Cuc Phuong national park 1 day

Highlights tour:

Cuc Phuong national park culture: In earlier times, Cuc Phuong was home to the Muong minority people (or tribe) and to this day a few scattered villages around the park's periphery still house these interesting people and their unique culture. If you visit these communities you can still see their traditional stilt houses, waterwheels, bamboo rafts and brocade looms.

Cuc Phuong national park limestone karsts landscape : Located on 2 limestone mountain ranges, the landscape of Cuc Phuong is a wonderfully rich ecosystem. The rocky outcrops of Cuc Phuong contain very valuable archeological vestiges such as a fossilized sea reptile, dated at 200 - 230 million years old and evidence of prehistoric people, who lived in the forest some 7500 years ago.

Endangered Primate Rescue Center: One of the highlights of Cuc Phuong is the EPRC. The highly successful center has approximately 120 primates in breeding programs. There are currently 15 different species and subspecies of Gibbons and Langurs on site, including several living in huge forested enclosures.
Open daily: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. and 13:30 - 16:00 p.m. EPRC opens every half hour..

Around Cuc Phuong national park: From Cuc Phuong we would suggest that you take a trip to Van Long, where you can see Delacour's Langurs in the wild, to Tam Coc or to Pu Luong Nature Reserve - all within easy access. Just ask us and we will set you on the right path.

Operation : Daily departure Duration : 1 day Tour route : Hanoi – Cuc Phuong national park - Hanoi Brief description : Cuc Phuong is the oldest national park in Vietnam. Located only 120km southwest of Hanoi and nestled between the provinces of Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa, Cuc Phuong boasts engaging cultural and wildlife heritage and enchanting scenery. Magnificent Limestone Mountains rise up majestically from the green rice-terraces and traditional stilt houses of the Muong hill-tribe. Covered in a dense forest they form a habitat for some of Asia's rarest species. It is no wonder that researchers, naturalists, enthusiasts and conservationists alike are drawn to this corner of the world

Detailed tour itinerary

AM: Pick you up at 8.00am at hotel in Hanoi, and then depart for Cuc Phuong national park towards to the Southwest of Hanoi, it takes about 2,5 hours(110km) to get to Cuc Phuong national park(It was officially opened in 1960 as the first national park in Vietnam).
We will firstly visit the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation, breeding, research, and conservation of endangered primates, and to the protection of their habitats.

PM: After lunch, we keep going into the park central, stop to discover ancient human cave, have lunch at house-on-stilted in the park central.
Taking a short trek into the National Park for sightseeing and learn more of fauna and flora in this oldest forest of Vietnam. We will come back to the Park Centre, then taking Car / Van to be backing Hanoi.

Thank you very much for joining us & have good trip !