Nam Cat Tien - Talai - Bau Sau

Cat Tien is one of the most important sites in Vietnam for the conservation of large mammals. Among the large mammal species that have been spotted in the national park are the Asian Elephants, the Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros, and the Eurasian Wild Pigs. Of the large mammal populations at Cat Tien National Park, the most globally significant one is that of the Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros. This is the only known population of the species in mainland South-East Asia and the only known population of one of their sub-species in the world. However, the population, size and range of this species at the national park have declined over the last two decades, and current estimates put the population size at seven or eight individuals over the 6,500 ha.

Cat Tien National Park is also a nationally important site for primate conservation, supporting a populations of several primates, including the Black-shanked Douc, the Northern Pig-tailed Macaque and the Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon.

Day 1: Saigon - Nam Cat Tien - Ta Lai
            Cat Tien is one of the most important sites in Vietnam for the conservation of large mammals. Among the large mammal species that have been seen in the national park are Asian Elephants, Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros, and Eurasian Wild Pigs. Of the large mammal populations at Cat Tien National Park, the most globally significant one is that of the Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros. This is the only known population of the species in mainland South-East Asia and the only known population of one of their sub-species in the world. However, the population size and range of this species at the national park has declined over the last 2 decades, and current estimates put the population size at 7 or 8 individuals over the 6,500 ha.
            Cat Tien National Park is also a nationally important site for primate conservation, supporting populations of several primates, including the Black-shanked Douc, the Northern Pig-tailed Macaque, and the Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon.
            Bid farewell to the hustle and bustle of Saigon, you will be picked up at 08:00 to travel approximately 160km north east from Saigon to Nam Cat Tien. You will pass through large rubber plantations along the way before branching off to a small and winding track to the park. This afternoon is spent at Ta Lai Village of S'tieng and Chau Ma ethnic minorities. After the boat through the dense vegetation to reach to Ta Lai, you start a walking tour of enchanting the village with the cultural house where you will understand much more about S'tieng and Chau Ma minorities, you also visit the local people making brocade and stop at a house of a typical "torshutor" to witness an old person with huge ear-holes. The highlight of Ta Lai visiting is Gong (Cong Chien) show demonstrated by local people. Overnight at local guesthouse.

Day 2: Bau Sau - Nam Cat Tien - Saigon
After standard breakfast, you will be transferred at 07:00 by jeep to a forest's edge at Bau Sau (Crocodile lake) area where you start for an approximately two and a half hour trekking deep into northern part of Nam Cat Tien segment. Bau Sau is a breeding area for a number of Siamese crocodiles that were re-introduced in 2000.
Besides the challenge of rough and stony trail with full of leeches, you have another challenge of studying some difficult and odd names of fauna and flora kinds in the forest. Sometimes you may get the chance to spot wildlife