Get lost in the kingdom of wild nature at Lung Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang conservation area

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Along with the Tu Sang bamboo path and Vi Thuy melaleuca forest, the Lung Ngoc Hoang conservation area impresses any visitor with its wild and attractive beauty.

Where is Lung Ngoc Hoang Conservation Area located?

Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve is located in Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province, where the famous Nga Bay floating market is located and is only about 40km from the center of Vi Thanh city. This destination has a total area of ​​over 2,800 hectares and stretches from the West of the Hau River to the U Minh region bordering Ca Mau. Not only is the “green lung” of the Mekong Delta region, but Lung Ngoc Hoang is also known as the land that holds the most unique biodiversity conservation role in the country today.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Visitors check inVisitors check in Lung Ngoc Hoang. Photo: nucuoimekong

Therefore, if you have the opportunity to travel to Hau Giang , you should definitely not miss this famous nature reserve. Below are detailed directions:

Departing from Vi Thanh city, visitors take a car along Highway 61, to Kinh Cung section, turn right and continue to move about 12km more to arrive.

If starting from Can Tho city, you go in the direction of National Highway 1A, straight through Cai Tac, then continue through the section of National Highway 61, in the direction of Rach Go to reach Kinh Cung and continue to go like about 12 km more. is coming.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Nature ReserveLung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve is located in Phung Hiep district. Photo: @nhunguyen543

Explain the name ‘Lung Ngoc Hoang’

According to many local seniors, the word “lung” means wild swampy land. And Lung Ngoc Hoang is interpreted as “The lowland flooded with water of God”. Many folk stories are still handed down to this day, saying that this land used to have a lot of elephants (statues) coming and searching for them. eat and then constantly move from one place to another. Wherever the elephants go, the land subsides, landslides form a lot of valleys, puddles, ditches, creeks or creeks. Seeing such strange scenes, Ngoc sometimes Hoang descended to earth to visit this place, from then on, people called Lung Ngoc Hoang until now!Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - LandscapeBeautiful landscape. Photo: mientaycogi

When was Lung Ngoc Hoang conservation area established?

Initially, the Lung Ngoc Hoang area was just a wetland, existed for a long time, containing many wild features associated with mysterious stories. Even here, storks are considered “dead land” because the water is flooded all year round, the weeds are rampant, and they grow high above the head.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - PanoramaPanoramic view of Lung Ngoc Hoang nature reserve. Photo: Ly Anh Lan

Many people also told each other that in the old days, if you lost your way in this area, it would be very difficult to find the exit because of the vast terrain, everywhere were trees, canals, and crisscrossed vines. a wild, deserted landscape. However, more than 100 years ago, this place was inhabited and reclaimed wasteland (According to the book “Can Tho Geography” (2003). Until 1945, this area attracted more and more people to live, followed by the landlord class who hired people to break the land, reclaim, dig ponds, farm and fish. Through a long period of destruction due to war, Lung Ngoc Hoang became deserted and sometimes became a revolutionary base during the period of resistance against the US.Lung Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Wetland areaThe vast wetland has a wild and mysterious look. Photo: thamhiemmekong

After the war ended, the Lung Ngoc Hoang conservation area was officially assigned to Phuong Ninh Forest Enterprise to invest and plant Melaleuca trees, while exploiting aquatic resources and preserving forests and protecting the environment. Sometime later, Lung Ngoc Hoang was officially established, in 2002 and has since become a prominent Hau Giang tourist destination .

Lung Ngoc Hoang – The common home of hundreds of rare and precious species

Not only is the land with many trees, immense Melaleuca forest reaching nearly ten meters high, growing throughout a large flooded area, Lung Ngoc Hoang is also a common roof – the residence and living space of hundreds of species of animals. rare plants.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Total areaThe total area is over 2,800 hectares. Photo: thamhiemmekong

According to the statistics of biologists, Hau Giang’s largest nature reserve has more than 330 species of plants with 224 genera and 92 different families. Among them, there are 56 newly discovered species. It can be said that this place is a huge biodiversity area with the most abundant flora in the wetland ecosystem in the West.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - EcosystemThe ecosystem is rich with many rare species of flora and fauna. Photo: thamhiemmekong

In terms of plants, Lung Ngoc Hoang has all kinds of vines growing under or on the trunk of Melaleuca, reeds, reeds, and many species of terrestrial plants such as cassava brooch, hairy thorns, musk, guava…Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Otter Hairy-nosed otter – a species in the Red Book of Vietnam. Photo: nucuoimekong

In terms of fauna, this wetland has countless fish and shrimp living, so much so that it was once considered the fish navel of the area west of the Hau River. Lungs are also favorite habitat for amphibians. Lung Ngoc Hoang conservation area is also home to many rare species, including hairy-nosed otters, cap turtles, and cobras, which are listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and the world. Because of possessing a diverse ecosystem with many precious flora and fauna species in the low-lying areas, which are still unspoiled, combined with stretching Melaleuca forests, this area is protected quite strictly.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Green water hyacinthGreen water hyacinth covers the surface of the water. Photo: vntrip

Fascinating experiences at Lung Ngoc Hoang conservation area

1. Visiting Lung Ngoc Hoang on the water

With the scenery of green melaleuca forest, covered with giant duckweed above the water, Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve is the ideal destination for those who love ecotourism and love to explore nature.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Ideal destinationAn ideal destination for those who love ecotourism. Photo: vntrip

