Ca Mau City Bird Sanctuary

Ca Mau City Bird Sanctuary is an 18.2-hectare urban bird sanctuary in Ly Van Lam Commune, Ca Mau City, Ca Mau Province, in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Located about 2 km west of the city centre within the Lam Vien 19/5 Cultural Park complex, it protects mangrove and melaleuca habitat hosting tens of thousands of storks, herons and egrets. Established in the mid-1990s, it serves as a conservation, research and eco-tourism site notable for its dense bird colonies within an urban setting.

Visitors can expect a tranquil mangrove and melaleuca forest with ponds, canals, walking paths and elevated observation towers. The sanctuary hosts large colonies of white storks, painted storks, herons, egrets and other waterbirds nesting densely in the trees. Early morning and late afternoon offer peak bird activity with birds returning to roost. The compact park includes shaded trails, bird hides, small bridges and interpretive signage, providing close but non-intrusive birdwatching within an urban nature park near central Ca Mau.

The sanctuary developed around a natural bird colony that formed in the area and was formally protected and developed from 1995-1996 as part of the Lam Vien 19/5 Park by Ca Mau provincial authorities for conservation, research and eco-tourism.

Represents the wetland ecology of the Mekong Delta and local conservation efforts, serving as an environmental education site and a symbol of Ca Mau's natural heritage within an urban setting.