Experience Tram Chim National Park

*** The prices above not applied for holidays, Lunar New Year, New Year, christmas and national day

SUMMARY:

Leave Ho Chi Minh City from the early morning head to Tram Chim national park 155 km – 3.5 hours away, you will have chance to enjoy the wetlands peaceful life of Mekong delta and learn more about the rare birds in this reserve. During the day, you will discover Tram Chim national park – a large sanctuary for birds, was recognized as the fourth Ramsar site in Vietnam and the 2,000th in the world. This trip will also offer you a chance to engage in conversation with local residents and get to know their Mekong Delta culture values and lifetyle.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Visit one of four Ramsar sites in Vietnam – Tram Chim national park which is noted for its rare red-headed

cranes (Grus antigone) a species listed in the IUCN Red List, though more than 220 species of bird live

within the reserve

Experience a collective eco-system of geomorphology, hydrography and underwater creatures in Ramsar

wetland aboard a solar powered boat

Join us for various activities such as visiting local traditional handicraft workshops and learn to make water

hyacinth product (optional) and more, fishing and rowing on a lotus field

Enjoy local products made out of lotus such as milk, lotus seeds soup (chè sen);

Get yourself active by using eco-friendly vehicles including bicycles and hand-rowing boats inside Tram Chim national park during the trip.

TINERARY AS GIVEN BELOW:

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City – Tram Chim national park – Tram Chim Rustic homestay – Ho Chi Minh city   (L)

08:00 You will picked up at your hotel in center of Ho Chi Minh City and taken to Tram Chim national park, Tam Nông Đồng Tháp province, stopover en route to have some traditional coffee

11:30 Arrive Tram Chim national park Information center, learn about general info of the reserve.

12:00 Enjoy Vietnamese lunch with local food

13:30 In the afternoon, you will embark on a solar powered boat to visit Tram Chim national park – one of four

Ramsars in Vietnam (an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands) where you

will be introduced range of animals, birds and plants in the Southern Vietnam and few birds amongst 200 types

of birds housing here which make up 1⁄4 the bird population in Vietnam. Some of these birds have been put in

the Red Book for a long time. The most typical and well-known one is the red-headed crane, one of the last 15

crane pieces in the world. Normally, a crane has a height of more than 1.7 m, gray feathers, long neck, red head

and wide wings. After that you continue on a self-rowing boat where you can experience the eco-system and

then walking through the trails inside the reserve

16:00 Join in a local traditional handicraft workshop and learn to make water hyacinth product (optional)

16:30 – 17:30 Visit a local family to row and fish on a lotus field, engage in conversation with them and enjoy

local products made out of lotus such as milk, lotus seeds soup (chè sen)

17:30 Depart to Ho Chi Minh City

20:30 Arrive at HCMC