Besides Ban Gioc waterfall, Thang Hen lake or Lenin stream, Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park is also a very famous landscape of Cao Bang province that visitors should not miss.
Introduction to Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park
Phia Oac – Phia Den or Phja Oac – Phja Den is a special-use forest located in the Cao Bang Non-Water Park system recognized by UNESCO as a Global Geopark, stretching over the indigenous of 5 communes in Nguyen district. Binh, Cao Bang province is: Thanh Cong, Hung Dao, Quang Thanh, Phan Thanh and Tinh Truc, at the same time about 73km from Cao Bang city.
The majestic and poetic beauty of the national park (Photo @ myphuong.103)
This forest was discovered by the French in the early 20th century, but preserved and developed by the Vietnamese as a nature reserve and reserve, then in January 2018, the Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park recognized as the first national park of Cao Bang province, with the aim of preserving and developing a typical ecosystem, associated with socio-economic development and national security.
Interesting points of National Park Phia Oac – Phia Den
Biodiversity
About geology
Phja Oac – Phja Den National Park has a total area of more than 10 thousand hectares, including 3 main subdivisions: strict protection area, ecological restoration area and administrative service area, with a variety of vegetation things such as: closed tropical humid evergreen forest, monsoon rainy sub-tropical forest and dwarf forest, also known as moss forest – a type of primeval forest on the high mountains characteristic of the temperate climate in northern Vietnam.
Besides, the topography here is also very rich, from winding rivers, valley-like valleys, low mountain ranges extending to tall mountains with great slopes.
The valley and mountains are rolling together (Photo @ nguyenhuong7244)
In particular, there are many mountain peaks with quite impressive heights: Phia Den peak is 1,391m high, Tam Loang peak is 1,446m high, Niot Ti peak is 1,574m high and Phia Oac is 1,935m high is called the “roof. west of Cao Bang province “.
In addition, the Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park also has a quite diverse geological structure, with a mixture of limestone, granite intrusive rocks and continental rocks, creating many rare minerals such as: gold, silver, tin, uranium and tungsten ores …
About the flora
The diverse flora with up to 1,287 species of 786 genera in 202 families of 6 branches is a special attraction that no one can ignore when visiting Phia Oac – Phia Den national forest .
Plants are very rich (Photo @dinhmailanfun)
In which, up to 90 species of rare and endangered plants are listed in the Red Book of Vietnam for conservation, including: rocky alpine, rosemary, rosemary, pistachio, chrysanthemum , hazelnuts, slices of flowers and clenched …
Moreover, Mount Phia Oac is also a huge treasure of Vietnamese medicinal herbs, with rare medicinal herbs such as: most flowers, glitter, cordyceps or mountain ginseng … and The tea forests are immense, fresh, attracting many tourists to visit every day.
A romantic tea hill like Taiwan (Photo @ t.hau_97)
About the fauna
It will be a huge shortcoming if it comes to the diverse ecosystem of Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park , ignoring the extremely rich fauna here, with 496 species of vertebrates, thousands of insect species, hundreds of birds, reptiles, amphibians, 80 species of seasonal animals and 66 species of butterflies …
Animals are very rich (Photo @ stanleychu2019)
In particular, up to 58 species in this “house” belong to a group of rare and endangered animals, 30 species of mammals listed in the Vietnam Red Book and 3 species of reptiles and 2 amphibian species in the ranking. critically endangered.
Some typical species can be mentioned as: Northeast black gibbon, chamois, musk deer, monkey, civet, civet, white tailed flying squirrel, horse bear, small coolie, big coolie and wild cat. ..
The romantic scene is charming
It can be said that nature is extremely fond of not only giving Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park a fresh and cool atmosphere in four seasons, but also high mountains and vegetation. Blue and white clouds all year round cover the top of the mountain, creating a charming, beautiful scene like a fairyland.
A romantic view on top of a mountain (Photo @ nguyenthihuong3083)
And although this place is also a picture of majestic and poetic at any time, but the most attractive is spring and winter.
When spring comes, Phja Oac – Phja Den is replaced by a bright coat, because countless wild flowers blooming, such as the seductive reds of azaleas, jade green Bridge or dreamlike purple, yellow, white color of the branches of forest orchids.
Flowers in full bloom (Photo @thuhoaiii ____ 95)
In particular, the cool climate and high humidity of the mountain also make the flowers here bloom bigger, the colors are more vibrant and the fragrance is sweeter, making everyone here fascinated.
When winter comes, like Mau Son peak in Lang Son or Fansipan peak in Lao Cai , Phia Oac mountain peak in Cao Bang is also covered by snow and dense fog surrounds, immersed in white color. pure, clear, giving us the feeling of being lost in the magnificent scenery of a dream fairytale from childhood.
Beautiful like a fairy tale (Photo @ dieu_linhh9)
Moreover, sometimes there are gentle rays of the sun shining on thin ice that will make them shine sparkling rays or reflect a shimmering 7-color rainbow, making everyone admire and admire. stop.
The space looks like a distant Nordic region (Photo @viivii_vkd)
Revealing, Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park was once a resort of the old French, so today there are still traces of ancient villas or European-style motels. French authorities so that visitors can visit.
Bring many great meanings
The biodiversity of the Phia Oac – Phia Den conservation area is not only of great value in scientific research, gene conservation and environmental education, but also as a “green lung” to regulate climate, carbon sequestration, soil protection, water regulation and erosion, flooding and landslides control, but also develop local tourism, thereby contributing to stabilizing production, improving living standards for people in the area.
Tourist attraction of the region (Photo @ hong.chuyen260)
With the majestic and poetic scenery, Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park will definitely become an extremely HOT tourist destination of Cao Bang in the future, next to the Pac Bo tourist resort or Ban Gioc waterfall .
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