Travel: U Minh Ha Natuonal Park

U Minh Ha National Park is a place which conserve biodiversity, is a high value of primary forest ecology. However, in those ecosystems, each of them are not suitable for ecotourism. Therefore, the identification of ecological resources can be exploited and put into tourism programs to meet the needs of study tours is very necessary.

Natural ecosystems:
U Minh Ha Forest is a mixed forest type on peat land, representing swamp forest type with over 79 species of natural grass of 65 genera and 36 different plant families such as: Melaleuca, Melaleuca, , octopus, hermit ... and have the vines in the bottom as fighting, creeping ... In the survey of the Southwest Forestry Research Center, according to research results, there are two more species found before Not found in the NP, such as: purple eel (Eupatorium sp) and rush (Thoracostachyum sp). And one species included in the Vietnam Red Book is the mysterious male (Hydnophyllum formicarum).

Flooded forest here with distinctive features of peat soil is quite thick, red water. This is an important protected area that guarantees the resurrection of endemic species of the submerged ecosystem with many species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam, such as: cobra, pangolin, otters the nose ... and also considered a living museum of ecosystems of the flooded ecosystems of the Mekong Delta.

Thanks to the stable ecological environment, many species of birds and animals gather in U Minh Ha National Park to live, reproduce and develop in large numbers. There are many species such as: white stork, blue stork, red stork, scallop, bat crows ... of which dozens of rare birds and animals are listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). On the fishery, under the canopy of U Minh Ha forest flooded in the rainy season is the breeding place of many freshwater fish such as snakehead, perch, catfish, cascade ...

Recently, many rare wildlife species appeared in U Minh Ha Melaleuca forests, of which the most notable is wild boar - rare species but has been "missing" for decades. The reappearance of many wildlife species such as wild boar, lampoon, foxgrass, cobra, lizard, crocodile ... along with hundreds of species of animals to enrich the real world. The material of this cajuput forest.

In addition to the wildlife listed above, honey bees are a wing insect that is very useful for human life. Honey is precious, but honey is made by the Melaleuca forest of U Minh Ha forest, the more precious.

U Minh Ha National Park is also one of the largest reserves of peat in the country with an average thickness of 0.3 - 1.2m. According to the Southern Geological Mapping Division (MONRE), the total coal reserves in this region are about 14 million tons of the best quality due to the fact that it is made up primarily of highly biodegradable It can not guarantee the production of fuel, bio-organic fertilizer and humic acid. However, to date, awareness of the importance and importance of peat in the community is still very limited; Basic issues such as the nature of environmental improvement, the limitation of soil acidity in agriculture, and the problem of carbon sequestration and carbon sequestration are issues that the majority People have not been communicated systematically. The awareness raising of people in the buffer zone on management and protection of peat layer has not been paid much attention. It is necessary to raise the awareness of the people in the buffer zone on the role and significance of peatland through basic training, helping people better understand the mechanisms of formation, function and role of peatland in their life. living, improving the environment ... is very necessary now.

Historical - cultural value:
U Minh forest is a specific geographic area that has marked deeply in the subconscious and sentiment of the South Vietnam in particular and the Vietnamese in general, because U Minh was the base of resistance against the French Nguyen. Trung Truc (1868), the two brothers Do Thua Luong and Do Thua Tu (1872). Especially since the U Minh Ha (1930 - 1975), the U Minh Ha forest was a revolutionary base of the South during two periods of resistance against French colonialism and American imperialism, contributing greatly to the struggle for independence, unification of the country. In order to win the military and the U Minh people have overcome many hardships, bringing the strength and strength of brave fighters to protect the revolutionary base, protect the base.
The history of the revolutionary struggles of the U Minh Ha people associated with historical and cultural relics is a valuable spiritual value in traditional education for present and future generations.
In addition to exploring the natural values of Melaleuca forest, tourists can also find more human values in U Minh Ha National Park such as: 8.537ha); worshiping place of Le Trong Luoc sacrificed in 1972 (at center of T21 bridge); Historical vestiges such as: factory construction (Subdivision IV plot 23 x 24); Medical station (Sub-area 23 x 24); The secret area (Sub-area III, plot 22) ... This is also the relics are being documented and restored to put into service for tourism.