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Van Long natural reserve
is located in Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province,
about 90 kilometers far from Hanoi. It is not only the
largest natural reserve of wetlands but also a legendary
land. Here, tourists will be seated on the boat to
discover this area. A large space with spectacular
mountain ranges of Van Long creates a natural wall
surrounded a vast expanse of water.
With an area of 3000 hectares, Van Long natural reserve
has 32 beautiful grottos such as: Ca Grotto, Bong
Grotto, Rua Grotto, Chanh Grotto, each grotto has an
unique beauty. The most beautiful grotto is Ca grotto in
the Hoang Quyen Mountain. It has 250 meters length, 8
meters height and 10 meters width. The grotto is
dominated by numerous stalactites with strange unique
shapes like animal, fish Especially, there has many
catfish, tilapia According to legend, ancient people
caught a fish with 45 kilograms weight so that it named
Ca grotto.
Among the grottos in Van Long, Thung Doi is the highest
grotto with 210 meters height above ground; the largest
grotto is Bong grotto (16 meter). These grottos have
strange names such as: Nghien Mountain, Hom Sach
Mountain, Da Ban Mountain, Meo Cao Mountain, Tien Co
Mountain, Voi Dung Mountain, Canh Cong Mountain, Mo Coi
Mountain
Van Long is a land full of mysteries, is an ideal home
for plants and aniamals. In the Van Long forest, there
has 457species of higher plants. In particular, it has 8
species recorded in Vietnam Red list. Animals have 39
species, 12 species of rare animals such as white shorts
langur accounted largest number in Vietnam, chamois,
Bengal slow Loris, Asian black bear, stump-tailed
macaque In the 9 species recorded in Vietnam List such
as: king cobra, water monitor, oriental Rat snake,
lizards In the dry season, Van Long is the wintering
place of migratory birds from the North. There has
dozens of pheasants, grey heron, teal and hundreds of
white stork, night herons etc.
Van Long is not only a nature reserve submerged but also
a site of historical heritage. Coming to Van Long
natural reserve, tourists should not miss Thi tree-600
years old, Chi Le Temple, Mai Trung Temple, Dich Long
cave, historic relic of Dinh Tien Hoang
Being one of the last real natural treasures in Ninh
Binh and little spoiled by the influences of tourism,
Van Long is worth exploring natural beauty spots in the
north of Viet Nam.
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