Visit Cat Tien National Park to explore wild nature

(LĐ online) - The National Park (NP) stretches across the territory of 3 provinces of Lam Dong, Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc with a total area of over 82,000 hectares under the management of the Forestry Department ( Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ). Of which, the area under the territory of Lam Dong province is over 28,000 hectares.

Coming to Cat Tien National Park, visitors can easily encounter wild deer in the green grasslands on the edge of the forest.

Cat Tien National Park is highly appreciated for its biodiversity potential with thousands of rare and high-level animal and plant species. This is one of the eight world biosphere reserves in Vietnam recognized by UNESCO. Therefore, Cat Tien National Park is one of the attractive destinations for domestic and foreign tourists.

Cat Tien National Park is one of eight world biosphere reserves in Vietnam recognized by UNESCO as having high potential for biodiversity.

Currently, the authorities have completed the dossier to submit to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for assessment and granting of the Green List title. Cat Tien National Park is strictly protected with a large number of officers, rangers and forest protection management forces patrolling 24/7.

Cat Tien National Park forest management and protection staff carry out strict patrol and forest protection 24/7 every day.

Mr. Pham Xuan Thinh - Director of Cat Tien National Park, said: Because of its biodiversity, this place is known as the "home of animals". Here, there are nearly 100 species of animals, 94 species of reptiles, 903 insects and hundreds of species of precious wood. Coming to Cat Tien National Park, visitors will have the opportunity to see with their own eyes rare wild animals listed in the Red Book such as elephants, langurs, gaurs, pangolins, lorises, yellow-cheeked gibbons, deer, antelopes, weasels... and hundreds of species of birds.

Coming to Cat Tien National Park, through tours, visitors will be able to admire many rare wild animals such as elephants, gaurs, yellow-cheeked gibbons, lorises, civets...

To explore rare wild animals, Cat Tien National Park Management Board has opened tours for tourists to watch animals at night. Starting from 7pm every day until late at night, on open-top trucks, tourists will be transported to grasslands to watch animals. Here, Cat Tien National Park guides will shine flashlights for tourists to admire nocturnal wild animals such as deer, wild deer, wild cats, civets, etc.

Images of wild deer and elk were recorded by reporters participating in a night safari tour in the grasslands of Cat Tien National Park on January 17, 2024.

Images of wild deer, elk and wild cats were recorded by reporters while participating in a night safari tour in the grasslands of Cat Tien National Park on January 17, 2024.

Reporters and journalists from all over the country hunt for photos while watching wild animals at Cat Tien National Park at night.

During the day, when tourists join hiking tours through the forest, they will be guided to see large animals from afar such as elephants and buffaloes.

Image of black-shanked douc langur - a rare primate species in the Red Book, recorded by a camera while participating in a trekking experience in Cat Tien National Park

Image of black-shanked douc langur - a rare primate species in the Red Book, recorded by reporters while participating in a trekking experience in Cat Tien National Park

According to statistics, Cat Tien National Park currently has more than 340 species of forest birds, accounting for more than 40% of the total bird species in Vietnam. Therefore, during the forest trekking trips, visitors can easily encounter and admire rare primates such as black-shanked douc langurs and yellow-cheeked gibbons; and watch rare birds such as hornbills and white-necked cranes on the tops of hundreds of years old trees.

Cat Tien National Park is home to many rare bird species such as white-necked cranes, hornbills, green peacocks, pheasants...

In particular, from the Cat Tien National Park management area, after traveling nearly 20 km by car, visitors will experience a walking tour through the old forest for more than 5 km to Bau Sau to explore the wonders of nature in the old forest. Here, there are more than 600 wild freshwater crocodiles swimming freely in the water foraging for food. At many times, visitors can also admire a herd of gaurs with dozens of individuals grazing from afar.

Journalists and reporters are guided by Cat Tien National Park tour guides when participating in the experience of trekking through the forest.

In addition to animals, Cat Tien National Park has a very rich flora with more than 1,650 species of wood. Rare and precious wood species include rosewood, red oak, rosewood, and rosewood. In particular, Cat Tien National Park is preserving many ancient tung trees with a base diameter of tens of meters, a giant root system, and a towering trunk that is over 500 years old.

According to the Cat Tien National Park Management Board, with the existing biodiversity being preserved and developed, on average each year the unit welcomes 55,000 - 65,000 visitors to visit, research and study. Of these, there are thousands of visitors from many countries around the world coming to experience and research at the National Park.