About Con Lu – Con Ngan ecological area in Nam Dinh, you will admire the whole picture of vivid and lively nature with thousands of individuals of many precious bird species living here.
There is no need to go to the remote southern mangroves to see many rare animals. In the land of Nam Dinh, there is also a very famous mangrove ecological area that is visited by many tourists, which is Con Lu – Con Ngan. And if you are a nature lover, want to mingle with nature, and connect with many new and rare bird species, then come to Con Lu mangrove ecological area right away.
Con Lu – Con Ngan mangrove area in Giao Thuy Giao
About Con Lu – Con Ngan ecological area
Con Lu – Con Ngan eco-zone is one of the national nature reserves in Giao Thuy in particular and Vietnam in general. Possessing an extremely large area of up to 10,000 ha of buffer zone plus 7,000 ha of very tight protection zone. This place has become an ideal terrain for many species of animals to live here. And every year, the flooded area of Con Lu – Con Ngan welcomes tens of thousands of individuals including many precious bird species from the North. No wonder this is like a station platform of many birds.
According to the statistics of researchers, this place gathers more than 220 precious bird species and there are many bird species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and the world.
In 1989, UNESCO officially joined the Con Lu – Con Ngan ecological zone to participate in the RAMSAR convention on nature conservation. And since then, this place has become a famous eco-tourism destination visited by a large number of locals and other places.
Where is Con Lu – Con Ngan ecological area in Nam Dinh?
Address: Con Lu – Con Ngan town. Ngo Dong – Giao Thuy district – Nam Dinh province
For those who want to explore and conduct a mangrove eco-tour, it is definitely not possible to ignore Con Lu – Con Ngan, located in Ngo Dong town – Giao Thuy. Coming here, in addition to breathing the fresh air of the village, visitors will admire a vivid natural picture with many rare animals and plants. And this is also the mangrove ecological area of the Xuan Thuy national park system – the last place of the Red River that has been cultivated with alluvium for thousands of years to create a unique, rich and sustainable ecosystem.
Walk on the scenic bridge
What is the best time to visit Con Lu – Con Ngan?
At any time of the year, you can visit the Con Lu – Con Ngan mangrove ecological area. However, you can choose 1 of 2 reasonable time to visit this place:
+ If you go in the summer: Surely, you will feel the natural picture here is extremely green, the sea and sky is vast, brilliant sunshine. Going at this time, you still encounter migratory birds here, but the number is not many and diverse. Mainly native birds such as mallards, storks, storks, kingfishers, rowing… Or colorful birds such as red-bellied penguins, yellow-breasted finches…
+ If going in winter (November – December to March – April next year): At this time, the natural scenery is not as green as summer. But this is the ideal time for you to admire the whole picture of the vibrant and lively nature of thousands and thousands of rare bird species from the North. Especially around November and December, flocks of birds fly from Korea, Siberia… to come here and bring many vivid colors to the Con Lu – Con Ngan mangrove area .
Many strange birds
How to move to Con Lu – Con Ngan?
Located about 150km from the center of Hanoi capital to the South, it only takes you more than 2 hours to move to Con Lu – Con Ngan eco-tourism area. And depending on the conditions, depending on your preferences for freedom, exploring here and there, you can choose one of the following two means:
+ Traveling by motorbike: For those who love beautiful roads, like to lean in many places, surely motorbike is the best choice along the route of Hanoi-Ninh Binh/DCT01.
+ Moving by passenger car: If you don’t like to ride a motorbike, you can go to Giap Bat, My Dinh to choose Giao Thuy – Hai Hau car for about 100k / 1 way / 1 pax.
When you come to Giao Thuy, ask the locals and they will locate you the way to Con Lu – Con Ngan area.
Visit Con Lu – Con Ngan ecological area
Diverse flora and fauna
Con Lu – Con Ngan eco-zone belongs to Xuan Thuy national park system. Therefore, this place owns 120 species of high-class plants. Of which, there are nearly 20 species that are adapted to flooded conditions, creating a hectare mangrove forest. Therefore, the forest has contributed to the fixation of alluvium and is a condition for the formation of new alluvial grounds, nursery as well as providing food for many aquatic animals and ecological balance here.
Floating plants: there are 111 species, including many species of algae with great economic value, to mention the presence of yellow seaweed.
Benthic and zooplankton: there are over 500 species with many species of high economic value such as clams, shrimps, sea crabs, fish…
Aquatic animals: According to the data collected by the management board, there are 220 species belonging to 41 households and 13 orders. There are many extremely rare species of water birds in the world’s red book such as: spoonbills, yellow-billed storks, yellow-billed storks, Chinese white storks, spoonbills, short-billed gulls, etc. have created an invaluable ecosystem. equally rich.
Diverse flora and fauna
Take a boat to explore
Coming to Con Lu – Con Ngan mangrove area , visitors will be sitting on a boat to weave deep into the mangrove forest to better understand the daily rhythm of the birds here. In the midst of the vast mangrove forest, you will have a connection between the beautiful nature. I feel like I’m lost in the wild island world of Robinson.
Boating
Integrating into the local people’s life
Residents living in the buffer zone of Con Lu – Con Ngan ecological zone are a symbol of the land culture of the population of the Red River Delta. For nearly 300 years, this place has established rich countryside with harmonious sea forests, bringing many interesting things for visitors to visit. Coming to Con Lu, in addition to watching the birds of the sky, water fish, the vast mangrove system, you will experience a unique cultural lifestyle such as: cheo singing, lion dance, swimming brush, wrestling… Especially rewarded Enjoy seafood specialties such as shrimp, crab, fish…or all delicious Giao Thuy spring rolls.
Spring rolls
And if you want to explore and experience the Con Lu – Con Ngan ecological area or to admire the panoramic picture of the vibrant ecology with the rich flora and fauna here, do not hesitate without planning a trip to the South. Determine you. That’s very interesting!
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