Thousands of tourists flock to Cuc Phuong in early butterfly season

Việt NamViệt Nam16/04/2024

A group of young tourists visited Cuc Phuong forest during butterfly season this year. Photo: NVCC
Young tourists visit Cuc Phuong forest during butterfly season this year

According to Mr. Do Hong Hai, Deputy Director of the Center for Environmental Education and Services, Cuc Phuong National Park, this year's butterfly season comes early. Every year it is around the end of April, but this year the butterfly season in Cuc Phuong has started for a week. The number of visitors is high both on weekdays and weekends.

In addition to families with young children, the garden also attracts many international visitors to see butterflies. The number of visitors to Cuc Phuong in the past month (March 15-April 15) reached nearly 12,000. In the first week of the butterfly season (April 8-April 15), the number of visitors reached nearly 5,000.

According to Mr. Hai, the Garden has more than 400 species of butterflies. This season, visitors will see millions of butterflies flying in the air, covering the paths. Right from the entrance to the national park, you can see flocks of thousands of butterflies flying across the sky. "There are many butterflies, up to tens of thousands, due to the beautiful sunny weather. On rainy nights and sunny mornings, there will be the most butterflies," Mr. Hai shared the best time to see butterflies in the Garden.

Cuc Phuong is also famous for its butterfly season from late April to the end of May. Millions of white wings flying in flocks along the road leading to the national park is a typical image that attracts tourists to this place. The entrance fee to the park is 60,000 VND for adults and 10,000 VND for children (grades 1 to 11). Children under 6 years old are free.

Cuc Phuong is the first national park in Vietnam, established in 1962, located 120 km from Hanoi, in the territory of three provinces Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa. The park has an area of ​​over 22,000 hectares, characterized by tropical rainforest and is home to more than 2,200 higher plants and mosses, 122 species of reptiles, 66 species of fish, nearly 2,000 species of insects, 135 species of mammals. There are many rare species of animals living here such as white-thighed langurs, clouded leopards, and Asian bears. This place also has a system of beautiful caves with great archaeological value such as Son Cung and Pho Ma Giang caves.

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A swarm of butterflies surrounds visitors to the garden on April 15.

In addition to butterflies and fireflies, other favorite activities of tourists when coming to Cuc Phuong are trekking through the forest, joining night wildlife tours, camping. Each year, the park welcomes about 120,000 visitors.

In August 2023, Cuc Phuong won the award for Asia's Leading National Park by the World Travel Awards, holding the top position for the fifth consecutive year.

TH (according to VnExpress)

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