Cuc Phuong – The forest goes to the Association

From mid-April to mid-June, the peak of the holidays April 30 to May 1 every year is the time when Cuc Phuong – primeval old forest really turns into a magical space. Visitors coming here will be immersed in the festive season of the wonderful mother nature.
“Carnaval” by Butterfly

There is no adjective that can fully describe your moods and feelings when you get lost in Cuc Phuong butterfly season. Along the tour, on sunny days, colorful butterflies with millions of individuals will flow from the jungle to welcome you. Butterflies like a bandage of the goddess of the Muong are adorned naturally, gently, and fluttering around you. Festival of the jungle – Photo Manh Quyen “The good weather since the end of last year is the perfect condition for butterfly larvae to reproduce. About last March, all over the deep forest bloomed. This sign allows us to assess that this year Cuc Phuong will “have a butterfly season”. Since mid-April, many butterfly streams have appeared along the itinerary. For sure about the forest this year, visitors will get lost in Mother Nature’s amazing dance “. Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong, Head of Science and International Cooperation Department (Cuc Phuong National Park) excitedly shared. As noted, at this time, around noon to near the end of the afternoon on sunny days, many colorful butterflies gather throughout Cuc Phuong forest. There have been thousands of visitors coming to this place, witnessing, experiencing and saving this wonderful moment. “Milky Way” night primeval forest Not only giving visitors that priceless gift during the day, but at night, the mother of nature in this famous forest also generously gives us a special thing of a very familiar insect. lovely. Although you have experienced firefly viewing anywhere, but if you have not experienced a night of Cuc Phuong firefly season, it will definitely be the thing you most regret. Starting with tiny spots of light, flickering in the night forest canopy. Stop and focus your eyes on that darkness. Just a moment later, before your eyes is a miracle. Thousands, tens of thousands, and then millions of millions of bright spots racing against each other on the night forest floor with sparkling colors. You will unleash your mind to float along the imaginations and associations. Each shining line is as beautiful as a galaxy. Magic forest night – Photo Manh Quyen Gentleness and frequency of burning algae offer a fairytale scene, but from a scientific perspective, this is also an important stage in the life of the fireflies. It is these bright spots that will activate their breeding mechanisms, making an important contribution to keeping the ecological balance and biodiversity of a forest. On the fanciful and mesmerizing path from the Botanical Garden to Mac Lake, you will be given a lot of useful information by Cuc Phuong’s enthusiastic and knowledgeable guides. They and this forest, we will arouse clear feelings about the nature of the country. Preserve heritage – Spread love With such rich ecological potential and landscape, Cuc Phuong National Park has been transformed in a new context. Not only fireflies and butterflies, natural gifts are being researched and developed by the park’s staff into unique ecotourism products. Observe rare primate, watch the dawn of the jungle and hear the early morning bird song in the Semi-Wild Area; Journey to discover the magnificent Cat-silk cave system; Cross primary forest and learn Muong culture; The nights of “sleeping with grass and flowers” in the middle of the forest with “three-no specialties” in the morning see the peacocks spreading their wings to welcome the morning; See the deer and deer looming under the forest canopy at the reserve of precious genetic resources; admire the collection of precious natural specimens at Cuc Phuong Museum; “Add green to the old forest” with visitors participating in planting trees in the national park, responding to the program “Planting a billion trees” of the Government … And especially a unique experience tour entitled “About House ”- where visitors themselves will be involved in the post-rescue wildlife re-release process to the natural environment. All of these ecotourism products are a meaningful and sustainable direction for environmental education that the first national park in Vietnam is trying to implement. Tourists carry out hand washing before visiting. “The year 2021 is the National Tourism Year in Ninh Binh. And the year 2022 will mark the 60-year journey of building and developing Cuc Phuong National Park. We are drastically implementing synchronous solutions on all heavy functions and tasks of the Park. Forest protection is the core, as a premise for ecotourism research and development. Hopefully, with our determination to innovate and efforts, along with the support of tourists and society, Cuc Phuong is a peaceful place to return and carry a stronger message of conservation ”. Mr. Do Van Lap, Deputy Director of the Garden shared.