Dao Tien Endangered Primate Species Centre

WOW!!! I absolutely loved to visit this center! For me, it was a must do in Cat Tien as it guarantees that you get to see the gibbons even if you are not lucky seeing them in the national park. This center has a really beautiful mission and it's great to know that the money you spend to visit goes to help the center! Plus you get a cool boat ride to the island that is separate from the actual park. Our guide Nguyen was very kind and knowledgeable. He was able to answer all my questions about the amazing primates staying at the center.

Very good cause - collaboration between UK charity and Vietnam government with support from Taiwan. Well run, humane rescue centre that has returned more than 100 primates to the wild. Must visit place in Cat Tien. Daily tours from park visitor centre at 8:30 at time of visiting. Our guide was a local Indigenous woman who shared how she is a change agent for her community. Inspirational!

Lovely place to hear the gibbons sing. The method and ways they prepare the monkeys/gibbons/langurs for the wild sounds ideal. Note: The park is build for primates, not for humans, so do not expect any «shows» or close contact with the wildlife.

Amazing Sanctuary and great explanation from the guide on the journey for the primates from rescue to release.

Great experience! Knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. It was a good opportunity to learn about their different approaches to rescuing and rehabilitating (when and where possible) gibbons, loris, black-shanked doucs and silver langurs. We didn't closely approach any of the cages, but could observe most of the animals from about 10 to 15m away. The viewing platform allowed us to get a great look at the gibbons in "Phase 2" of their rehabilitation, and it was lovely to see them swing from tree to tree and hear them call out to each other. Fully recommended, worth the price. NOTE: there are TWO different gibbon rescue centers. One is within the national park, and is run by the National Park/government and is located right next to the park headquarters. The Dao Tien center however, is (partially) run by Go East, a british NGO. Dao Tien center is located on an island just outside the National Park. Tours to Dao Tien start at 8:30. Tickets can be booked from the Park Headquarters (INSIDE the park) for 400k dong per adult. This fee includes a return ferry ride from the Park Headquarters to the island and back. E.g. You first need to make your way to park headquarters by ferry from Nam Cat Tien village (120k) before you can join this tour. We did the 5 am gibbon trek (not related to Dao Tien), finishing around 7:00- 7:30 and had plenty of time to catch some breakfast inside the park before joining the Dao Tien tour at 8:30.

We really enjoyed it and more than anything felt good to be able to support such a good cause with the fee paid. Thank you to these people that raise awareness through the communities. Would be lovely to see more of the Gibbons in semi-liberty

Had an amazing tour at Dao Tien Endangered Primate Species Centre! I’ve visited a fair number of animal sanctuaries and this one had such a good feel to it, I love the fact they have such a strong focus on releasing primates back into the wild where possible. The sanctuary staff member that showed us around spoke really passionately about each of the species and the work that the centre does - I left feeling really well informed. I highly recommend visiting if you come to Cat Tien National Park!

From observation deck, we could see the gibbon in semi-liberty after rescue care. So beautiful to see them jumping on the trees freely. Concerning the tariff, i have a doubt. Foreigner adults 400k, foreigner children is 200k. Vietnamese adults 100k, Vietnamese children is 50k. Children should be treated equal no? i am shocked