VietnamSurprise – Mui Ca Mau National Park is a national park in southern Vietnam, which is located in the Dat Mui Commune, Ngo Hien District, Ca Mau (the southernmost of Vietnam’s provinces).
This National Park covered an area of 41,862ha, nearly 400km away from Ho Chi Minh City.
Mui Ca Mau National Park is a submerged area with a floral complex, mainly mangrove and Mam (avicenia, black mangrove) trees, very well-known domestically and internationally. Mui Ca Mau National Park is an ecological system of natural salt-marsh forests with high values in terms of bio-diversity, culture, history, environment and landscapes.
The park has a rich fauna with 13 species of animals belonging to 9 families, including 2 species listed in the Red Book of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Which are the long-tailed monkey and Ca khuat (Trachypithecus cristatus). It is also considered to be an important site for a number of migratory waterbirds with 74 species of birds belonging to 23 families, including 5 species listed in the IUCN Red Book, namely the Chinese stork, Ibis leucocephalus, Grey-legged pelican, Curved beak snipe and Black-headed ibis.
The submerged flora on the western beach of the park extends nearly 100m into the sea each year, creating an ideal environment for the reproduction and development of shrimp, fish and mollusk.
Source: http://www.vnppa.org.vn/
