One-Day Birding Tour from Ho Chi Minh City
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.
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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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 7-day Northern Vietnam expedition targets key endemic and regional species across Van Long, Cuc Phuong, and Tam Dao. Search for Delacour’s Langurs, Pittas, and Limestone Wren-Babbler through limestone karst, lowland forest, and montane habitats.
Explore Cambodia’s dry dipterocarp forests, wetlands and Tonle Sap landscapes for Giant and White-shouldered Ibises, Bengal Florican, Greater Adjutant and a rich assemblage of woodpeckers and open-forest birds.
This comprehensive 16-day birding and wildlife expedition journeys through the premier biodiversity hotspots of Southern and Central Vietnam, targeting a remarkable selection of regional endemics and rare avian species.
This 9-day birding tour explores Vietnam’s Central Highlands (Da Lat and Kon Tum plateaus), the hub of Vietnamese endemism such as the Collared, Golden-winged and Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush, and many more across Ngoc Linh, Mang Den, and Da Lat.
Vietnam offers a rare combination of lowland forests, montane plateaus, coastal mudflats, wetlands, limestone karst and northern mountains.
The Mekong Delta supports an exceptional mosaic of freshwater wetlands, seasonally flooded grasslands, cajuput forest, rice landscapes and coastal mudflats. It is especially important for waterbirds and migratory shorebirds, with key areas including Tram
Can Gio is the most accessible coastal birding area from Ho Chi Minh City and provides a useful introduction to southern Vietnam's mangroves, salt pans and intertidal birdlife. For specialist birders, the greatest value lies not in the planted mangrove...
Orange-necked Partridge, Bar-bellied and Blue-rumped Pitta, Black-and-buff, Pale-headed Woodpecker
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
Lo Xo Pass lies along the Ho Chi Minh Road between Da Nang and Kon Tum, close to the Lao border and the forests of the Kon Tum Plateau. The road passes through a mosaic of primary evergreen forest, secondary growth and scrub, giving birders access to...
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.