Vietnam
I spent two weeks in Vietnam in December 2011. I am looking forward to return in October 2025 and April 2026.
Southern Vietnam
Crocodile Lake, Cat Tien National Park
Cat Tien National Park
Least Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus pusillus, or something similar
Four nights here in 2011 produced Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew, Northern Pig-tailed Macaque, Black-shanked Douc, Annamese Langur andSouthern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon. I also saw Pallas’s Squirrel, Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel, Cambodian Striped Squirrel and Indian Giant Flying Squirrel.
Yellow-throated Marten, Martes flavigula
There were plenty of bats: Great Himalayan Roundleaf Bat, Indian Greater False-vampire, Vietnamese Brown Horseshoe Bat, andLeast Horseshoe Bat. As well as Yellow-throated Marten, Northern Palm Civet, Sambar and Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain.
Central Vietnam
Mang Den Forest
In 2011 we saw Black Giant Squirrels, and – what was thought almost impossible to see back then – a Grey Shanked Douc Langur.
Son Tra, near Dang An
Lo Xo Pass
In 2011 we saw Red-shanked Douc Langurs here.
Bach Ma
Midday in Bach Ma
During two extremely wet days here in 2011 we recorded Stump-tailed Macaque, Pallas’s Squirrel, Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel, Losea Rat, Asian House Shrew, Pearson’s Horseshoe Bat and a Small-toothed Ferret-badger.
Phong Nha
Two nights here in 2011 produced Hatinh Langur, Red-shanked Douc, Stump-tailed Macaque, Leschenault’s Rousette and Stoliczka’s Trident Bat
Red-shanked Douc Langur, Pygathrix nemaeus
Northern Vietnam
Van Long Nature Reserve
I saw Delacour’s Langurs here during a morning in 2011.
Delacour’s Leaf Monkey, Trachypithecus delacouri
Cuc Phuong National Park
I stopped in here briefly in 2011 to see Martime Striped Squirrel.
Community Reports
Rare Primates and Other Mammals, 2026: Next Continent, 15 nights & 65 species including Southern White-cheeked Gibbon, Annamite Muntjac, Greater Hog Badger and Ratanaworabhan’s Fruit Bat.
North & Central Vietnam,2026: Anna Bauerova’s report features 9 species including Northern Pygmy Slow Loris and Northern Hog Badger.
Vietnam, 2026: Next Continent, 15 days & 26 species including Hatinh Langur, Mainland Leopard Cat & Small-toothed Ferret Badger.
Cat Tien NP and Khum Chi Phat (Cambodia), 2025: Flemming Versloot, 10 days & 23 species including reintroduced Sunda Pangolin, Germain’s Langur and Yellow-thoated Marten.
Central Vietnam & Cat Tien, 2025: Ian Thompson, 1 week & 21 species including all three douc langurs and Hatinh Langur.
Central & Northern Vietnam, 2025: Next Continent, 7 days & 25 species including Owston’s Civet (!), Southern White-cheeked Gibbon and Northern Pygmy Slow Loris.
Bach Ma, September 2025: Next Continent, 3 days & 11 species including Pygmy Slow Loris, Annamite Mutjak and Brush-tailed Porcupine.
Bach Ma, September 2025: Next Continent, 3 days & 13 species including Pygmy Slow Loris and Hoary Bamboo Rat.
Rare Primates, 2024: Royle Safaris, 16 days & 29 species including all 3 douc langurs, Cat Ba Langur and Annamite Muntjac.
Vietnam Primates, 2024: Romain Boquier, 2 weeks & 7 primates including Cat Ba and Hatinh Langurs.
Vietnam, 2024: Rob & Romy Jansen, 2 months & 42 mammals including Sunda Pangolin, Southern White-cheeked Gibbon, Cat Ba Langur and Pygmy Loris.
Cat Tien, 2021 & 24: Paul Carter, 21 species including Southern Pygmy Loris and Thick-thumbed Myotis.
Vietnam, 2024: Paul Carter’s notes about 17 species in Cuc Phuong NP plus Red and Grey-shanked Douc Langur sightings elsewhere.
Cat Tien, Son Tra and Van Long, 2024: Jean Dille, 1 week (mammalwatching) & species including Yellow-cheeked Gibbons, Black & Red-shanked Doucs and Delacour’s Langurs.
