Trang An Eco-Tourism Complex: “Ha Long Bay on Land”
Thursday, 27/12/2012 09:03 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - Trang An Eco-Tourism Complex is a complex and beautiful landscape, considered an 'outdoor geological museum' with numerous caves, mountains, waterways, trees and historical relics. Trang An cave system is a part of Hoa Lu District, of Ninh Binh province.
Trang An Eco-Tourism Complex was founded under Decision 728/QD-UBND, of April 9, 2008, by the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province.
Ninh Binh on 21 August 2011 was honoured to welcome the delegation of representatives of UNESCO to visit all the caves of Trang An, Bai Dinh Pagoda and the ancient capital Hoa Lu.
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The entire Trang An area is home to 50 flooded caves connecting 30 small valleys
which stretch about 10 kilometres from North to South |
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Tourists travel by boat for sightseeing |
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Trang An Eco-tourism complex, boasting 48 grottoes and caves and 31 valleys near
the hallowed cultural area of Bai Dinh Pagoda has become
a unique landscape in the Red River Delta |
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Tourists offer incense at the Quy Minh King temple |
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Trang An eco-tourism complex includes 9 navigable water routes and 2 roads.
The road network system has a total length of 39.4 km |
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The transport system is arranged methodically and logically |
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To guarantee tourists’ safety, each boat carries only 4-5 persons |
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Trang An is a forest of great diversity in flora and fauna… |
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… and home to 577 plant species, including 10 species listed
in the Red Book of Vietnam |
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At the base of the limestone mountains, evidence of an ancient seabed
has been found, so the Trang An eco-tourism site is considered
the "Ha Long Bay on Land" |