“Rich” and “unique” are words used to refer to the flora and fauna system in Lo Go Xa Mat National Park (Tay Ninh). This place is also home to many birds in the Red Book of Vietnam or the world. If you are curious about the Redhead cranes, small coolie, come here to explore and experience.
Address
Lo Go Xa Mat National Park is located on the territory of four communes: Tan Lap, Tan Binh, Hoa Hiep and a part of Thanh Tay commune in Tan Bien district of Tay Ninh province, about 30 km northwest of Tay Ninh town. .
- Address at QL22B, Tan Binh commune, Tan Bien district, Tay Ninh province
- Directions to Lo Go Xa Mat national park
The reason this place was established
With an area of 18,765 ha, the national park is divided into 3 zones: a strict conservation area of about 8,594 ha, an ecological restoration area of about 10,084 ha and an administrative and service area of about 87 ha. Lo Go – Xa Mat National Park has a special-use forest with forest area accounting for 26% of the total natural forest cover of Tay Ninh province.
The national park has the Vam Co Dong River flowing through and a number of other small canals. Vam Co Dong River originates from Cambodia, is the natural boundary between Vietnam and Cambodia, the part of the river flowing through our country at Lo Go Xa Mat has a length of about 20 km, the river bed is 10-20m wide.
The flora and fauna of the national park is extremely diverse and rich. The flora includes lowland deciduous forest, semi-deciduous forest and melaleuca forest. Near the border area adjacent to Cambodia is mainly muddy grassland with litter mats. There are 696 species of plants and 158 species of medicinal plants, 58 species of timber trees, 21 species of ornamental plants, 10 species of food crops and 7 species of vegetables.
The fauna of Lo Go – Xa Mat National Park:
- There are up to 58 species of reptiles
- 28 species of frogs
- 88 fish species
- 128 species of insects.
There are some rare and precious species such as: Black-shanked douc langur, Indochinese silver-legged langur, small cuddles, …
Especially here, there is a bird system with the number of up to 203 species, including many rare and precious water birds such as Giang sen, Javan old man, Swallow Stork, Old cavity …
This is also the stopping place for Redhead Crane during the migration from the Mekong River to Cambodia’s birthplace. That is why this serves as an important place for bird conservation in Vietnam.
In addition to exploring Lo Go Xa Mat National Park by normal way, there are also unique forms of exploring the national forest such as cycling through the forest, exploring the national park by river, …
Lo Go Xa Mat was not only the national park, special-use forest and protective forest of the Vam Co river, but during the war against the US, this was the main revolutionary base of the liberation army and the site of the radio station. South Vietnam Liberation bar.
Which season should we go to Lo Go – Xa Mat National Park
With a rich flora and fauna and many rare species, to be able to meet the flora and fauna you want to see, you should pay a little attention to the time.
Other services at the national park
Lo Go – Xa Mat National Park also offers a number of other services for visitors such as motels or dining at reasonable prices.