Brief features of Cat Ba Island - World biosphere reserve. Cat Ba - The world biosphere reserve is located in the East - South of Hai Phong City, South of Ha Long Bay, about 30km from the city center.
Located in the population of Ha Long World Natural Cultural Heritage, Cat Ba is the largest island, with a population of 366 islands, large and small, with an area of over 350 km2. Cat Ba today is an attractive tourist destination for both domestic and international visitors. Besides the advantages of geographical location, Cat Ba is an archipelago with many differences compared to the beauty spots. This is the only place in Vietnam that converges 4 national and international titles including Cat Ba National Park, Marine Protected Area and World Biosphere Reserve and Lan Ha Bay - One of the most beatiful bay in the world. With biodiversity, Cat Ba has outstanding eco-tourism resources than others.
Nature has bestowed on Cat Ba archipelago the unique and beautiful landscapes of a poetic island. The atmosphere of Cat Ba is fresh, majestic natural beauty with limestone mountains overlapping with spare parts of terraces and mysterious caves. The mountains on the Cat Ba archipelago have an average elevation of about 150m above sea level. Cat Ba archipelago has hundreds of beaches with fine sand strips, clear and peaceful water such as Cat Co, Cat Tien, Van Boi, Cat Dua, Ba Trai Dao... caves associated with the history of fighting. water and defenses of the fathers such as Thien Long, Hoa Cuong, Trung Trang, Quan Y, and beautiful bays such as Lan Ha Bay, Ben Beo, Cat Ba... Cat Ba Beach is poetic with coral reefs, beaches mini shiny golden sand and small islands with many interesting shapes create a charming picture of water.... Especially Cat Ba National Park is 15,200 ha wide with extremely rich flora and fauna system, is a place to store rare and precious gene sources in the world red book, which is characterized by Cat Ba Vooc species. The Cat Ba archipelago biosphere reserve has been recognized as the world's first "sustainable learning laboratory" for biodiversity values, with 3,800 species of animals and plants; of which, there are 60 species of plants and 22 species of rare and endemic animals named in the Vietnam Red Book, there are 29 species of plants and 7 species of animals in the world red book. Cat Ba archipelago is the best model of the high concentration of tropical, subtropical ecosystems that are typically superior to other parts of Asia such as the largest typical limestone island ecosystem in Chau. Asia, vast primeval tropical rain forests on limestone islands, mangroves, corals, intertidal areas, saltwater lakes, seagrass beds, cave systems, mangroves. These ecosystems cover diverse and complex topography, such as Cat Ba National Park Center, Frog Pond, Dong Cong and Lan Ha Bay.
The Cat Ba archipelago is full of valuable and rare global biodiversity values that meet the criteria 9 and 10 of the World Heritage Convention.
Cat Ba Island with geographical tectonic characteristics is the trough of the Dong Trieu arc reaching the Tonkin Gulf. The terrain is covered with limestone mountains with many looks, bizarre caves, rich vegetation covering the terrain, shimmering in the waves of the sea, making Cat Ba even more beautiful. . With over 350km2 of islands, forests and mountains favored by nature, Cat Ba has attracted people since the beginning of time.
Cat Ba has Lan Ha Bay poetic and hundreds of small beaches, smooth white sand, clear water to the end, quiet as the fairy realm. The mountain shimmering with water bubbles, the strange and mysterious appearance with famous landmarks such as Candle Mountain, Buom Mountain, Ga Choi Mountain, Ba Trai Dao Beach, Mount Cam Day, Dau Be Peninsula, Nam Cat Island , Van Boi beach... visitors immerse in the blue water of the golden sand and explore the colorful coral reefs.
Cat Ba has a primeval forest with hundreds of hectares of valuable timber such as Kim Giao, Cho Dai,... Because of the limestone structure, Cat Ba is like being created by nature in a wonderful way. Covering on the rugged terrain is both a rich and attractive vegetation. In 1986, Cat Ba National Park was established, which is considered as a natural museum to store and preserve rare and precious genetic resources with hundreds of thousands of rare species of plants and animals. There are species listed in the Red Book of the World that only remain in Cat Ba as the white headed langurs.
The green color of rocky mountains, forest trees and marbles of the sea gives Cat Ba a wonderful harmony. Hundreds of strange mountain designs with mysterious caves. Many bays are located deep within the island with small smooth sandy strips, clear turquoise water making coral populations shimmering in thousands of colors. On the island there are surprising surprises: the lake on the mountain is calm as a mirror; Trees and water like Ca Mau mangroves spread out in clusters to cling to the surface of the water. The meadow in the middle of the island is flat, a green with enough visibility is spread out before your eyes, making you feel like standing in a certain steppe. Streams deep in the deep forest day and night murmuring create chords of the mountains, giving us fresh water. And it is impossible not to mention the cave through the mountains in the middle of the forest, the cave flows in the mountains in the sea, each with a different beauty.
Management of Cat Ba Bays