Cat Ba National Park
Cat Ba National Park is located near the northeastern shore of Vietnam on Cat Ba Island which is the largest of the 367 islands and they represent the Bat Ba Archipelago. The national park covers an area of 102 square miles (263 sq km), of which, 35 square miles (90 sq km) of that is inshore water.

The majority of the island is accounted for by the national park. Cat Ba features limestone-based rugged hills with peaks reaching heights around 1,600 feet (600 m) with both the valleys and hills covered in forests. The forest is comprised of primary, secondary, and mangrove.
The narrow valleys are surrounded by jagged hills that are blanketed with vegetation. The hills neighboring the narrow valleys reach heights of 1,600 feet (500 m) although most are shorter reaching heights around 660 feet (200 m).
The biological diversity of the national park features 1,500 species of plants with 118 of those accounted for by species of trees. A unique feature of Cat Ba is the 160 species of plants that contain medicinal characteristics.
Wildlife consists of 32 species of mammals, 20 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 78 species of birds. Deer, squirrel, macaque monkeys, and civets are the most probable wildlife sightings.
Today, according to survey data from the authorities, Cat Ba National Park has 282 animal species, including 32 mammal species, 48 bird species, 20 reptile and amphibian species, 11 frog species…
The first, the special langur is a rare primates species (Cat Ba National Park is located near the northeastern shore of Vietnam on Cat Ba Island which is the largest of the 367 islands and they represent the Bat Ba Archipelago. The national park covers an area of 102 square miles (263 sq km), of which, 35 square miles (90 sq km) of that is inshore water where reserving the unique golden head monkey (Delacour’s Langur and birds…) is preserving at Cat Ba island. In the early 1990s, there were still a few hundred Cat Ba golden head langurs in Vietnam. But in the following years, widespread hunting caused the number of species this species to rapidly decline, to only about 60 individuals. Second is the mountain goat, which is also very rare, with only about 20 individuals left.
Bird recording in Cat Ba National Park: Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Shikra, Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler, Black Drongo, Siberian Stonechat, Brown-rumped Minivet, Black-winged Kite, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Crested Goshawk, Dark-necked Tailorbird, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Pacific Reef-Heron, White-shouldered Starling, House Sparrow,Cook’s Swift, Crested Myna, Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Eastern Cattle-Egret, Pied Bushchat, Forest Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus, Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike, Chestnut-crowned Warbler, Plaintive Cuckoo, Pacific Swift, House Swift, Slaty-breasted Rail, Little Grebe, Eastern Buzzard, Dollarbird Eurystomus, Ashy Woodswallow, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Barn Swallow, Blue Rock-Thrush, Amur Stonechat, Eurasian Moorhen, Richard’s Pipit, Paddyfield Pipit, White-nest Swiftlet, Gray Heron, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Rock Pigeon, Long-tailed Shrike, Common Sandpiper, Annam Limestone Babbler, Brown Shrike, Greater Coucal, Crested Serpent-Eagle, Black Kite, Scarlet Minivet, Black-winged Cuckooshrike, Ashy Drongo Dicrurus, Black-naped Monarch, Large-billed Crow, Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher, Common Tailorbird Orthotomus, Stripe-throated Bulbul, Sulphur-breasted Warbler, Blyth’s Leaf Warbler, Asian Stubtail, Swinhoe’s White-eye, Pin-striped Tit-Babbler, Streaked Wren-Babbler, Scaly Thrush , Chinese Blackbird, Gray-backed Thrush, Crimson Sunbird, White Wagtail, Chinese Pond-Heron, Peregrine Falcon, Puff-throated Bulbul, Chestnut Bulbul, Light-vented Bulbul, Yellow-browed Warbler, Blue Whistling-Thrush, Olive-backed Pipit, White-throated Fantail, Ornate Sunbird, Spotted Dove, White-breasted Waterhen, Little Egret, Great Egret, Common Kingfisher, White-throated Kingfisher, Asian Tit, Plain Prinia, Brown-breasted Bulbul, Dusky Warbler, Daurian Redstart.
Summary: Cat Ba National Park on Cat Ba Island in Hai Phong of Vietnam, has soon become an attractive tourist destination for domestic and foreign tourists, with a cool climate all year round and a diverse ecosystem of animals. , beautiful landscape, where many rare flora and fauna are preserved. Anciently known as the “World Biosphere Reserve”. This place is also suitable for combining tourism and research on the environment and wildlife, organizing walks and animal watching.