Nguyen Hoai Bao teaches a course in ornithology at Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh city. Bao is also core instructor of Wetland University Network in the Mekong Region, and he has taught about Wetland Bird Ecology at many training courses in Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Bao has more than 15 years experience working in wildlife conservation, and he has collaborated as a Vietnamese bird expert for Birdlife International, WWF, WCS, IUCN and International Crane Foundation to study bird ecology and status in Southeast Asia. Bao became interested in birds when he was a little boy and has been a professional birding guide since 1998. Bao has traveled to bird and lead birding trips around the World, including the United States, Europe, Australia, China and most countries in Southeast Asia. He has developed our birdwatching app, "Vietnam Bird Guide". He has published sevaral Bird Books in Vietnamese language and co-author of the book "Field Guide to the Waterbirds of ASEAN"

Quang is a full-time birding guide at Wildtour: He is a very experienced birder, expert in identification, and has excellent eyes and also solid skills in wildlife photography. Quang is Bao's former student, and he earned a Biology Bachelor's degree, majoring in ecology in 2009. Quang worked for the Center for Biology and Development (CBD) and also collaborated with Wildtour as a birding guide for a couple years since he finished his thesis researching bird ecology. He has been conducting research projects on birds ecology and conservation in Vietnam. Quang is probably the most experienced birding guide in Vietnam, he has guided many "big groups", he also has traveled to bird and lead birding trips to West Paupua, Tawain and Cambodia. Every year, Quang guides a BirdQuest tour group in March, so he will be not available for other tours during this period.

Thang is another of Bao's former university students; he has finished his Bachelor's degree in Biology at the University of Science in 2012 and also has earned a tour guide license at the same time. He participated in the Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Shorebirds survey in Mekong Delta for his graduate thesis research. Thang worked full-time job for Wildtour as a trainee for 3 years before becoming a professional birding guide. He is very good in taking care of birders, is very enthusiastic and is an outstanding wildlife photographer. Apart from experienced guiding within Vietnam, Thang is also leading tours to Malaysia, Cambodia, West Paupua and China.

Le Khac Quyet is one of the leading field biologists in Vietnam and is pleased to be a member of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group. He is best known for his work on the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus), one of the most endangered primates in the world. His accomplishments include confirming the presence of this species in the Khau Ca and Tung Ba regions of Ha Giang Province. Quyet has extensive field experience across Vietnam, and in addition to working on primates, he has co-authored papers naming three new snake species. Quyet has earned PhD Degree from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2014 and then he joined our group as a primatology/mammalogy expert. He is an extremely talented photographer and enjoys using beautiful nature photos to inspire others to be interested in conservation.

Trong has earned a Bachelor's Degree in Tourism and began to work with Cat Tien National Park's ecotourism sector in 2002. He is the most experienced birding guide working for the Park. He also has traveled for birding throughout Vietnam with Wildtour to gain more knowledge before working full-time with us. With more than 15 years working as a birding guide, Trong is now an expert and very keen to help people to seek out and view endemic birds and rare species.

Nguyet is a microbiologist, but she is interested in tourism and, thus, has taken a training course for professional tourism management at Saigon Tourism School. Nguyet manages and and performs all tour arrangements and reservations. She also enjoys birding and is sometimes out with one of our tour groups for a few days.

A native of Cuc Phuong National Park, Tien has worked as a tour guide for Ecotourism & Environmental Education Center of Cuc Phuong National Park for 17 years. Tien guided many bird-watching and wildlife tours in Vietnam before joining our Wildtour team scince 2012.

Since retiring in Nha Trang in 2015, Jim has travelled extensively throughout the Central Highlands of Vietnam as well as South East Asia following his passion of bird photography. His interest in birds began at an early age in Australia and has photographed many specie there. This year (2018) he has followed his passion to Peru, China and recently to Papua. He is always prepared to share his knowledge freely and his experiences. Jim has contributed a number of images to our Bird Apps, see his gallery 

Thanh is a mechanical engineer however his passion is birdwatching, starting in 2009 he has followed Mr. Bui Duc Tien to learn about birdwatch and wildlife photography and then joined Wildtour team as a professional bird guide since 2013, he is expert in the northern part including Cuc Phuong, Tam Dao, Xuan Thuy national parks and Sa Pa . Thanh is also a good and careful driver.

Hieu has a Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology; however, his passion is software development. Hieu also has been trained at College of Developer in International Programmer, Aptech. Hieu is working at Wildtour as a webmaster and smartphone apps developer. Together with our birding experts, he first built our “Vietnam Bird Guide” for iOS platforms and now has finished working on a version of this app for Android and Windows phones.