Cat Tien Waterhole - Dong Nai, Vietnam

This 24/7 patrol camera from Katien Ranger sits at a managed waterhole inside Cat Tien National Park, one of the primary wildlife congregation points in the park's 72,000-hectare lowland forest. Morning sightings include peafowl and wading birds along the shoreline, while evenings regularly bring sambar deer and gaur, the world's largest wild cattle species, down to drink at the water's edge.

Gaur are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN with a global population of under 21,000, and Cat Tien holds one of the few remaining viable populations in Vietnam. The Katien AI Sentinel system monitors this waterhole continuously, using motion and thermal data to track species frequency, herd size, and behavioural patterns across the park's dry and wet seasons.

Waterhole cameras in tropical national parks consistently produce the highest wildlife sighting rates of any fixed camera position, as animals from multiple species are drawn to the same point regardless of their normal territorial boundaries. Cat Tien's dry season between November and April concentrates wildlife activity around managed waterholes like this one as surrounding water sources diminish.

Did You Know? The gaur, regularly spotted at this waterhole, is the world's largest wild cattle species, with bulls reaching up to 1,500 kilograms, yet the global population has declined to fewer than 21,000 individuals due to habitat loss and hunting.

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