Cuc Phuong, established in 1962, is the first National Park opened in Vietnam. It is about 140 km South of Hanoi and 55km from Ninh Binh. It covers roughly 25,000 hectares. The botanical richness of the forest is impressive as it supports a wide variety of flora species and patches of primeval forest, including ancient trees with thick clusters of roots, and parasitic plants and ligneous creepers. Tree species come from Burma, India, and Borneo. Clusters of orchards grow near cave entrances where moisture conditions and light are ideal. Varieties of trees include thousand-year dracontomelum and parashorea trees which can be visited in a one or two hour hike. You can see coral, vanilla, snow-white and butterfly orchids everywhere.
The park also has a large number of animal residents including panthers and bears which are rarely seen. But you will see monkeys, gibbons, flying squirrels and pheasants. There are also over 120 species of birds and many varieties of beetles that inhabit this beautiful park. In April and May you will be able to see swarms of butterflies. At night, million of cicadas create a deafening din and millions of fireflies flicker about. Because it is situate in a limestone area, there are numerous caves in Cuc Phuong. In the "Nguoi Xua" cave (Cave of Early Man), two ancient tombs have been discovered, along with Neolithic remains and evidence of stone implements. There have been similar findings in the Trang Khuyet (Crescent Moon), Thanh Minh, and ConMongCaves. HangDanCave is well-known for its bat population. When hiking in Cuc Phuong, you walk some kilometers of a beautiful trail, passing through old-growth forest with long vines wrapped around strangled trees. You can visit the caves, waterfalls and streams in the forest or stop over at a Muong ethnic village. Since the Park is located in between three provinces, it's easy to combine a trip to Cuc Phuong with a trip to Hoa Binh or Ninh Binh province, or you can depart from Hanoi, spend the whole day exploring the forest and spend the night at the Park's guest house...
Cuc Phuong National Park – Kenh Ga – Hoa Lu Tour
Tour Type: Private and easy
Tour Duration: 02 days/ 01 night
Tour Itinerary:
Depart at 7.30 am from your hotel in Hanoi to drive directly to CucPhuongNational Park. First, we visit the EndangeredPrimatesRescueCenter. Have lunch at Cuc Phuong Guest house and check in.
In the afternoon, visit the flora, fauna and one-thousand-year-old sequoia tree, and the cave of Prehistoric man in CucPhuongNational Park. Dinner and overnight at a guesthouse in CucPhuongNational Park.
After breakfast, we leave the Cuc Phuong to visit Kenh Ga. Enjoy a boat trip along HoangLongRiver to contemplate the beauty of the natural landscape and then visit Hot Spring, Van Trinh Cave. Have lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch we take a short drive to Hoa Lu - an ancient capital of Vietnam - and the remaining two temples of Dinh King and Le King, and then drive back to Hanoi. Tour ends at about 17.00pm at your hotel.
Hoa Lu is the relics of the ancient capital Hoa Lu – the remains are the temples dedicated to King Dinh and King Le, the two heroes who lived in 10th century and chose Hoa Lu to build the citadel of the capital city. From time to time, archaeologists have excavated buried parts of this citadel with rusty weapons and ceramics. The temples are said to be built on the old foundation of their original palaces in 11-12th centuries and restored in 17th century. Though the temples are not maintained entirely some precious antiques are still preserved well like the whole-stone dragon thrones, wooden bas-relieves and lacquered statues of King Dinh, Kinh Le, Queen Duong Van Nga who in turn got married both of the kings, and the princes of the two dynasties.
Cuc Phuong, established in 1962, is the first National Park opened in 
After breakfast, we leave the Cuc Phuong to visit Kenh Ga. Enjoy a boat trip along 
After lunch we take a short drive to Hoa Lu - an ancient capital of 
