Cuc Phuong National Park
The best time to visit Cuc Phuong National Park is during the dry
season, from December to April, when the hard forest rain accounting
for 90% of the annual rainfall is over. Cuc Phuong National Park
is located 160 km south of Hanoi in Ninh Binh province. The park
is conveniently located on the route to several tourist attractions,
including Bich Dong Pagoda, Hoa Lu, and Sam Son Beach. It was officially
opened in 1960 as the first national park in Vietnam.
 Cuc
Phuong National Park is surrounded by several limestone cliffs,
the highest being May Bac, meaning "silver cloud," with
a height of 656 m. There are plenty of plants and mammals living
in the park. There are an estimated 2,000 different species of flora
and the 450 species fauna account for 38% of the national fauna.
Thanks to the limestone terrain, Cuc Phuong National Park has a
multitude of caves, including Thang Khuyet Cave, Con Moong Cave,
Pho Ma Cave, and Nguoi Xua Cave. Quen Voi, also part of the park,
is where Nguyen Hue’s army was stationed before it made its surprise
attack on Thanh Long and defeated Thanh enemies in the spring of
1789.
Global environmental programs led by the UNDP, United Nations Development
Program, and FFI, Flora and Fauna International, researched the
distinguished primitiveness of the tropical forest and the monsoon
influence on Southeast Asia in Cuc Phuong National Park.
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