Cuc Phuong National Park Vườn quốc gia Cúc Phương
Vietnam's first national park
Give a day to Vietnam's first national park: walk the limestone forest and the old tree. It covers 22,408 ha, about 120 km south of Hanoi, across Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, and Thanh Hoa, founded on 7 July 1962. An adult gate ticket is 60,000 đồng. Primate, turtle, and night-cart tickets are extra.
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The lake and the limestone ridge at Cuc Phuong
Photo: pululante · CC BY 2.0
Cuc Phuong is the first national park in Vietnam, founded on 7 July 1962 by Decision 72-TTg. It lies about 120 km south of Hanoi, in the Tam Diep range, across Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, and Thanh Hoa, at 22,408 ha. The gate is in xã Cúc Phương, huyện Nho Quan. Walk the forest from the gate. The thousand-year tree is the frame with the blue plaque on the trunk.
Photo: TomFitzhenry · CC BY-SA 4.0
The park counts 2,234 higher plants and mosses, 135 mammal species, and 336 bird species. The white-rumped black langur is the emblem. Prehistoric caves include hang Đắng, with traces dated from 7,500 to 12,000 years, and a marine-reptile fossil dated about 200 to 230 million years.
Buy the visit ticket if the forest is the day. Add a rescue-centre ticket for the primates, the turtles, or the night cart. Online tickets have been on sale since 00:00 on 2 August 2024. The centre phones are 1800 5555 88 and 02293.848.006.
Getting there and around
The park sits in xã Cúc Phương, huyện Nho Quan, about 120 km south of Hanoi. From Ga Ninh Bình, take a road transfer to the gate.
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From Hanoi
About 120 km south, into the Tam Diep range.
From Ga Ninh Bình
By road to xã Cúc Phương, huyện Nho Quan.
Hours and fees
- Hours
Check on arrival
- Closed
No weekly closing day is published.
- Admission
Visit: adult 60,000 đồng, student 20,000 đồng, pupil or child 10,000 đồng. Primate programme: adult 80,000 đồng, student, pupil, or child 30,000 đồng. Turtle programme, and the carnivore and pangolin programme: adult 60,000 đồng, reduced line 30,000 đồng. Night safari by electric cart, for people staying in the park: adult 150,000 đồng, child 6–10 years 100,000 đồng, under 6 years 30,000 đồng. A group under five people: at least 600,000 đồng a tour. Hotline 02293 848 006. Two packaged walks, “Bước chân hoang dã”, are 220,000 đồng and 320,000 đồng for an adult and already fold in the visit fee and a cart.
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