Birdwatching & Photography Tour – Best of Northern Vietnam (4 Days)

Bird Hide Tour – Best of Northern Vietnam (6-Days) is especially focused on Pittas and Specialties of Northern Vietnam. We will spend 90% of time at bird hides giving you the opportunity for excellent photos. We only spend 10% of time trying our luck on birding trails, we will walk to look for birds that do not come to feeders like parottbills, bulbuls, sunbirds and many more classic tropical species.

Best group size: 6
Start: Hanoi
Finish: Hanoi
Destinations: Hanoi – Cuc Phuong National Park – Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park – Hanoi

Categories: Travel services, Photography Tours

Day 1: Hanoi Capital – Cuc Phuong National Park

Welcome to VIETNAM WILDLIFE TOURS We’ll meet and welcome by Noi Bai airport or your hotel in Hanoi. You will be transferred to Cuc Phuong National Park. We will arrive in time for some initial exploration this wonderful park and have a welcome dinner in the evening. Night at Cuc Phuong.

Day 2: Cuc Phuong National Park

We will have two full days to explore this beautiful, unique and fascinating park. We will spend most of time at bird hides, our main photographic targets will be the stunning Bar-bellied Pitta, Blue-rumped Pitta and Tonkin Partridge. If time permits we will try our luck on some other beautiful species on birding trails such as “Greyish Limestone-babbler” and “Fork-tailed Sunbird”. Night at Cuc Phuong.

Expectd birds in Cuc Phuong Bird Hides: Bar-bellied Pitta (Near Endemic), Blue-rumped Pitta (Near Endemic), Tonkin Partridge (Endemic – Subspecies), Rufous-throated Fulvetta, Siberian Thrush, Orange-headed Thrush, Japanese Thrush, White-tailed Flycatcher, Fujian Niltava, Rufous-tailed Robin,…and more.

Expected birds on Cuc Phuong Birding Trails: Pied Falconet, Sultan Tit, Greyish Limestone-babbler, Fork-tailed Sunbird, bulbuls, flycatchers, warblers,…and more.

Day 3: Cuc Phuong National Park – Xuan Thuy National Park

After an early morning birding at Cuc Phuong National Park, we will drive to Xuan Thuy National Park where is three large islands and extensive intertidal mudflats aquaculture . Over wintering waterbirds at there can include such rarities as Black-faced Spoonbill, Chinese Egret, Far Eastern Curlew, Black-tail Godwit, Asian Dowitcher, Spotted Greenshank. Night at Song Vang Hotel

Day 4: Xuan Thuy National Park – Ha Noi

We will have half day birdwatching at Xuan Thuy before going to Ha Noi or Noi Bai airport .

KEY SPECIES LIST

Below is a list of species that we will target on this tour – It is not an exhaustive list of species that we will look for but these are the main highlights due to them being rare, restricted ranges or the birds found only in Vietnam and some species may be more easily seen in other countries. Of course we cannot guarantee that we will see all of these birds, but we have a good chance of finding most of them based on the experience of previous tours by VIETNAM WILDLIFE TOURS.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Leeches do occur in some of the reserves and encountering them really depends on how much recent rain there has been. If you do have leach socks, it might therefore be a good idea to bring them along.
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TOUR INFORMATION

Physical difficulty: Mostly easy walking along tracks, roads, and trails, but there will be a few inclined sections in the mountains.

Habitats Covered: Broadleaved evergreen forest, Evergreen forest, Secondary forest, Dry dipterocarp forest, Wetland, Rice field, Mountain forest, Pine forest, Bamboo forest, Shoreline.

Accommodation: Comfortable hotel and Guesthouse at the Parks. All accommodations have hot water, free Wi-Fi and most have air-conditioning.

Climate: Temperatures typically vary between 20°C-25°C (68-77°F). At higher altitudes we may encounter some small rain at times and colder temperatures 10°C- 20°C (50-68°F).