Vietnam Primates, 2024: Coke Smith, 1 week with some great primates (and photos) including Cat Ba and Hatinh Langur and Grey-shanked Douc.
Vietnam (mostly Cat Tien), 2023: Vsevolod Rudyi & Ekaterina Sichinava, 2 weeks & 18 species including Black-shanked Douc and Northern Treeshrew.
Vietnam’s Rare Primates, 2023: Royle Safaris, 14 days & 48 species including all three Douc Langurs, Large-toothed Ferret Badger and Pygmy Slow Loris.
Ho Chi Min City to Saigon, 2023: Alex Schouten and Jeannette den Hertog, 2 months and all three Douc Langurs, Hatinh, Delacour and Cat Ba Langurs and a Sunda Pangolin.
Cat Tien, 2020: Curtis Hart, 1 week & 15 species including Black-shanked Douc Langur, Buff-cheeked Gibbon and Pygmy Loris
Cat Tien, 2020: Mike Hoit’s report of a Covid19 curtailed trip, 3 days & 16 species including Annamese Silvered Langur, Black-shanked Douc, Pygmy Loris and Berdmore’s Rat.
Vietnam, Christmas 2019: Brett Taylor, 2 weeks & 27 species including Pygmy Loris, Hatinh Langur and Red and Black-shanked Doucs.
Cat Tien & Son Tra, 2019: Matt’s notes on seeing Pygmy Loris, Black and Red-shanked Doucs and more.
Primates on the Rocks, 2019: Stuart Chapman, 3 days & 6 species including both Grey Shanked Douc and HatinhLangurs.
Vietnamese Primates, 2018: Mogens Trolle’s notes of how to find Red and Grey Shanked Douc Langurs and Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkeys.
Philippine Tarsier and Vietnamese Langurs, 2018: Matt and Maureen Steer’s notes from a seven week not a mammal watching trip. 10 species including some nice primates like Cat Ba, Hatinh and Delacour Langurs.
Southern Vietnam, 2018: Romain Bocquier, 1 week & 13 species including Red-shanked and Black-shanked Douc Langurs and Silvered Langur.
Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkeys, 2017: Mark Spence, 5 days with Delacour’s Langurs and Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkeys.
Cat Tien National Park, 2017: Torbjorn Lundqvist, 4 days & 12 species including Pygmy Loris and Black-shanked Douc Langur.
Vietnam & Cambodia, 2016: Royle Safaris, 16 days & almost 40 mammals including Pygmy Loris, Owston’s Civet and Spotted Linsang.
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam, 2016: Royle Safaris, 26 days & 50+ species including Large-toothed Ferret Badger, Northern and Southern Buff-cheeked Gibbons, Pygmy Loris, Fea’s Muntjak and Cat Ba Langur.
Vietnam, 2012, 1 week & 28 species including Hatinh Langurs , Pygmy Lorises and Red-shanked Docs.
Vietnam, 2011: Jon Hall, 2 weeks & 31 species including all three Douc Langurs and a Small-toothed Ferret Badger.
Vietnam, 2011: David Bishop (VENT), 2.5 weeks & 15 species including Delacour’s and Hatinh Leaf Monkeys.
Vietnam, 2011: Vladimir Dinets, 6 weeks with the best mammals including Red-shanked and Black-shanked Doucs.
Vietnam, 2011: Hugh Buck, 3 weeks & 25 mammals including Pygmy Loris, Delacour’s and Hatinh Leaf Monkeys, Black-shanked and Red-shanked Doucs, and Buff-cheeked Gibbons.
Vietnam, 2009: Trevor Hardaker, 3 weeks and 15 mammals including Black-shanked Douc and Buff-cheeked Gibbon.
Also See
Listen to Bill Robichaud talk about his work with Saola on the mammalwatching podcast, May 2024
Recommendations for Vietnam, October 2024
Can I bring a camera trap to Vietnam? December 2023
An Elephant is being seen in Cat Tien March 2022
Hairy Nosed Otter out and about in U Minh Thuong National Park, Vietnam February 2020
Working Together to Save the Saola December 2012
New Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey Population December 2008
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