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Destinations >> Highlands :> Highlands - Ba Be national park The park covers an area of 23,340 hectares in 7 communes of Ba Be district, Bac Can province, 240 kilometers North West of Hanoi. The terrain covers most of limestone rocks inserted with a few earth hills with medium to abrupt slope, a 150-1,535m average height from sea level and is laid completely within the South-West valley of Phiabyior Range with 1502, 1517 to 1525m peaks. Vegetation coverage mainly includes two types of forests: limestone and evergreen forests. Limestone forests are distributed on steep mountainsides where the soil is thin and covers most of the park area. Evergreen forests are distributed on low earthen hills covered with a thicker soil layer. The species diversity of the lowland evergreen forests is usually more diverse than those found on limestone mountains. he dominant limestone species include the threatened Burretiodendron hsienmu, Streblus tonkinensis among which climbing bamboo (Ampelocalamus sp) is endemic to the region and often found on hill slopes that lie adjacent to the lakeside. According to primary survey documents, Ba Be National Park has 417 species of trees including 300 branches, 114 parenties. It also has hundreds of orchids and species of medicine-plants. The system of animals includes land, aquatic and flying animals covering 319 species of animals in 27 forms, 85 parenties in which 42 species recorded in Vietnam Red Book with 3 endemic animal species that are gibbon Bamboo-Thread and Red Algae. National Park is home to 440 households belonging to five ethnic groups: the Tay, Dao, Mong, Nung and Kinh. They practice subsistence living, growing rice, maize, and vegetables and fishing for their food. The locals also depend on the park’s forest for food, building materials and medicines. While hunting is now discouraged, many still harvest the forest’s bamboo shoots, mushrooms and medicinal plants. :> Ba Be Lake Ba Be Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in Vietnam, spreading over 8 kilometers. The surface area of the lake fluctuates between 3 and 5 km ² between dry and wet season. Unlike many lakes in Karst limestone areas, Ba Be Lake never falls dry. Its average depth varies between 17 and 23 meters, the maximum depth is 35 meters. The lake lies about 150 meters above sea level, making it also the Vietnam's highest lake. Ba Be means "Three Lakes" refering to the three parts of the lake named Pe Leng, Pe Lu, and Pe Lam. The lake is surrounded by tourist sites such as Fairy Bond, Po Gia Mai Island (Or Widown Island), Puong Cave and Dau Dang waterfall. Puong Cave is a large cave in the north of the park through which the Nang River flows. The main cave is up to 50 meters high and about 300 meters long. It is inhabited by a population of 5 to 10, 000 bats belonging to 18 species. The "Fairy Pond" is rock basin filled with clear water which seeps through the surrounding limestone rock. The Dau Dang Waterfall is formed by the Nang River. It consists of a sequence of rapids which stretch over a length of almost one kilometer. Po Gia Mai Island (Widown Island) is a small, cone-shaped islet near the center of the southern lake. According to the local legend, the islet was once the home of an old widow who was spared from a flood through divine intervention.
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