Just buy a ticket to visit and then rent a gong (also known as a profit shell), visitors will get lost in a fairy-tale sky, both peaceful and imbued with wilderness with names like Lung Sen, Lung Tran, Lung Banana Water. Although it is a bit inconvenient at times because the duckweed is too much, densely covered below makes the dinghy difficult to move, but you can rest assured that you will be sitting on motorboats to admire the river and forest. There is nothing more exciting than the feeling of sitting on a boat and weaving through the shady Melaleuca forest to explore each unique natural scene.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Canoe to visitBoat to visit. Photo: vntrip

If you prefer to ride a dinghy, then you should choose the Spring tourist area deep inside Lung Ngoc Hoang because this place has been renovated to a limited extent, but there are many duckweeds so it is easier to go. The deeper you go inside, the more wild and poetic the scene becomes. This excursion is as exciting as the experience in the Tra Su Melaleuca forest in An Giang.

Not to mention behind the strange green color of the water, the forest, you can also discover many interesting things such as each unique set of roots suddenly spreading out through the miraculously carved hand of nature. Occasionally, a few storks hover in the sky, forming a beautiful landscape picture.Lung Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang conservation area - view from the bird towerLung Ngoc Hoang seen from the bird tower. Photo: nucuoimekong

2. See the birds in the sky

If you choose to check in to Lung Ngoc Hoang conservation area from 7am to 9am, visitors can also see with their own eyes the flocks of birds or mallard ducks gathered to play, dance with the chirping sound of the whole area. wide. In addition, from 16:00 to 18:00 pm is also a beautiful time for you to watch each flock of birds flying back to the nest by climbing the watchtower over 20m high in the center of Ngoc Hoang lung. From this towering observation tower, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the Melaleuca forest divided by winding canals, bringing a refreshing feeling, bringing the liberal beauty of a green natural picture. fresh.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Observation TowerObservation tower. Photo: @__nhunhuu

3. Join interesting games

In addition to the advantage of having a diverse ecosystem with the experience of riding a motorboat with a view of the river, storks flying among the trees, you can also participate in fun and rustic team building games in Lung Ngoc. Hoang is like fishing and especially is guided to pull his hooves, set aside, catch fish… just like a farmer. Besides, there are countless other fun group or individual fun games such as rope bridge riding, fiddling with monkey bridge, cycling across the boardwalk or swimming and slapping ditches to catch fish,… All Especially suitable for those who are young and muddy, as attractive as Lan Vuong tourist area in Ben Tre or Be village in Tien Giang somewhere.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Many gamesMany entertaining games. Photo: vntrip

Lung Ngoc Hoang campus also has enough costumes and tools for folk games such as life jackets, ba ba shirts, so you are free to play the role of a genuine western farmer, having fun while having fun. What’s better than being able to relieve stress and temporarily stay away from the smog and dust in the city?Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Amusement ParkThe amusement park at Ngoc Hoang in Hau Giang. Photo: mientaycogi

4. Enjoy Hau Giang specialties

After the fun time, there will be a lunch with delicious dishes of Hau Giang with the bold countryside. Visitors can go to the restaurant area in the reserve or the Spring tourist area, sit in the small leaf huts and order themselves grilled snakehead fish, kitchen mallard, um eel, or sloppy waterfall fish dish. Famous specialty bones of Hau Giang cuisine. In addition, pancakes with delicious fresh copper shrimp or a bowl of vermicelli with salad, Banh Khot, hot pot with fish sauce, … are also delicious dishes with a rich Western flavor that you should not miss when coming to this countryside.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Banh KhotGolden Khot cake, fragrant and crunchy. Photo: mientaycogi

Ticket price to visit Lung Ngoc Hoang

Ticket price to visit Lung Ngoc Hoang reserve includes tram ride and free folk games:

Adults: 60,000 VND/ticket.

Children from 6 years old and above: 30,000 VND/ticket.

Children under 5 years old: free.

Ticket price for a motorboat ride to visit the bird garden in the reserve area:

Adults: 50,000VND/ticket.

Children under 6 years old: free.

Bicycle rental price, cyclo:

First hour: 20,000 VND/car.

The first 2 hours: 30,000 VND/car.

3 hours: 40,000 VND/car.

More than 3 hours will be charged 40,000VND + 7,000VND/hour in excess for each vehicle.

A note when visiting Hau Giang’s largest nature reserve is that you remember to prepare comfortable and suitable clothes for the Western weather, as well as river terrain such as sunscreen, mosquito repellent, hats. , hat, long-sleeved shirt cool material. Don’t forget to bring some necessary medical equipment. Good and careful preparation will help you have a smooth trip and have many interesting experiences among the wild nature of the West.Hoang Ngoc Hoang Hau Giang Nature Reserve - Snakehead fishGrilled snakehead fish. Photo: @nguyenvinhha_tg

Lung Ngoc Hoang with a low-lying system, a large flooded forest area and a rich biological system nourished by fertile alluvium and many favors of nature is the ideal destination for those who love the scenery. Western and love nature. If you have the opportunity to travel to Hau Giang , do not miss this attractive destination.

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