Are you planning to travel to Kon Tum? Do you want to visit the unique Chu Mom Ray National Park? This place is considered an ASEAN heritage with the highest biodiversity in the national park system in the country. Please refer to the article below to explore this Chu Mom Ray National Park.
Where is Chu Mom Ray National Park?
About 30km northwest of Kon Tum city, located in Sa Thay and Ngoc Hoi districts, is Chu Mom Ray National Park. This place has the highest biodiversity in the national park system in the country. In addition, this area has quite favorable traffic conditions, near Yaly Hydropower Plant, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Bo Y international border gate... helping Chu Mom Ray National Park become more and more known to tourists.
Chu Mom Ray National Park was formed from Chu Mom Ray Nature Reserve with an area of over 56,000 hectares. This destination is also the only national park in Vietnam bordering two neighboring countries, Laos and Cambodia. Right next to Chu Mom Ray National Park is Virachey National Park of Cambodia and Southeast Ghong Conservation Area of Laos. The total forest area of this area is about 700,000 hectares, forming a large transnational conservation area, of particular importance for biodiversity conservation in Indochina and Southeast Asia.
Introduction to Chu Mom Ray National Park
The total area of Chu Mom Ray special-use forest is about 54,583.59 ha; production forest 1,665.64 ha; buffer zone 188,749 ha. Including communes of Bo Y, Sa Loong (Ngoc Hoi district); Ro Koi, Sa Nhon, Sa Son, Mo Rai, Ya Xier, Sa Thay town (Sa Thay district). This is home to ethnic minority communities, notably the Gia Rai and Ro Mam people.
Chu Mom Ray National Park is located at the Indochina junction, bordering Cambodia to the west and Laos to the northwest. There are the Chu Mom Ray mountain range, many rivers, streams, lakes, rapids, etc., creating great potential to form a wild nature reserve with a typical ecosystem of Southeast Asia.
The fauna of Chu Mom Ray National Park records 718 species, including 115 mammals, 275 birds, 41 reptiles, amphibians, 108 freshwater fish, 179 insects. Of these, 124 are rare species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and the world, typically: black-cheeked gibbon, Truong Son muntjac, gaur, Indochinese tiger, elephant, bear, leopard, etc., new four-striped false lizard, white-lipped snake, cicada, hornbill, peacock, eagle, etc.
What is Chu Mom Ray National Park?
The pride of the National Park is that it has up to 114 species listed in the Vietnam and World Red Book. In particular, the grassland (Ja Book valley) is the largest in Vietnam (over 9,000 hectares) and has attracted many important ungulates and carnivores such as Truong Son muntjac, wild buffalo, tiger, gaur, wild bison, elephant, bear, leopard... and hundreds of species of reptiles and amphibians.
In addition, on high mountain peaks such as Ngoc Vil, Ngoc Tu Ba, Chu Mom Ray peak... are the habitats of many primate species and tree-dwelling animals such as gibbons, langurs, rare birds such as hornbills, ground eagles, peacocks... Assessing the biodiversity of the National Park, the Chu Mom Ray National Park Management Board has actively contacted the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to develop projects on the conservation of valuable genetic resources.
When visiting Chu Mom Ray, tourists can also visit ethnic minority villages, get acquainted with the Hlang, Gia Rai, Ko Dong, Ro Mam or Bo Rau ethnic groups - one of the ethnic groups with the smallest population in the large family of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam. Tourists will rest in airy communal houses or communal houses, enjoy Central Highlands dishes such as bamboo rice, wine, salt pounded with herbs, specialties of the local people.
The development of ecotourism routes in Chu Mom Ray National Park is closely linked to the tourism development policy of Kon Tum province. Tourists coming to Chu Mom Ray National Park will have the opportunity to explore the forest and discover historical relics during the anti-American resistance war such as the Truong Son road connecting with Laos, the H 67 site - the base of the heroic Central Highlands soldiers with Sac Ly hill, Phuong Hoang airport, etc.
Coming here, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in nature with many interesting experiences such as: visiting the vast Lo O Forest; admiring the 7-storey Waterfall with its white foam; going to the Center for Rescue, Conservation and Development of Creatures to see monkeys, pheasants, wild chickens, pythons, snakes... and admiring the beautiful wild orchids that are being preserved; visiting the mysterious Bat Cave with a large population of bats; or stopping at Bai Thu, Suoi Ngang, the poetic Nang Tien Waterfall...
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During the journey to explore Chu Mom Ray National Park, you can also enjoy the fresh air amidst the wild scenery, listen to the rustling of dry leaves, the murmuring of streams, the chirping of birds, the sound of the wind... as if blending into a melodious symphony of the great forest. Here and there are ancient Lagerstroemia and wild dracontomelon trees; the shady canopy of Po Lang and wild mango trees; or the swaying patches of reed flowers as if waving to visitors...
