Birds and Cultures in Mekong delta - Tram Chim Nat'l Park
- Category
- Short birding tours
- Destinations
- Tram Chim national park
- Duration
- 3 days
- Hotel
- 2 star
- Price
- 350 - 620 USD/person
Day 1. Option 1 (including cultural interests & sight-seeing)
Hotel pickup in the morning, drive to Cai Be, then Tien Giang for a boat trip on the Mekong River. Sightseeing in the floating market, fruit garden and a coconut candy factory. Later we will drive to Xeo Quyet historical tourist site, where we will bird and and see the sights.
Lunch at Xeo Quyet.
Afternoon drive to Tram Chim National Park, then birding along the Park's boundary/dikes.
Overnight at Wildbird hotel.
Day 1. Option 2 (full-time birding)
Pickup at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, drive to Tan Thanh beach in Go Cong for Spoon-billed Sandpiper (see also SbS tour)
Later, drive to Tram Chim national park and stay overnight at Wildbird hotel.
Day 2. Full-day birding in Tram Chim National Park, we will take a boat trip along river channels to Zone A1 to look for many waterbirds including Purple Swarmphen, Brozne-winged & Pheasant-tailed Jacanas, Spot-billed Duck, Egrets, Herons, Bitterns, Kingfishers, and some waders. The songbirds that we should see are Grassbird (Striated Warbler), several different Reed-warblers (Black-browed, Oriental), Asian Golden Weaver, Baya Weaver, White-headed Munia, Golden-bellied Gerygone, Pied Fantail and others.
Overnight at Wildbird hotel.
Day 3. Morning birding then We leave Tram Chim after lunch to drive back to Ho Chi Minh city; we might visit Cao Dai temple if there is interest in doing so.
Price
Group size | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-10 |
USD/pax | 620 | 480 | 450 | 390 | 376 | 350 |
Including: accommodation, bird guide, private car with driver, boat trips, meals and entrance fees. Also provided: birding spotting scope and bird ID manual.
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- Special offer by Wildbird hotel
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- North Vietnam (birding tour from Ha Noi)
- Birding tour from Ha Noi
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- Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Waders in Go Cong
- One day birding tour around Ho Chi Minh city
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- Birding near Ho Chi Minh city - Can Gio mangrove and beach
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- Tan Phu - Orange-necked Partridge
- Cat Tien & Da Lat
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