Bakan & Betreed Adventures

Daily Tour 3 Days 2 Nights

Bakan Temple and Betreed Adventures

Bakan Temple

3 Days to Bakan and Betreed Adventures

About 180km northeast of Siem Reap, Bakan Temple, also known as Preah Khan Kampong Svay, stands as a testament to Cambodia’s rich cultural heritage. Unlike its more popular counterparts, this hidden gem offers a pristine and untouched beauty that transports you back in time. Escape the crowds and immerse yourself in the authentic charm of Cambodia. Capture breathtaking photographs against the backdrop of ancient ruins, as you become part of the temple’s living history.

After the ruin temples, Betreed Adventures is another attraction for wildlife and nature, under the protection of Mr. Ben’s family and his community. Here is the best place that can immerse yourself in nature with beautiful songs from wilderness. There are trails to explore many spectacular sceneries and wildlife from birds e.g. Green Peafowl and Siamese Fireback to maga fauna. Visiting here is to support the conservation work and encourage the community by seeing the benefit of keeping their natural habitats and wildlife.

Birds & Temples

We will be on the lookout for the Green Peafowl, Siamese Fireback, White-rumped Pygmy-falcon, Rufous-winged Buzzard, Collared Falconet, Indochinese Bushlark, Velvet-fronted and Neglected Nuthatch, Indochinese Blue-Flycatcher and 8 species of woodpeckers. Over 150 bird species have been recorded in this area, while about 60 of them are often seen during a trip.

 

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NoCommon NameScientific NameIUCN StatusSeasonal Status
1Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatusLCR
2Black-headed WoodpeckerPicus erythropygiusLCR
3Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataNTR
4Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigasterLCR
5Indian CuckooCuculus micropterusLCBV/ R
6Black BazaAviceda leuphotesLCWV/ R
7Gray-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillusLCR
8Oriental CuckooshrikeCoracina javensisLCR
9Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatusLCR
10Streak-eared BulbulPycnonotus conradiLCR
11Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatusLCR
12Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandriNTR
13Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosusLCR
14Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensisLCR / WV
15Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseusLCR
16White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusLCR
17Asian Emerald DoveChalcophaps indicaLCR
18Orange-breasted TrogonHarpactes oreskiosLCR
19Black-crested BulbulRubigula flaviventrisLCR
20Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticusLCR
21Green PeafowlPavo muticusENR
22Red JunglefowlGallus gallusLCR
23Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensisLCR
24Crested TreeswiftHemiprocne coronataLCR
25Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoidesLCR
26Indochinese RollerCoracias affinisLCR
27Rufous-bellied WoodpeckerDendrocopos hyperythrusLCR
28Gray-headed WoodpeckerPicus canusLCR
29Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeusLCR
30Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornusLCR
31Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianusLCR
32Common IoraAegithina tiphiaLCR
33Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeusLCWV/ R
34Red-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaLCR
35Gray-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensisLCR / WV
36Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutoriusLCR
37Burmese NuthatchSitta neglectaLCR
38Common Hill MynaGracula religiosaLCR
39Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauuricaLCWV
40White-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagusLCR
41Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisLCR / WV
42Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusLCWV
43Hainan Blue FlycatcherCyornis hainanusLCR
44White-throated Rock-ThrushMonticola gularisLCWV
45Rufous-winged BuzzardButastur liventerLCR
46Vernal Hanging-ParrotLoriculus vernalisLCR
47Siamese FirebackLophura diardiLCR
48Greater CoucalCentropus sinensisLCR
49ShikraTachyspiza badiaLCR
50Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatusLCR
51Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneusLCR
52Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescensLCR
53Chestnut-capped BabblerTimalia pileataLCR
54Pin-striped Tit-BabblerMixornis gularisLCR
55White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricusLCR
56Ornate SunbirdCinnyris ornatusLCR
57Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifronsLCR
58Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurusLCR
59Pied BushchatSaxicola caprataLCR
60Spot-bellied Eagle-OwlKetupa nipalensisLCR
61White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensisLCR
62Collared Scops-OwlOtus lettiaLCR
63Brown BoobookNinox scutulataLCR
64Lesser Whistling-DuckDendrocygna javanicaLCR
65Chinese FrancolinFrancolinus pintadeanusLCR
66Red Collared-DoveStreptopelia tranquebaricaLCR
67Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticusLCR
68Common HoopoeUpupa epopsLCR
69Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalisLCR
70Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurusLCR
71Common FlamebackDinopium javanenseLCR
72Indochinese CuckooshrikeLalage poliopteraLCR
73Indochinese BushlarkPlocealauda erythrocephalaLCR
74Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatumLCR
75Green-billed MalkohaPhaenicophaeus tristisLCR
76Blyth's FrogmouthBatrachostomus affinisLCR
77Oriental Bay-OwlPhodilus badiusLCR
78Banded KingfisherLacedo pulchellaLCR
79Greater YellownapeChrysophlegma flavinuchaLCR
80Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azureaLCR
81Gray-eyed BulbulIole propinquaLCR
82Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficepsLCR
83Large Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx sparverioidesLCWV/PM
84Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoniLCR / WV
85Crested Serpent-EagleSpilornis cheelaLCR
86Oriental Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros albirostrisLCR
87Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerLeiopicus mahrattensisLCR
88White-bellied WoodpeckerDryocopus javensisLCR
89White-rumped FalconNeohierax insignisNTR
90White-browed FantailRhipidura aureolaLCR
91Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusLCR
92Brown PriniaPrinia polychroaLCR
93Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarziLCWV
94Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabaricaLCR / WV
95Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularisLCR
96Great Eared-NightjarLyncornis macrotisLCR
97Gray NightjarCaprimulgus jotakaLCWV
98Yellow-footed Green-PigeonTreron phoenicopterusLCR
99Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aeneaLCR
100Chinese Pond-HeronArdeola bacchusLCWV/ R
101Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentusVUR
102Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottusLCR / WV
103Burmese ShrikeLanius collurioidesLCR / WV
104Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabundaLCR
105Gray-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsoniiLCR
106Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis dauricaLCR / WV
107Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoniLCR
108Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalisLCR
109Lesser AdjutantLeptoptilos javanicusVUR
110Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicusLCR
111Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteusLCR / NBV
112Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalusLCR
113Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsusLCWV
114Pale-legged Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipesLCWV
115Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinusLCWV
116Siberian Blue RobinLarvivora cyaneLCWV
117Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensisLCR
118Crested GoshawkLophospiza trivirgataLCR
119Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandusLCBV/PM
120Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratiiLCR
121Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusLCR / WV
122Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatusLCR
123Japanese SparrowhawkTachyspiza gularisLCWV
124Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaultiLCR
125Lesser YellownapePicus chlorolophusLCR
126Laced WoodpeckerPicus vittatusLCR
127Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularisLCR
128Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealisLCWV/PM
129Lesser Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax monilegerLCR
130Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicillaLCWV
131Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensisLCR
132Brown-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensisLCR
133Brown Wood-OwlStrix leptogrammicaLCR
134Dusky BroadbillCorydon sumatranusLCR
135Thick-billed Green-PigeonTreron curvirostraLCR
136Green-eared BarbetPsilopogon faiostrictusLCR
137Banded BroadbillEurylaimus javanicusLCR
138Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatusLCWV
139Alström's WarblerPhylloscopus sororLCWV
140Claudia's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus claudiaeLCWV
141Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaLCWV
142Zebra DoveGeopelia striataLCR
143Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubrisLCR
144Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopusNTR
145Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisLCR
146Oriental Scops-OwlOtus suniaLCR / WV
147Little EgretEgretta garzettaLCR / WV
148Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusLCWV
149Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusLCWV
150Indochinese Blue FlycatcherCyornis sumatrensisLCR
151Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puellaLCR
152Scaly-breasted PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusLCR
153Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolataLCWV
154Puff-throated BulbulAlophoixus pallidusLCR
155Black-and-red BroadbillCymbirhynchus macrorhynchosLCR
156Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercusLCR / WV
157Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelanaLCPM
158Rock PigeonColumba liviaLCR
159Brown Fish-OwlKetupa zeylonensisLCR
160Common MynaAcridotheres tristisLCR
161Orange-breasted Green-PigeonTreron bicinctusLCR
162Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoniLCR
163Black-and-buff WoodpeckerMeiglyptes jugularisLCR
164Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeusLCR
165Blue-winged PittaPitta moluccensisLCBV/PM
166White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeucaLCR
167Black-headed BulbulMicrotarsus melanocephalusLCR
168Thick-billed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa agilisLCR
169Little CormorantMicrocarbo nigerLCR
170Freckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos analisLCR
171Malaysian Pied-FantailRhipidura javanicaLCR
172Blyth's Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone affinisLCR
173Scaly-crowned BabblerMalacopteron cinereumLCR
174Abbott's BabblerMalacocincla abbottiLCR
175Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensisLCR / WV
176Brown-rumped MinivetPericrocotus cantonensisLCWV
177Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensisLCR
178Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescensLCR
179Plain PriniaPrinia inornataLCR

