Tam Dao is a hill resort sitting atop a mountain ridge that rises from the flat lowlands of the Red River Delta 80 km from Hanoi. There are several peaks over 1,300 m rising from the ridge and the forest cover is lower montane evergreen forest with lowland evergreen at altitudes between 700 to 800 m. 

The Tam Dao area is home to a large range of reptile and amphibian species including the globally threatened Vietnamese Salamander.

Blue-naped Pitta, Ratchet-tailed Treepie, Black-breasted Thrush, Japanese Thrush, Purple Cochoa, Green Cochoa, Fujian Niltava, Orange-flanked Bush Robin, Chestnut Bulbul, Grey Laughingthrush, Black-throated Laughingthrush, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler, Spectacled Barwing, White-hooded Babbler, Short-tailed Parrotbill, Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Tristram’s Bunting.