Category

Short birding tours

Destinations

Da Lat area and Bidoup Nui Ba national park

Duration

4 days

Hotel

4-star

Price

300 - 840 USD

This four-day birding itinerary is typical for our comprehensive explorations of the plateau's avifauna. We will visit all key spots, including Ta Nung, Langbian Mt. or Cong Troi Mt., and the forest surround Tuyen Lam lake. We also have a chance to visit the Giang Ly trail inside Bidoup National Park to see the Indochinese Fulvetta.

This tour starts from Da Lat but we can arrange transportation if you would prefer to pick from other cities such as Ho Chi Minh city, Nha Trang, Phan Rang or Phan Thiet.

Detailed itinerary:

Day 1. (L, D) Pick up from airport (on your arrival) or from hotel in the early morning then go birding rest of the day.

Overnight at Monet Garden resort (4-star hotel) for 3 nights.

Day 2 & Day 3. (B, L, D) Da Lat Plateau Endemic Bird Area

Two full days exploring Da Lat Plateau. We first visit Ta Nung, a small private evergreen forest which is the most accessible site for the rare and endemic Grey-crowned Crocias. Other notable endemics such as Orange-breasted and Black-hooded Laughingthrushes, Vietnamese Cutia and Vietnamese Greenfinch may also be found here. Our second visit is to Langbian Mountain, a high peak (2,169 m asl). This forest supports the most sought-after species, the beautiful and skulking endemic Collared Laughingthrush. The Black-crowned Fulvetta (split from Rufous-winged Fulvetta) is also a common endemic among other targets: Wintering Mugimaki Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Nuthatch, Yellow-cheeked Tit, Grey-crowned Tit (Black-throated Tit) and Vietnamese Cutia.

Day 4. (B, L) Da Lat - Di Linh. Birding for finalization to see what we need, we will flexible to choose which sites to visit on this day depending our targets.

Tour conclusions in the afternoon

Price

Single supplement: $US 180

More infomation:

+ Da Lat birding sites

+ List of the birds of Da Lat plateau