XUAN THUY BIRD WATCHING

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VNWN01

OVERVIEW

Short description: Being the first Ramsar site in Vietnam, Xuan Thuy National Park is situated in Nam
Dinh province, covering an area of 7,100ha. The major habitats here are estuaries, mangroves, mudflats, sandy flats and shrimp ponds.
Bird species: The most popular birds in Xuan Thuy National Park are Black-faced Spoonbill, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Spotted Greenshank, Saunders's Gull, Asian Dowitcher, Baer’s Pochard, Black-tailed Godwit, Asian Dowitcher, Eastern Curlew, Nordmann’s Greenshank, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Great Knot, Black-tailed Gull, Heuglin’s Gull, Black-headed Gull, Saunders’ Gull, Chinese Egret, Black-faced Spoonbill and Light-vented Bulbul.
Location: Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam. Xuan Thuy National Park is 150kms from Hanoi International Airport (more than 3 hours by car) and situated in the coastal zone of the Red River Delta, at the mouth of the main channel of the Red River, known as the Ba Lat River.
Actitivites: Bird Watching, Sightseeing and Boat cruising.
Best Time to Visit: As a staging and wintering site on the East Asian-Australian flyway, the best time to visit Xuan Thuy is September to April. In August and September, it is still possible to see non-breeding Painted Stork, as well as early migrants, such as Black-winged Stilt. Later, from October onwards, it relatively easy to find wintering Black-faced Spoonbills, particularly at their roost sites in the shrimp ponds.

ITINERARY IN BRIEF

Day 1. Hanoi – Xuan Thuy National Park – The first Ramsar site – bird watching (L/D)
Day 2. Xuan Thuy National Park – bird watching(B/L/D)
Day 3. Xuan Thuy National Park – bird watching - Hanoi (B/L)

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