Vietnam’s expert-led birding and wildlife tours are designed by Vietnamese ornithologists and field naturalists. Since 2005, Wildtour has created specialist birding, wildlife, photography and conservation-focused journeys across Vietnam and Indochina.
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Wildtour is designed for travellers who care about birds, habitats and meaningful field experiences. Our work combines tourism, biodiversity research and conservation action.
Guided by Vietnamese birders and naturalists with deep field experience.
Routes designed around target species, seasons, habitats and travel flow.
Trips connect visitors with real conservation stories and local landscapes.
Experienced planning across forests, wetlands, coasts and remote areas.
Start with a classic Vietnam birding route, add a short extension, or request a private custom itinerary based on your target species.
Short on time? Wildtour can arrange a full-day or morning birding trip from Ho Chi Minh City, selecting the most productive nearby habitat according to season, tide, weather and your target species.
Explore the evergreen forests of Bach Ma, one of Central Vietnam’s classic birding sites, for Crested Argus, partridges, hornbills, pittas, laughingthrushes, and other Annamite forest specialties. Private departures can start from Hue, Da Nang, or Hoi An.
This 5-day tour features a high-altitude cable car ascent to Fansipan for summit camping and target birding, seeking rare White-throated and Pale-throated Wren-babblers alongside diverse Himalayan specialties.
Explore Vietnam’s top three Endemic Bird Areas across 14 days, from the lowland forest to the montane plateau. Priority targets include Vietnamese endemics, Indochinese specialties, and sought-after pittas and laughingthrushes.
This 15-day tour explores Southern Vietnam and Cambodia, blending rich wildlife with cultural highlights. Discover Cat Tien, Tram Chim, and Siem Reap’s wetlands alongside iconic landmarks like Angkor Wat and Cu Chi.
Target elusive pittas across Tam Dao and Cuc Phuong national parks. Utilizing specialized feeding stations, this photography-focused tour offers unprecedented views of Blue-naped, Bar-bellied, and Blue-rumped Pittas alongside other rare forest specialties
Vietnam offers a rare combination of lowland forests, montane plateaus, coastal mudflats, wetlands, limestone karst and northern mountains.
The Da Lat Plateau is one of Vietnam's most important endemic-bird regions and a cornerstone of almost every serious birding itinerary in the country. High-elevation pine forest, montane evergreen forest, valleys and forest edge around Da Lat.
Phong Nha-Ke Bang combines spectacular limestone karst with extensive forest and is one of north-central Vietnam's most distinctive birding landscapes. The park lies within the Annamese Lowlands Endemic Bird Area and supports more than 200 recorded birds
Mang Den lies on the Kon Tum Plateau at around 1,200 m and combines a cool highland town with access to montane evergreen forest, especially around Mang Canh. The area has become one of central Vietnam's most important specialist birding destinations.
Cuc Phuong, Vietnam's oldest national park, protects extensive limestone forest about 135 km south-west of Hanoi. The forest has a distinctive karst character, with mature trees, caves, steep limestone terrain and a rich flora.
Tam Dao National Park is a convenient montane birding site close to Hanoi, with lowland evergreen forest on the lower slopes and cooler montane forest at higher elevations. Its accessibility makes it a useful first or final stop on a northern Vietnam bird
Sa Mu Pass is a little-known birding area in north-western Quang Tri Province, within Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve and close to the Lao border. Its lowland and mid-montane evergreen forests form part of the Annamese Lowlands.
Tell us your travel dates, target birds, group size and preferred pace. Wildtour will help design a realistic and rewarding itinerary.