Cat Tien National Park

3 days

Duration

9/10

physicality

Saigon

location

2, 3, 4, 5, 6

group-size

Year-round

dates

Cat Tien National Park is one of six biosphere reserves recognized by UNESCO in Vietnam. Here you can find one of only two Ramsar wetland areas in Vietnam.

ARRIVAL LOCATION

Sai Gon

DEPARTURE LOCATION

Sai Gon

INCLUDED

Accommodations	Private transfers
Professional guide	Meals (B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner)
Boat cruises	Entrance fees

NOT INCLUDED

Internal and external flights

Personal expenses

Visa fee

Travel insurance

The Park is home to a large verity of beautiful birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects. Visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy the amazingly rich biodiversity of a tropical rainforest that seethe with life when you venture into its bosom. There is also a small community of ethnic minority people from Stieng, Tay & Ma tribe living in the surrounding boundaries of the Park. Cat Tien National Park also holds a reserve for Vietnam’s natural plant & animal gene pool where rare and endemic fauna & flora is preserved within the park’s landmass of 71.920 hectors. Its unique terrain, climate and the ability to accommodate up to five different types of forests are factors that have made Cat Tien National Park the home to a diverse range of plants and animal species. The Park links the South Truong Son Highland with the south delta land range to form this special ecosystem.

Day 1: Sai Gon - Cat Tien National Park - Crocodile Lake (L, D)

Our guide and drive will meet you at your hotel at 7:00am to take a 170km excursion to Nam Cat Tien National Park located on the other side of Dong Nai River. Arrival at Park Headquarters, you will have lunch before driving through a 9km green forest plus a 5km hike to Crocodile Lake. Enjoy the beauty and tranquility of nature and watching green peafowl and water birds dancing in wildlife. Return to Park Head Quarter for your dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Park Headquarters - Safari night (B, L, D)

After breakfast, free to spend time wandering the park to discover and enjoy the beauty of natural world as well as admire a variety of trees and listen the sounds of jungle.

Cat Tien National Park have now been home of 1610 species of 724 genera, 162 families and sub-families, 75 classes of vascular plants, with the dominant species being from the Dipterocarpaceae, Fabaceae and Lythraceae families. Some rare species in the IUCN Red Book can be named such as Afzelia xylocarpa, Sindora siamensis, Dalbergia bariensis, D. cochinchinensis, Dalbergia mammosa, Pterocarpus macrocarpus… Tonight, after dinner then drive along the jungle trails to observe wild animals such as deer, wild pigs, snakes, porcupines, gaur (rare) and weasels when they forage for food on the grasslands or in bushes during the night. Overnight in Park Headquarters.