Bird Watching Tour at Cuc Phuong National Park 3 Days

Bird Watching at Cuc Phuong National Park – 3 Days

Visited places: Hanoi, Cuc Phuong National Park
Tour Activity/Theme: National Park, Ecotourism, Bird

Let's join our on-site specialist birding tour guide to discover the avifauna of Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Vietnam on a birding tour for 3 days 2 nights.

Bird Watching Tour at Cuc Phuong National Park Overview

Cuc Phuong National Park includes multi-stratification primeval forest on limestone mountains and in valleys surrounded by limestone mountains. The park is among the richest national parks in the country in biodiversity.

Accommodation at the park headquarters is clean and with en-suite bathroom and basic facilities. All meals on the tour are included.

Please note that the species listed on the itinerary were those sighted on AdventureGreen’s inspection trips and not necessarily those to be sighted on your birding tours with us.

AdventureGreen can not guarantee the bird species which can be observed on your birding trips with us.

Bar-Bellied Pitta at Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam. Courtesy of Saibal Sen. Deep appreciation by AdventureGreen for allowing to use your spectacular photos.

Scaly-breasted Partridge (Tonkin Partridge) at Cuc Phuong. Courtesy of Saibal Sen. Deep appreciation by AdventureGreen for allowing to use your spectacular photos.

Notes on entrance fees to private bird hides:
- Please kindly know that on all our birding or birdwatching tours, fees to private bird hides are not included, the fees to the national parks are included.
- The fee/bird hide ranges from USD22/person to USD120/person, a surcharge for a solo traveller group may apply.

{Inclusions
English speaking guide for bird-watching at Cuc Phuong National Park;
Transportation as on the itinerary;
Accommodation as on the itinerary;
Meals as per itinerary: B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner;
Cuc Phuong National Park entrance fees during the guided times;}
{Exclusions
Insurance of any types;
Access to private bird hides (subject to change without prior notice): VND1,000,000/person/day for a bird hide in Da Lat; USD100/person/day for a bird hide at Di Linh, 1,000,000/person/day for a bird hide at Cat Tien National Park.
Drinks, laundry, phone bills or others not clearly mentioned as included.}

Detailed itinerary

Day1 Hanoi - Cuc Phuong National Park/Birding around the Park Headquarters (specialist tour guide at Cuc Phuong included) (L/D)

0800 Our driver picks you up from your hotel and we travel to Cuc Phuong National Park.
1100 Arrive at Cuc Phuong, have some refreshment and easy stroll around the national park head quarters.
1200 Lunch.
1300-1600 Bird-watching on a trail near the national park headquarters.
Overnight at Cuc Phuong.

Photography of butterflies at Cuc Phuong National Park

Day2 Cuc Phuong Full Day Birding (specialist tour guide included) (B/L/D)

Breakfast at the park.
Enjoy full day bird-watching.
We venture further into the jungle for our birding today. Bird species here include Grey Peacock-Pheasant, Tonkin Partridge (or scaly breasted partridge, endemic), Brown Hornbill, Bar-bellied and Blue-rumped and Eared Pitta, White-winged Magpie, Sultan Tit, Red-Vented Barbet, Limestone Wren-Babbler (Annam limestone babbler - endemic), Fujian Niltava, Pied Falconet, and Red Headed Trogon.
Overnight at Cuc Phuong.

Tips: As we make our way into the forest early, Malayan night herons (also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern) may be spotted on the roads.

Annam Limestone Wren-Babbler at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. Courtesy of Saibal Sen. Deep appreciation by AdventureGreen for allowing to use your spectacular photos.

A White-tailed Robin at Cuc Phuong National Park. Courtesy of Saibal Sen. Deep appreciation by AdventureGreen for allowing to use your spectacular photos. — A female White-tailed Robin at Cuc Phuong National Park. Courtesy of Saibal Sen. Deep appreciation by AdventureGreen for allowing to use your spectacular photos.

A Puff-Throated Babbler at Cuc Phuong National Park. Courtesy of Saibal Sen. Deep appreciation by AdventureGreen for allowing to use your spectacular photos.

A trail for birding deep in the dense forest of Cuc Phuong National Park

Male green peafowl at Cuc Phuong National Park

Day3 Cuc Phuong-Hanoi (with specialist guide for birding)/Depart Hanoi (B/L)

Breakfast at the park.
0800-1130 Have the whole morning birding on a small trail in the forest. Possible bird species spotted include Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl, Ruddy Kingfisher, Silver-breasted Broadbill and White-tailed Flycatcher.
1200 Lunch.
1300-1630 Transfer back to Hanoi.