Cat Tien National Park

The story of Cat Tien National Park

folktale, this place a fairy often come down to play and enjoy the cool water, so it was called "Nam Cat Tien." Cat Tien National Park is an archaeological work of great cultural, historical and religious value that can determine the existence, origin of a forgotten kingdom of over 1,300 years. Recognized by UNESCO as the World Biosphere Reserve.

Overview of Cat Tien National Park

Cat Tien National Park has a total area of 70.54 ha, of which the acreages in Dong Nai is 39.108ha, the acreages in Lam Dong province is 26.969ha; the acreages in Binh Phuoc province: 4,469ha. Cat Tien National Park Headquarter is in Tan Phu District, Dong Nai Province and a management community is located in Phu My Commune, Cat Tien District.

Lam Dong National Park Cat Tien

The garden has a variety of natural scenery: hills have steep streams. In the rainy season, the gentle streams became the waterfall, the white water slides over the large stone. Many winding cascades, lagoons forming large golden sand dune.

The flora has more than 1,362 species of higher plants, more than 440 species of precious trees, hundreds of medicinal plants, 133 species of orchids, ...

There are 62 species of mammals, 121 species of birds, rare species of birds such as red feathers, blue storks, one horn rhinoceros, elephant, ...

Archaeologists have found a shrine of Funan culture on the top of A1 hill (Quang Ngai commune, Cat Tien district, Lam Dong province) in the source of the Dong Nai river. It is a shrine built with, pedestal, frieze, granite marble sculpture, gold and shiver Linga, a 2.1 m high Linga-Yoni, diameter 1,7m of green polished stone, the largest in Southeast Asia and more than a hundred pieces of gold sculptured the scene depicting the life: dancers, warriors, elephants, cows, lotus