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Krông Nô Volcanic Geological Park (CVĐCNL) in Đăk Nông is acclaimed for having the longest and most stunning limestone caves in Southeast Asia.
Krông Nô Volcanic Geological Park (CVĐCNL) in Đăk Nông currently possesses 7 out of 10 types of geological heritage classified by UNESCO and is regarded as having the longest and most beautiful limestone caves in Southeast Asia.
Covering an area of approximately 2,000 km2, Krông Nô Volcanic Geological Park (CVĐCNL) stretches from Krông Nô district to several neighboring communes in Chư Jút, Đắk Mil, Đắk Song, Đắk Glong districts, and Gia Nghĩa town. Within the Park lie dozens of various large and small caves with a total length of about 25 km from the mouth of Buôn Choáh volcano along the Sêrêpốk River to the Đray Sáp waterfall area.
Krông Nô National Park boasts numerous breathtaking landscapes with rich historical, cultural significance.
Featuring stunning natural wonders
Notably, Krông Nô National Park possesses many renowned landmarks. Firstly, the majestic Sêprêpốk River flows like a white silk ribbon across the northern belt of the Park, adorned with dozens of large and small waterfalls. Upstream of the Sêprêpốk River, Trinh Nữ waterfall stands out with its massive black basalt columns, aged between 2 to 5 million years, either emerging from the river or protruding from the banks in unique shapes.
Further upstream, a few kilometers away, lies the Đray Sáp waterfall, approximately 50m high and nearly 100m wide, obstructing the flow of the Sêprêpốk River. Adjacent to Đray Sáp waterfall is the Gia Long waterfall, standing at about 40m tall, 40m in length, and approximately 30m wide. Alongside the waterfall is a fairy bathing lake covering 80m2 and a naturally beautiful cave.
Majestic Đray Sáp waterfall.
Đray Sáp and Gia Long are renowned as the most beautiful and majestic waterfalls in the Central Highlands. Ea Snô Lake, covering an area of 80 hectares at the upper end of the source and connected to the Sêprêpốk River, is a pristine natural lake, surrounded by picturesque forests with diverse rare species of trees and animals.
Nam Nung Nature Reserve (Buffalo Horn Mountain) covering an area of approximately 12,300 hectares, with the highest peak reaching 1,500 meters, is also the highest peak in the Southern Central Highlands. Nam Nung is considered the 'roof' of Đắk Nông province, with its roof tilted towards the Sêrêpốk River to the north and towards the upper reaches of the Đồng Nai River to the south.
From the summit of Nam Nung, streams cascade down, forming multi-tiered waterfalls, depending on the number of steps in the watercourse. The majority of the reserve area is primary forest with a variety of large tree species, predominantly ebony, ironwood, and camphor trees.
Vibrant Tà Đùng Nature Reserve.
Tà Đùng Nature Reserve, with its highest peak at 1,982m, lies amidst the M’nông Plateau and Di Linh Plateau, serving as a geographical and biological intersection between the Southern Central Highlands and the Southeast region of Vietnam. This area is traversed by the Đồng Nai River system and the Đồng Nai 3, 4 hydropower plants, creating approximately 3,620 hectares of water bodies, forming 36 picturesque islands, resembling a terrestrial version of Ha Long Bay.
Within the forested area flows the Đắk Nteng stream, forming two captivating and mysterious waterfalls. This region also boasts biodiversity with over 1,000 species of flora and fauna, many of which are listed in the Vietnam and global Red Books.
Carrying significant cultural and historical values.
Krông Nô National Park complex also holds a rich historical significance, with tangible and intangible cultural values such as: Central Highlands Gong Culture Space, Ot N’rong Epic, cultural festival systems, traditional weaving... The Ho Chi Minh Trail, Nâm Nung resistance base relics in the anti-American resistance, hero relics of N’Trang Lơng, N’Trang Gưh during the early 20th-century anti-French resistance...
Central Highlands Gong Culture Space.
Recently, numerous archaeological artifacts providing evidence of prehistoric human habitation have been discovered in the volcanic caves of Krông Nô, dating from the late Old Stone Age (6,000 years ago) to the late New Stone Age and early Metal Age (4,000 - 3,000 years ago), making this legendary land even more enticing.
Tourism development potential.
A land of diverse geological and geological heritage, biodiversity, social diversity, and cultural heritage, as mentioned above, fully meets the criteria of a global Geopark. The space of Krông Nô National Park is truly magnificent, ideal for developing eco-cultural tourism models. In recent years, most of the scenic spots and nature reserves in the Krông Nô National Park area have been developed for tourism.
Krông Nô National Park harbors valuable tourism potentials that need to be tapped into.
However, the scale and investment resources at the aforementioned tourist facilities are still very limited; many tourism projects attracted and invested in recent times have not been effective; the investment process is scattered and fragmented, specific characteristic tourism products are unclear; lack of effective development strategies, low-efficiency tourism promotion methods... It can be said that Krông Nô National Park is still like a sleeping beauty and needs to awaken its potentials.
There is still much to be done here to develop Krông Nô National Park and promote tourism development, especially attracting tourism investment. The immediate important task is to complete the dossier proposing UNESCO's recognition as a global Geopark; establish the Management Board organization to specialize and promote work; plan and promote information about the multi-faceted potentials and values of Krông Nô National Park...
Posted by: Dương Hải Anh
Keywords: Most beautiful limestone caves in Southeast Asia in Đăk Nông
