Qualla: Bidoup Núi Bà National Park

Bidoup Núi Bà National Park: Introduction

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The park takes its name from its two highest peaks: Bidoup at 2,287 meters and Núi Bà at 2,167 meters — both rising from the Langbiang Plateau above the highland city of Dalat. The name is a description and a promise. Come this high, it says, and you will find something different from the lowland forests of coastal Vietnam: cooler, quieter, older, stranger. The park was established in 2004, but the forests themselves are vastly older, sheltering species that evolved in isolation across millions of years and now exist nowhere else on Earth.

Bidoup Núi Bà National Park: The Plateau's High Forests

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Bidoup Núi Bà covers 70,038 hectares in the districts of Đam Rông and Lạc Dương, in Lâm Đồng Province — making it one of the five largest national parks in Vietnam. At these elevations, the forest feels different from what most visitors associate with Southeast Asia. Clouds settl...

Bidoup Núi Bà National Park: 441 Vertebrates and Counting

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The park's fauna list is staggering: 441 species of vertebrate animals from 30 orders and 98 families. Thirty-two of those species appear on the IUCN Red Book of threatened animals. The diversity reflects the park's position at the intersection of biogeographic zones — highland a...

Bidoup Núi Bà National Park: 1,933 Plants, 96 of Them Found Nowhere Else

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The park's botanical inventory is equally impressive. Researchers have recorded 1,933 species of vascular plants, of which 96 are endemic — found only in this park or its immediate vicinity — and 62 are listed as rare on the IUCN Red List. This concentration of endemism is a prod...

Bidoup Núi Bà National Park: A Corridor Worth Protecting

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Bidoup Núi Bà shares a border with Phước Bình National Park to the east, together forming a protected arc across the southern Annamite highlands. Conservation biologists consider this corridor one of the most important in mainland Southeast Asia — a lifeline for species that need...