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Van Long Nature Reserve - ‘Halong Bay on land’
Van Long Nature Reserve in Ninh Binh, with its spectacularly shaped limestone mountains surrounding northern Vietnam ’s largest wetland, Van Long Nature Reserve in Ninh Binh province is becoming an attractive destination for tourists.
According to the Ninh Binh Tourism Department, Van Long Nature Reserve attracted 45,000 visitors, mostly foreigners, in 2007. Visitors from France , the Republic of Korea and Japan were the largest groups to include Van Long, along with the old capital of Hoa Lu and Tam Coc-Bich Dong tourist site also in Ninh Binh province, in their travel itinerary.
The Van Long wetland in Gia Vien district about 90km south of Hanoi
covers a total area of 2,643 ha. There are 457 species of high-class
flora throughout the reserve, of which eight species have been listed
in Vietnam ’s Red Book.
The reserve is home to 39 animal species including the rare white
breeched langur, tibetan bear, serow, loris and panther . Nine species
of reptiles including the python, king cobra, varan and gecko and the
near extinct insect species, the belostomatid, are all found in the
reserve.
Van Long wetlands, which is described as a Ha long bay
on land, also has many beautiful caves and grottos. A popular activity
among visitors is a boat ride to discover the beauty of the 100m Bong
grotto, four-storey Duoi cave, or the most beautiful Ca grotto half
submerged with a 250m length and multiform magnificent stalactites and
stalagmites.
Those visitors interested in
history cannot overlook sites such as a “Thi” tree which is believed to
be 600 years old, or Chi Le, Mai Trung and Dich Long pagodas and cave
site or King Dinh Tien Hoang Temple.
The development of tourism around Van Long has supported a face-lift of
the area, with roads, schools and craft villages benefiting from
upgrades and many hotels being built. The area has been selected by
local authorities for the province’s master plan on tourism development
by 2010.
(Source: VNA, URL: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2008/05/780995/)
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