Boeng Toal Vulture Restaurant

Boeng Toal Tour

Trip to Boeng Toal Vulture Restaurant can be done as an add-on to Tmatboey and Okoki, or straight from Siem Reap with the morning birding at either Florican Grassland or Koh Ker Beng Mealea.  An incredible wild experience seeing 3 species of vultures come to feed on the carcass. Staying in safari-style tents, set up by local community of Dangphlet before the group arrive.

Following is the sample itinerary for the two-day one-night trip from Siem Reap with en route birding at Florican Grassland:

Day 1: AM birding at Florican Grassland; PM birding at Boeng Toal

We will start our trip to Florican Grassland at 5.30am pick up time, your guide will first head out to see the Bengal Florican (less than 2 hour drive from Siem Reap) and spend a few hours there. We then drive 3 hours to our iconic Vulture Restaurant, arriving at Boeng Toal around 3pm for a short trek and enjoy birding around the forest. For many this is a highlight and the chance to see 3 critically endangered vulture species, Jackals, Dhole and more. The night is spent in safari style tents.

Day 2: AM Boeng Toal Vulture Restaurant; PM transfer back to Siem Reap

Before dawn, we will make our way to a hide positioned close to the vulture restaurant. The scene is set, with the possibility of up to 70 vultures present. These birds often compete for the carcass of a cow with the Golden Jackal. After the vultures have finished feeding and lunch, we begin the four-hour return trip to Siem Reap. On the way back the guests can have a chance to visit Beng Mealea temple a spectacular jungle-temple ruin set in semi-evergreen forest providing a different assortment of birds. There is a chance of finding some scarce winter migrants from the Himalayas here, such as the difficult to see White-throated Rock-thrush. We will arrive at Siem Reap hotel around 5pm.