This is the perfect option for a half day birdwatching tour in Phnom Penh and would prefer to head out birding and enjoy good views of several wetland birds, water birds and especially the Cambodia Tailorbird and flycatchers etc. Our trip will begin with a 6am and 2:30pm pick up from your hotel after which we will drive east to the wetland area of Mekong River. Here we will enjoy views of Black Drongo, Chinese Pond Heron, Zebra Dove, Indian Roller, Blue tailed Bee-Eater, White-breasted waterhen, Purple Swamphen, Pheasant-Tailed Jacana, Olive back Sunbird, Oriental Pratincole, Pied Kingfisher, Collared kingfisher, Purple heron, Javan Pond-Heron, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank and a numerous of wetland birds.
The tour concludes with lunch or dinner in Phnom Penh city before we head back and end the trip at your hotel with the option to enjoy our picnic meals at the birding site.
Tour at a glance
Top Birds: Cambodia Tailorbird, Chinese Pond Heron, Plain Prinai, Olive back sunbird, Collared kingfisher, Oriental Pratincole, Purple Heron, Black napped Monarch, Indian Roller, Blue tailed Bee-Eater, White-breasted waterhen, Purple Swamphen, Pheasant-Tailed Jacana, Common kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, little cormorant, little ringed plover, Whimbrel, Javan Pond-Heron, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank , brown shrike and a numerous of wetland birds.
This is the perfect option for a half day birdwatching tour in Phnom Penh and would prefer to head out birding and enjoy good views of several wetland birds, water birds and especially the Cambodia Tailorbird and flycatchers etc. Our trip will begin with a 6am and 2:30pm pick up from your hotel after which we will drive east to the wetland area of Mekong River. Here we will enjoy views of Black Drongo, Chinese Pond Heron, Zebra Dove, Indian Roller, Blue tailed Bee-Eater, White-breasted waterhen, Purple Swamphen, Pheasant-Tailed Jacana, Olive back Sunbird, Oriental Pratincole, Pied Kingfisher, Collared kingfisher, Purple heron, Javan Pond-Heron, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank and a numerous of wetland birds.
The tour concludes with lunch or dinner in Phnom Penh city before we head back and end the trip at your hotel with the option to enjoy our picnic meals at the birding site.
Tour at a glance
Top Birds: Cambodia Tailorbird, Chinese Pond Heron, Plain Prinai, Olive back sunbird, Collared kingfisher, Oriental Pratincole, Purple Heron, Black napped Monarch, Indian Roller, Blue tailed Bee-Eater, White-breasted waterhen, Purple Swamphen, Pheasant-Tailed Jacana, Common kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, little cormorant, little ringed plover, Whimbrel, Javan Pond-Heron, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank , brown shrike and a numerous of wetland birds.
5:30 am pick up at Areyaksat Ferry Dock (Near Koh Pich Island) : Areyaksat Ferry Dock
Possibility, please arrive 15 minutes before the departure
6:20 am: Arrive at Skyland 7NG area
We will have short walk through the paddy rice fields and explore the stunning views of the
lotus farms where the place that allow us to see many different species of birds such as Chinese
Pond Heron, River Tern, Yellow Bittern, Great Egret, Common Greenshank, Pheasant Tailed
Jacana, with a numerous of wetland birds plus Zebra Dove, Indian Roller, Blue tailed Bee-Eater, Plain Prinia etc.
Then we have a short transfer to the habitat of Cambodian tailorbird and observe more species of there.
The Cambodian tailorbird is a species of bird endemic to Cambodia, likely confined to a single
dense shrub habitat in the floodplain of the Mekong river. Continuously, we walk through the
lotus farms with the best opportunities to see many species of birds like Oriental Pratincole,
Pied bushchat male and female, Striated grassbird, little cormorant, Purple Sunbird, Kingfisher
and Large Billed Crow, Paddy Field Pipit, Scaly Breasted Munia and a numerous of wetland birds.
10 am brunch
We will get on our supported vehicle and drive to the local restaurant nearby where we will
enjoy our morning coffee and breakfast in the open air, including the view of a small lake that
will have more opportunity to see some of the water birds as well.
The habitat for Blue-winged Pitta (will have a chance to see them from June to August as the
breeding season). Additionally, will see many more species of birds such as Asian Paradise
Flycatcher, Green- billed Malkoha, Abbot’s Babbler, Greater Coucal and possibly the Collared
Owlet.
This is the perfect option for a half day birdwatching tour in Phnom Penh and would prefer to head out birding and enjoy good views of several wetland birds, water birds and especially the Cambodia Tailorbird and flycatchers etc. Our trip will begin with a 6am and 2:30pm pick up from your hotel after which we will drive east to the wetland area of Mekong River. Here we will enjoy views of Black Drongo, Chinese Pond Heron, Zebra Dove, Indian Roller, Blue tailed Bee-Eater, White-breasted waterhen, Purple Swamphen, Pheasant-Tailed Jacana, Olive back Sunbird, Oriental Pratincole, Pied Kingfisher, Collared kingfisher, Purple heron, Javan Pond-Heron, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank and a numerous of wetland birds.
The tour concludes with lunch or dinner in Phnom Penh city before we head back and end the trip at your hotel with the option to enjoy our picnic meals at the birding site.
Tour at a glance
Top Birds: Cambodia Tailorbird, Chinese Pond Heron, Plain Prinai, Olive back sunbird, Collared kingfisher, Oriental Pratincole, Purple Heron, Black napped Monarch, Indian Roller, Blue tailed Bee-Eater, White-breasted waterhen, Purple Swamphen, Pheasant-Tailed Jacana, Common kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, little cormorant, little ringed plover, Whimbrel, Javan Pond-Heron, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank , brown shrike and a numerous of wetland birds.
