Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, recognised as a World Natural Heritage, is noted for its cultural value, geological value, natural beauty and preservation of heritage.
Located to the north of the majestic Truong Son range in central Quang Binh province, Phong Nha Ke Bang is prominent for its natural beauty and geological value regarding of a complex cave system. Over 300 caverns, formed by underground rivers flowing from limestone mountains, have been discovered in Phong Nha – Ke Bang to date. Two of the must-visited caves when coming to the national park are Phong Nha and Paradise cave. The space in those caves is described as a mysterical realm with bright golden lights and limestones of different shapes.
The cutural value is another outstanding feature of this heritage site since some evidence of human occupation of the area in the Neolithic axe heads has been founded by archaeologists. Moreover, at the Maria mountain lying in the north of the Park, there are some relics of Ham Nghi king, the last emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty before the French colonial period. Phong Nha Cave is regarded a religious and touristic site due to the discovery of a historic Cham Temple in the cave, which was a site of worship in the ninth and tenth centuries.
Such a tourist attraction, the work of conservation in Phong Nha Ke Bang is strictly carried out. Evidently, the forest is home to 98 families, 256 genera and 381 species of vertebrates. Sixty-six animal species listed in the Vietnam Red Book and 23 other species in the World Red Book are well-preserved in the Park. Recently, a new species of gecko was discovered here by a group of biologists.
To conclude, having met UNESCO criteria for outstanding universal value to humanity, Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park was added to the World Heritage Site List in 2005 as a mixec natural and cultural property.
Phong
Nha
Ke
Bang
National
Park
,
recognised
as a World
Natural
Heritage,
is noted
for its cultural
value
, geological
value
,
natural
beauty and preservation of heritage.
Located to the north of the majestic
Truong
Son range in central
Quang
Binh
province,
Phong
Nha
Ke
Bang
is prominent for its
natural
beauty and geological
value
regarding of a complex
cave
system. Over 300 caverns, formed by underground rivers flowing from limestone mountains, have
been discovered
in
Phong
Nha
–
Ke
Bang
to date. Two of the
must
-visited
caves
when coming to the national
park
are
Phong
Nha
and Paradise
cave
. The space in those
caves
is
described
as a
mysterical
realm with bright golden lights and limestones of
different
shapes.
The
cutural
value
is another outstanding feature of this heritage
site
since
some
evidence of human occupation of the area in the Neolithic axe heads has
been founded
by archaeologists.
Moreover
, at the Maria mountain lying in the north of the
Park
, there are
some
relics of Ham
Nghi
king, the last emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty
before
the French colonial period.
Phong
Nha
Cave
is regarded
a religious and touristic
site
due to the discovery of a historic
Cham
Temple in the
cave
, which was a
site
of worship in the ninth and tenth centuries.
Such a tourist attraction, the work of conservation in
Phong
Nha
Ke
Bang
is
strictly
carried out.
Evidently
, the forest is home to 98 families, 256 genera and 381 species of vertebrates. Sixty-six animal species listed in the Vietnam Red Book and 23 other species in the World Red Book are well-preserved in the
Park
. Recently, a new species of gecko
was discovered
here by a group of biologists.
To conclude
, having met UNESCO criteria for outstanding universal
value
to humanity,
Phong
Nha
Ke
Bang
National
Park
was
added
to the World Heritage
Site
List in 2005 as a
mixec
natural
and cultural property.