Xuan Son National Park located in the Tan Son District in the northern midland province of Phu Tho province, which boasts diverse ecosystems, untouched natural beauty and original cultural identities of ethnic people, is receiving investment to make it a tourist hotspot and help drive the locality’s socio-economic growth.
About 120 km from Hanoi, Xuan Son National Park covers more than 15,000 hectares. It is the 12th largest national park in Vietnam with 84 percent forest coverage.
With pure water and clean air, temperatures in Xuan Son average 22-23 degrees Celsius all year round. One day at the park sees the four seasons: the morning is as cool as spring, noon is as warm as summer, the wind in the afternoon is as gentle as that in autumn and the evening has a little winter coldness.
The park is home to 365 animal species, including 46 listed in Vietnam’s Red Book and 18 others in the World Red Book. Xuan Son is home to typical species of the northwestern region such as langurs, gibbons, civets, squirrels, bears, leopards, pheasants and peacock pheasants.
The park has 726 species of vascular plants. At the intersection of flora from Indo-Malaysia and China’s Huanan regions, Xuan Son’s vegetation is dominated by chestnut trees, oaks and magnolias alongside such typical plants of the northwestern region as “tau muoi” (Vatica odorata), “Sao mat quy” ( Hopea mollissima), “ cho chi” (Parashorea chinensis), “ nghien” ( Burretiodendron hsienmu ) and “Kim giao” ( Nageia fleuryi).
Besides its rich flora and fauna, the park also owns numerous striking natural landscapes like three 1,000 meter-plus high peaks, namely Mount Voi, Mount Ten and Mount Can as well as hundreds of caves, streams and waterfalls.
Additionally, ethnic groups residing in the park still maintain their own culture in costumes, festivals, handicrafts, brocades, dances and cuisine. Moreover, Xuan Son together with Tam Dao in Vinh Phuc Province and Ba Vi in Hanoi form a triangle of spectacular landscapes and legendary sites.
Thanks to the foregoing advantages, it is favourable to develop numerous types of tourism like eco-tourism, adventure, medical and community tourism. The park now welcomes 5,000 – 10,000 visitors every year, 5 – 10 percent of them tourists.
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