The park is in the lowest area of the Mekong River water logged plain submerged and in the centre of Dong Thap Muoi. The climate is similar to that region close to the equator; it has a great deal of rainfall and sunlight.

◊ Flora and Fauna

The park has six main plant populations: lotus society is a habitat for the sardinella, snails and wild duck; wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) society; nan society; weed society; mom moc society and melaleuca forest society. The flora includes 130 high-class plant species. The fauna is greatly diversified with 55 species of freshwater fish, 185 species of phytoplankton, 93 species of zooplankton and 90 species of zoobenthos. It is also the habitat of 15 species of mammal, 44 species of amphibian reptile, and 198 species of birds, of them 16 are considered rare and endemic species, especially Sarus crane (crane with its distinctive red head and bare neck), an extremely rare species recorded in the Red Book.

Tram Chim National Park is one of the few natural landscapes found today in Dong Thap Muoi. This park meets the criterion on national ecological parks in terms of terrain, ecological landscape of the Mekong River floodplain and its lower basin.

◊ Acitivities for Visitors

The best time to visit Tram Chim National Park should be late April or early May, when it is a little bit cold. It is wonderful to get the view of thousands of cranes flying off into the sky in search of food at dawn and their returning to the nests as the sun is descending behind the melaleuca forest. Every year many visitors and scientists come to this park observe the cranes, to investigate the environment, and do their scientific research. Such an admiring visit could be combined with a trip by motorized boats to go through a network of canals to learn the customs and habits of the local residents of Dong Thap Muoi.

◊ CONTACT

TRAM CHIM NATIONAL PARK ECOTOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION CENTRE

Add: Group 4, Tram Chim Town, Tam Nong District, Dong Thap Province

Tel: (84-277) 3827 307/3829 379

Fax: (84-277) 3827 307

Email: vuonquocgiatramchim@gmail.com

Website: vqgtc.dongthap.gov.vn