Situated in Ba Be District, Bac Kan Province, Ba Be National Park covers an area of 7,610ha and has 3,000 inhabitants of the Tay, Mong, Dao living there.
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The national park boasts primeval forest on old limestone range that surrounds pure lakes. The park consists of 1,281 species of plant including 162 families, among which 38 species have so far been recorded in the Red List of The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources-IUCN, 553 species of animals with 27 orders consisting of dozens of rare and endemic species like Great hornbill (Phuong hoang dat), Rhinopithecus avunculus (
Vooc mui hech), Presbytis francoisi francoisi (Vooc den ma trang)...
Ba Be Lake highlights the
national park with its outstanding landscape and geological features. The 500ha lake is among 20 largest natural freshwater lakes worldwide. The lake is also home to some 87 species of freshwater fish, of which there are valuable and rare species as Ba Be paramesotriton deloustali (
ca coc), Bagarius yarrelli sykes (
ca chien),
ca lam xanh, ca sinh ga… In addition to Ba Be Lake, the national park boasts unique and imposing tourist spots namely Puong Grotto, Dau Dang Waterfall, Tien Pond… Ba Be National Park has been recognised as an ASEAN Natural Heritage Site.