Belonged to the well-known Ha Long Bay – a world cultural heritage, Bai Tu Long National Park will bring you amazed feeling and unforgettable experience!
Be
away some 200 kilometers from Hanoi, Bai Tu Long National Park is one
of seven Vietnamese amphibian national parks which have both terrestrial
zone and aquatic zone. The eco-tourist site is now the home to 672
species of terrestrial plants and 178 aquatic floral species, of which
11 species have been listed in Vietnam’s Red Book of endangered species.
It also boasts 170 species of terrestrial animals, including nine
species listed as endangered in Vietnam’s Red Book; 119 species of fish;
132 species of invertebrate animals; and 106 species of corals.
Natural Condition
Bai Tu Long National Park is a protected area zone in North Vietnam.
Established in 2001, surrounded by gigantic rocky limestone mountains,
the park covers 15,783 ha, including 6,125 ha of island land and 9,658
ha of tidal land on Ba Mun, Tra Ngo Lon, Tra Ngo Nho, Sau Nam, Sau Dong,
Dong Ma, and more than 20 other small islands. Apart from its
biological diversity, the park boasts wonderful natural landscapes,
intact beaches, archaeological sites of ancient Vietnam and vestiges of
the former busy trading port of Van Don. Coming to Bai Tu Long every
season, you can enjoy very the early beauty of an island with mountain
ranges, beaches, stilt house, and sea foods. One of the highlighted
features of the Bai Tu Long tourist site is the sea eco-tourism
community, 60 kilometers from Bai Chay by road or more than one hour by
high-speed boat. The National Park also include a buffer zone of
approximately 165.34 km2, which locates in a larger area include five
communes: Minh Chau, Van Yen, Ban Sen, Quan Lan and Ha Long. The total
population of the core zone and the buffer zone is around 24.000.
Ecosystem
The
National Park includes five kinds of ecosystems : Rain Broad Leaves
Forest, Limestone Forest, Littoral Forest, Coral Area and Shallow Water
Area.
The Rain Broad Leaves Forest
area is mostly secondary forest. It has been found 494 species belonging
to 337 genera of 117 families in this type of ecosystem. Some
endangered species include Cycas balansae, Radix marindae officinalis,
Ardisia sylvestris Pitard, Smilax glabra, Leopard cat, Indian muntjac,
Small Indian civet, Large Indian civet.
The
Limestone Forest area is forest growing in poor soil which the
particles of limestone on rocky islands. Some rare animal found their
include Serow, Rhesus macaque.
The
Littoral Ecosystem in the park is small areas surrounding the islands.
It has a rather large tidal variation and is biologically highly diverse
with 251 species including 19 species of mangrove, 17 species of
seaweed , 29 species of marine worms , 149 species of molluscs, 22
species of crustaceans and 15 species of echinoderms.
The Coral area locates from the water depths of low tide to 10m deep. 409 species was found including groupers, sea bass, crabs, snails, abalone and seaweeds.
The Coral area locates from the water depths of low tide to 10m deep. 409 species was found including groupers, sea bass, crabs, snails, abalone and seaweeds.
The
Shallow Water area covers a large area around the islands, beyond the
tidal area and extend from 1 km to around 4 km. These area was not
profoundly researched but it have found 539 species.
What about conservation matter?
To
protect the park’s fauna and flora, the local rangers have coordinated
with part-time employees to strictly patrol the forest in order to
prevent poaching of forestry and sea products. The park’s management
board, in coordination with relevant agencies, organised training
courses to raise local residents’ awareness about the protection of
forestry and maritime resources and inserted environmental protection
into the curriculum of local schools. The board has also allocated 13
hectares of forests to local households for care and re-forested 50
other hectares on the largest island of Ba Mun. It recently released
more than 100 long-tailed monkeys, which were seized from smugglers by
the provincial rangers, into forests. Aiming at exploiting the potential
and strength of Bai Tu Long, many tourism experts said that Quang Ninh
Province needs to encourage investment into building high-end tourist
areas that have a suitable scale and harmonious architecture with the
environment and the landscape of islands.
Over the past few years, Quang Ninh Province
has attached importance to building Bai Tu Long National Park to be an
attractive eco-tourism site to both domestic and foreign tourists. Now,
it is time to refresh your self by coming to the park and you will be
certainly impressed as enjoying its beautiful scenery, smooth white
sands, pure blue water, and biological diversity...
If tourists in Vietnam Travel have chance to visit Quang Ninh Province, Bai Tu Long national park is a must-see place that should not be missed!
