Park · Xã Cúc Phương (centroid; the park spans several communes), Ninh Bình
Cúc Phương National Park
Vườn quốc gia Cúc Phương
Cúc Phương National Park is a forested national park on two limestone mountain ranges, which the park's own site places between Ninh Bình, Hòa Bình and Thanh Hóa provinces, as it names them.
Why go
The park's own site says Cúc Phương was established in 1962 (Wikidata gives 1960), lies on two limestone mountain ranges and has trails through the forest to old trees, caves and Mường villages. It says the Endangered Primate Rescue Center was set up in the park in 1993 as a project of the Frankfurt Zoological Society, alongside conservation centres for carnivores and pangolins and for turtles, and a botanical garden. The park's contact page names the Environment Education and Services Center as the unit for visits and services. This record is the park as an area; its headquarters, gates and centres are not mapped here.
Near Cúc Phương National Park
Fortress
Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty
The Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (Thành Nhà Hồ) is the stone inner citadel built in 1397 in Tây Đô commune, Thanh Hóa province, a component of the World Heritage property inscribed by UNESCO in 2011.
26 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Archaeological site
Hoa Lư Ancient Capital
The Hoa Lư ancient capital is the site of Vietnam's capital from 968 to 1010, in Tây Hoa Lư ward, Ninh Bình province; the Tràng An board says many of its relics lie within the Tràng An World Heritage complex.
31 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Phát Diệm Cathedral
Phát Diệm Cathedral is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Phát Diệm, in Phát Diệm commune, Ninh Bình province.
55 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Vietnam Military History Museum
The Vietnam Military History Museum (Bảo tàng Lịch sử Quân sự Việt Nam) is the national military history museum at Km 6+500 Thăng Long Avenue in Hanoi's Xuân Phương ward.
79 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