampong Thom (Florican grassland) in the morning then drive to Tmatbouy village

Overnight at Tmatbouy Ecolodge

Targets: Bengal Florican, Manchurian Reed Warbler, Lanceolated Warbler, Chinese Grassbird

Day 3 – April 6: Tmatbouy

Targets: White Shoulered Ibis, Giant Ibis, Rufous-winged Buzzard, Spotted Wood Owl

Day 4 – April 7: Tmatbouy to Kratie

Targets: Mekong Wagtail, Small Pranticole

Day 5 – April 8: Kratie then drive to Phnom Penh for Cambodian Tailorbird in the afternoon. Tour ends in the evening

Overnight in Phnom Penh city

Vietnam

Those who do Cambodia part above will take flight from Phnom Penh – Sai Gon via VN3852 departure at 06:50, ETA 07:50 on April 9 to join Vietnam Trip

Day 1 – April 9: Arriving HCM city, drive to Cat Tien national park.

Day 2 – April 10: Cat Tien national park

Targets: Orange-necked Partridge, Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Bar-bellied Pitta, Blue-rumped Pitta

Day 3 – April 11: Cat Tien national park then drive to HCM city for evening flight to Pleiku

Day 4 - April 12: Mang Den

Day 5 – April 13: Mang Den

Targets: Bar-backed Partridge, Hodgson’s Hawk Cuckoo, Indochinese Green Magpie, Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler, Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush

Day 6 – April 14: Mang Den to Ngoc Linh

Day 7 – April 15: Ngoc Linh

Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler, Golden-winged Laughingthrush, Red-tailed Laughingthrush, Black-crowned Barwing, Indochinese Fulvetta, Pygmy Flycatcher

Day 8 – April 16: Ngoc Linh to Da Nang

Day 9 – April 17: Da Nang to Khe Sanh (Sa Mu)

Targets: Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush, Indochinese Green Magpie, Moustached Barbet

Day 10 – April 18: Sa Mu pass to Phong Nha national park

Day 11 – April 19: Phong Nha national park

Targets: Sooty Babbler, Limestone Leaf-warbler, White-winged Magpie

Day 12 – April 20: Phong Nha to Ninh Binh

Day 13 – April 21: Cuc Phuong national park

Day 14 – April 22: Cuc Phuong

Targets: Red-collared Woodpecker, White-winged Magpie, Limestone Wren Babbler

Day 15 – April 23: Cuc Phuong to Tam Dao

Day 16 – April 24: Tam Dao

Targets: Chestnut Bulbul, Grey Laughingthrush, Short-tailed Parrotbill

- Accommodation base on sharing 2 person/room, hotels are listed in itinerary

- All meals and drinking water mentioned

- Transportation by minibus/private car

- Domestic airfares incur

- Experienced bird guide and local guides

- Entrance tickets to all sites

- Local transfer by boat, jeep, truck…

Price is NOT including international airfare, personal items and optional tipping to

driver and guides.