April 10th – Arrival to Ho Chi Minh City, transfer to the 4-star Grand Plaza Saigon.  For those arriving early there is a city park within walking distance where we can find a few of the common birds. 

April 11th – After breakfast, we will have a 3.5-hour transfer to Tan Phu near Nam Cat Tien National Park.  Our first afternoon we will be In the Pitta hide where we have a good chance to photograph both the Bar-bellied Pitta and the Blue-rumped Pitta.  A nice hotel in Tan Phu. 

April 12th-14th – We will have 3 full days photographing at hides and taking trips into the park.  Our targets at the hides include Bar-bellied & Blue-rumped Pittas, Siamese Fireback, Orange-necked Partridge, Grey-faced Tit Babbler, Germain’s Peacock Pheasant, Indochinese Green Magpie, Abbott’s, Puff-throated, Puff-breasted Babblers, Indochinese & Hainan Blue Flycatchers, Silver-breasted Broadbills.  Likely mammals include the endangered Yellow-cheeked Gibbon and Black-shanked Douc Langur.  Other mammals such as Civet and Yellow-throated Marten as well as 3 species of deer are possible.  In the evenings we will do some spot lighting which can yield Spot-bellied Eagle Owl, Oriental Bay Owl, Collared & Oriental Scope Owl and rare Pygmy Loris.  A nice lodge outside the park.

April 15th – We have one more morning at Nam Cat Tien, where we will also be on the lookout for birds such as Banded Kingfisher, Black and Red Broadbill and Orange-breasted Trogon.  Then we check out and head to the scenically beautiful Di Linh area.  Here we will be staying at the beautiful Ivory Falls Villa.    

April 16th – We have a full day of bird photography at Di Linh.  Some of our targets here include Brown Bullfinch, Black-headed Parrotbill and Silver-breasted Broadbill.  In the evening, we return to the Ivory Falls Villa.  

April 17th – We have another morning of bird photography in Di Linh then we check out and head to the DaLat Plateau.  The DaLat Plateau is an endemic bird area with a network of bird photography blinds which allow us to get close images of rare species such as the Collared and Orange-breasted Laughingthrushes.  A nice hotel in DeLat

April 18th-20th – We will have 3 full days of mostly hide photography.  Likely species include Collared, White-cheeked, Black-hooded, Orang-breasted Laughingthrushes, Blue & Rusty-naped Pittas, Siberian Thrush, Spotted Forktail, Gray-bellied Tesia, Lesser Shortwing, Large Niltava, White-tailed Robin, Red-billed Scimitar Babler, Orange-headed Thrush, Mountain Fulvetta, Verditer Flycatcher, Snowy-browned Flycatcher, Vietnamese Greenfinch, , Vietnamese Red Crossbill, Dalat Bush Warbler, Indochinese Wren Babbler and, Black-crowned Fulvetta.  Outside of the blinds are targets include Annam Sunbird, Annam Barbet and Vietnamese Cutia.  A nice hotel which is located very near some of the blinds. 

April 21st – One more morning of bird photography, then we will take a flight from Dalat back to Ho Chi Minh City, transfer to the Grand Plaza Saigon. 

April 22nd – Transfer to the airport for your flight home