Vietnam Blue Travel: Trang An Ecotourism Site

Trang An Eco-Tourism Site is a complex and beautiful landscape, considered an 'outdoor geological museum because it is entirely surrounded by bow shaped limestone mountain ranges lying on a delta wetland area.

According to current statistics, Trang An has 48 grottoes and caves alternating with 31 large and small valleys. Each valley is a various charming beauty bringing a multi-colorful picturesque landscape

The entire cave is home to 50 of Trang An caves connecting 30 small valleys which follow about 10 kilometers from North to South. This is the perfect destination for who loves nature and discover the magnificent caves of Ninh Binh. Crossing the caves, we find a forest paradise of stalactites and stalagmites which form, stimulating the imagination, gave their name to many of these caves: Ba Giot, Seo, Dia Linh, Nau Ruou, etc

Trang An is known not only as a scenic destination but also as a sacred place for Buddhists. Bai Dinh is a complex of pagodas in Vietnam the largest and one of the most important centers of Buddhism in the country and also the South-East Asia. It includes the ancient Bai Dinh pagoda and Bai Dinh Pagoda where new records are set as 12: the bronze bell of 36 tons, the statue of Buddha of 100 tons ...

Here is also the preservation of 12 historical relics (Trinh Temple, Tran Temple, Khong Temple...), traces of pre-historic people believed to inhabit here 3,000-30,000 years ago found in Boi and Trong caves, and archeological sites of Hoa Binh and Da But Cultures at some rock mountains and caves.

Tourists offer incense at the Quy Minh King temple

The complex is also an outstanding ecotourism spot with diverse flora and fauna systems, called an “open-air geological museum” by scientists.

The terrestrial ecosystem has over 600 species of plants including 310 rare ones, 200 species of animals. The aquatic ecosystem includes more than 30 zooplankton species, 40 zoobenthic species of which many are rare species, especially striped-neck turtles in need of urgent protection.