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Phuong (Ninh Binh) travel information
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Cuc Phuong is the first National
Park of Vietnam which was established in 1962.
With 25,000 hectares and 140 km South of Hanoi,
the botanical richness of the
forest is impressive as it supports a wide variety
of flora species and patches of primeval forest,
including ancient trees with thick clusters of
roots, and parasitic plants and ligneous creepers.
Some tree species have been introduced from Burma,
India, and Borneo. Clusters of orchards grow near
cave entrances, where the moisture conditions
and light are ideal. Varieties include thousand-year
dracontomelum and parashorea trees which can be
visited in a one or two hour hiking, and coral,
vanilla, snow-white, and butterfly orchids everywhere.
Large mammals inhabit the park including panthers
and bears, but rarely appear, so the most popular
animals you can see are monkeys, gibbons, flying
squirrels and pheasants. There are also over 120
species of birds and many varieties of beetles
living here, and April and May arrive swarms of
butterflies. At night, million of cicadas create
a deafening din, and million of fireflies flicker
about.
Lying in a limestone area, Cuc
Phuong includes numerous caves. At "Nguoi
Xua" (Cave of Early Man), two ancient tombs
have been discovered, along with Neolithic remains
and evidence of stone implements; there have been
similar finds at Trang Khuyet (Crescent Moon),
Thanh Minh, and Con Mong Caves. Hang Dan Cave
is known for its bat population. Hiking
in Cuc Phuong is following some kilometers
of trails and passing through old-growth forest
with long vines wrapped around strangled trees,
visiting the caves, waterfalls and streams in
the forest or stopping over at a Muong ethnic's
village. Since the location in between three provinces,
it's easy to combine a trip to Cuc Phuong with
a trip to Hoa Binh or Ninh Binh province,
or you can depart from Hanoi, spend the whole
day exploring the forest and overnight at the
Park's guest house.
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