Vietnam Birding Tours

I cannot recommend the Vietnam tour and Andy Walker more highly. It was an incredible experience to visit the country as a birder. The tour took us through a variety of habitats including mountains, lowlands, and coast. The birding, especially in the blinds, was outstanding. We got close views of dozens of target species, including the highly pleasing pittas.

We have just returned from an excellent tour led by Andy Walker and local guide. The quality of birds we saw were excellent, there were great photo opportunities from the hides/blinds. We also enjoyed the walks where we were lucky enough to have wonderful views of gibbons and langurs, as well as other wildlife. The attention to detail regarding all aspects of the tour were excellent, the food was good and plentiful. Andy has great people skills and made sure everyone saw everything and ensured that everything went extremely smoothly. As you can tell, I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Vietnam, the sightings were excellent, the guides were fantastic and the group was great company. Both guides were excellent, great people skills, good sense of humour and excellent birders. Attention to detail was second to none, everyone in the group was treated equally and great effort made to ensure we all saw the same things and no one missed out.

Tours with Andy Walker are exceptional. Best bird guide I’ve ever birded with. The local guide was also an excellent birder and worked extremely hard to get the birds and then make sure everyone saw them, they also bucked luggage, did the shopping for lunches, and cut up the fruit! Accommodations were fine and Andy’s scheduling was smooth and everyone got where they needed to be (planes). I’m trying to figure out what my next Birding Ecotours trip will be!

We were able to tick several difficult birds we missed on (another company's) tour in Thailand. Guides and drivers were attentive to each individual's needs and capabilities. Andy Walker is extremely good at getting the entire group onto birds. He has a talent for describing exactly where the bird was and how to locate it. He is also very knowledgeable about Southeast Asian birds and their vocalizations. He is also extremely attentive to the physical well-being and capabilities of his clients.

Go on this Vietnam tour sooner, rather than later. Climate change, deforestation, and illegal trapping are making these special birds disappear very rapidly.

Lovely intimate tour with excellent photography opportunities. Good variety of birds and scenery. Beautiful, interesting birds.

I was very impressed with the quality of birds seen on this trip as well as other wildlife.

The entire tour was very well run. Accommodation was generally more than adequate and I think we generally had the best accommodation available in the more remote places. Food too was generally very good, again given the fact that we were often far away from larger towns. The birding, the most important part, was fabulous!!! We saw almost all the target species, and both guides were very good on getting us on the birds. Overall, a tour I would rate very highly and would have no hesitation whatsoever to recommend. Andy is an all around nice guy who really took care of the entire group. Always willing to help, not just with getting onto the birds, but also with all the other requests our small group had. I like his style and I would certainly book another tour if he was the tour leader.