Note:

Taxonomy and sequence follow Field Guides to the Birds of Cambodia.

R = Resident
NBV = Non-breeding visitor
W = Winter visitor
EX = Extinct
P = Passage migrant
CR = Critically Endangered
BV = Breeding visitor
EN = Endangered
VG = Vagrant
VU = Vulnerable
W,P = Winter visitor, Passage migrant ?
NT = Near Threatened

Koh Ker birding Tour itinerary from Siem ReapBakan Tours

3 Day trip from Siem Reap to Bakan temple and Betreed Adventures for birdwatching and visit remote temples

  • Day 1: 7am CBGA bird guide and a driver in an air-conditioning vehicle will pick you up from your Siem Reap hotel. About 3 hours driving northeast to Bakan temple
  • We shall spend the whole morning birding and as well as visiting temples.
  • Lunch (Packed from Siem Reap)
  • We shall reach Betreed Adventures at 3pm, load off at forest lodge and begins adventure at trails with your guide (overnight)
  • Day 2: Betreed Adventures
  • Day 3: We will head back to Siem Reap at 10am and have lunch on the way. We will drop you back to your hotel or any destination in town on your choice.

Tour notes for Koh KerTour Notes

  • Our expert guide with our driver will pick you up from your hotel lobby at 7am with packed lunch. We can either take you back to your hotel or to another destination of your choice in town.
  • Other things to bring: hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and insect repellent.
  • CBGA will provide drinking water in a big container to refill, so we request you to bring your own water bottle from home or from your hotel. It is our campaign to reduce plastic waste.


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