Douc & Bird Watching/Photogrpahy Tour - Son Tra (Da Nang) - Full Day
The Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) - the most beautiful Doucs - is the only Douc species recorded in all three countries of Indochina (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia). It is classified as Endangered by the IUCN. In Vietnam, the known distribution of this Douc ranges from Nghe An Province in the North to Gia Lai Province in the South. Son Tra Nature Reserve in Da Nang City contains the largest known population of Red-shanked Doucs in Vietnam.
If you are staying in Da Nang, or Hoi An City and want to see this beautiful Douc and other birds/butterflies/mammals/reptiles, and wonderful landscapes within a day, join us for our daily wild tour.
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- Start Đà Nẵng
- Finish Đà Nẵng
- Minimum number 2
- Maximum number 8
We start at 5:30 AM in Hoi An or 6h:00 in Da Nang City and then transport to Son Tra Nature Resure by private car. We have soft breakfast & coffee on the way.
- Morning: Walking on roads/trails to watch/photograph: Red-shanked Douc, Indochinese rhesus macaque (other birds/mammals: Squirrels, Sunbirds, Bubuls, Barbets, reen Pigeons, Doves, Cuckoos, Bee-eaters, etc.). Then we have lunch around 11:30 AM within the Nature Reserve
- Afternoon: After Lunch, we continue to watch/photograph Red-Shanked Douc on other roads/trails. Other birds include: Pipits, Prinias
- After finishing watching/photographing Doucs and Birds in Son Tra Mountain around 4:30 PM, we go back to Da Nang or Hoi An City. On the way, we can stop for some short birding in the grasslands, mudflats, and wetland near the Nature Reserve or Hoi An City for water birds, including Plovers, Sandpipers, Egrets, Stints, Terns, and Kingfishers.
Accommodation: drinks & snacks, nutrition pack
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The Red-shanked Douc is the main target. We also have a good change to watch/photograph of other birds and mammals, including:
- Indochinese rhesus macaque
- Northern pig-tailed macaque
- Crimson Sunbird
- Olive-backed Sunbird
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
- Bubuls (Stripe-throated Bulbul, Streak-eared Bulbul, Red-whiskered Bulbul)
- Green-eared Barbet
- Flycatchers (Taiga Flycatcher, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Hainan Blue Flycatcher
- Green Pigeons, Doves, Cuckoos, Bee-eaters, Drongos, Thrushes, Babblers, Pipits, Prinias, Plovers, Sandpipers, Egrets, Stints, Terns, Kingfishers.
The tour includes a private car, accommodations, tickets for entering the Nature Reserve, and a guide.
The tour also includes binoculars or telescopes (if required).
Weather: Due to the change in the elevation range from the button (20 meters) to the top of the mountain (700 meters), the temperatures vary between 18°C-30°C accordingly. We may encounter heavy froggy and colder temperatures near or on the top of the mountain.
Topography: Mountainous areas with north slopes being steeper than those of the south. The peak of Son Tra has a height of 696 m a.s.l. The land area below 200 m a.s.l. accounts for 57.96% of the Nature Reserve. There is a road system that allows access to both low and high areas of the Nature Reserve.
Local culture: The site is notable as a Natural Reserve and Tourism location to the nearby city. Linh Ung Pagoda, within the Son Tra, is the largest pagoda in Central Vietnam.
Best time to go: December - October
Reservation - Payment: A 20% (twenty percent) deposit is required to secure your reservation. Please contact us/our partners for more details.
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