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.
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