Wildlife Wonders of Vietnam

Depart pre-dawn from Ho Chi Minh City and head to Cát Tiên National Park. Over the next 4 days,
we’ll hope to photograph Long-tailed Macaque, Northern Pig-tailed Macaque, Southern Yellow-cheeked
Gibbon, Black-shanked Douc Langur, Annamese Langur, and Southern Pygmy Slow Loris — a remarkable
total of six primates, four of which are critically endangered or rare endemics. We’ll also target various key species of birds and herps here, including Black-and-red Broadbill, Siamese Fireback, Bar-bellied Pitta, Blue-rumped Pitta, Great Eared Nightjar, Ruby-eyed Pit Viper, Cát Tiên Bent-toed Gecko, Vietnamese
Bug-eyed Frog, Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Green Peafowl and much more.

After a quick roadside breakfast, arrive at the park and head to the lowland forest to spot birds. Lunch at the park. At dusk, we’ll head to the Dong Nai River for more birding. We will go out for herping post dinner.

Start the day early to spot the Yellow-cheeked Gibbon. We then spend the day photographing various mammals and birds. In the evening, we’ll take a jeep spotlighting safari.

We will start day early and head to Bàu Sấu (Crocodile Lake), a key hotspot for primates and birds.
After a lakeside lunch, we hike back in the early afternoon. In the evening, we’ll transfer to the northern
section of the park spotlighting enroute for owls, frogs, herps, and nightjars.

On our last day at Cát Tiên National Park, we target any missed key species. We will go spotlighting in
the evening.

We will head out to Ho Chi Minh City post breakfast to fly to Da Nang. Check in to the hotel and go out for herping post dinner.

A day dedicated to observing and photographing the critically endangered Red-shanked Douc Langur, regarded as one of the most beautiful primates in the world. In the late afternoon we transfer to Tam Mỹ, on the way we’ll stop at coastal wetlands.

Post breakfast, we will head out to look for the Grey-shanked Douc Langur, one of the rarest and most difficult Douc Langur species to spot. They are protected by GreenViet, a local conservation group, and patrolled by local rangers and community. We’ll spend all day here on the trail of this spectacular species. In the late afternoon, we’ll return to Da Nang.

Start the day early and head to the Thu Bồn River for birding, where we expect to see over 50 species
of birds. After a traditional Hoi An breakfast, we head to the Bạch Mã National Park. It will be a day of forest trail, where we target Brown Hornbill, White-winged Magpie, and the endemic Bach Ma Southeast Asian
Tarantula. We then continue up to the summit, checking into private villas. After dinner, we head out on a
night trail.

Our final morning will begin by searching for the Northern Yellow-cheeked Gibbon, alongside Bạch Mã specialist birds. On the way back to Da Nang, we’ll visit Hai Van Pass for a final primate photography session with Red-shanked Douc Langur and spectacular ocean views. Tour ends with transfer to airport.