Discover the ultimate birding adventure across Vietnam and Cambodia. Target endemics, regional specialties, and wintering species, including the critically endangered Giant Ibis across pristine lowland forests, unique dipterocarp plains, and rich wetlands
Vietnam is one of the most beautiful, friendly and fascinating countries in Asia and an early season visit there finds the country at its best, the climate mostly cool, dry and enjoyable, the winter birds still in and the resident ones gearing up for breeding. Vietnam hosts, according to your splitting beliefs, no less than 14 true endemic species (and this number continues to increase as further work is done and new discoveries made), a further 30 or so restricted to Indochina and a number of very interesting and distinct subspecies, several of which are destined to be future splits. A large range of Southeast Asian species of wider distribution and a host of birds wintering from further north add to the richness of this destination.
Cambodia on the other hand is covered more deciduous dipterocarp forests that once spread across much of Indochina and Thailand were formerly home to the greatest aggregation of large mammals and water birds that have existed beyond the savannas of Africa. These forests have largely disappeared from Thailand and Vietnam; currently, the Northern and Eastern Plains of Cambodia form the largest remaining contiguous block of this unique and critically important habitat.
Our unique and comprehensive itinerary, covering the best sites from south to north of Vietnam, seeks out all but a few inaccessible endemic birds and several of the mammals. Visiting several sites in Cambodia, we have a lot of chances to see both rarest ibises (White-shouldered and Giant), as well as Bengal Florican and Greater Adjutant. We shall do better of these countries in a way that very few westerners have ever enjoyed.
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Tour price: USD 5,950/pax
Productive 1–4 day trips from major gateways such as Ho Chi Minh City.
Private itineraries built around your dates, targets and travel style.
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