Bidoup Nui Ba National Park

Bidoup-Nuiba National Park is located within the biogeology zone named Dalat Plateau with the later cover the mountain area of Lam Dong Province. The Park itself is named after two highest mountains being Mt. Bidoup (2.287m) and Mt. Nui Ba, or Langbian, (2.167m).

Location: Lam Dong Province
Status:

• National Protected Forest since 1986
• Da Lat Plateau Endemic Bird Area (EBA) in Vietnam 1994
• Bidoup-Nuiba Nature Reserve since 2002
• Bidoup - Nuiba National Park 2004
• Langbiang Biosphere Reserve UNESCO in 2015

BIODIVERSITY OVERVIEW

Habitat Types:

• Subtropical hill evergreen forest 
• Montane broadleaf evergreen forest
• Secondary shrubland

Species Count:

• Flora: 2,006 species, 839 genera, 180 families. Endenmic 8. Endangered 35. Critical 4.
• ​Fauna: 829 species, 507 genera, 123 families. Endenmic 14. Endangered 24. Critical 3.

FLORA (*)

Diversity:
- Total: 2,006 species, 839 genera, 180 families
- Mushroom: 66 species, 24 genera
- Vascular plant: 1,940 species, 825 genera, 180 families

Dominant species:
- Khasi pine (Pinus kesiya/Thông ba lá), covering 19,645 hectares (30,36% total park's area). 
- Sharing the grounds are fire-resisting species including Helicia niligirica (Mạ sưa đen), Fetterbush (Lyonia ovalifolia/Ỏng ảnh vàng), Woolly-leaved oak (Quercus lanata/Sồi cau lông).

Endenmic species:
8 vascular plant species endenmic to the Park, significantly:
- Pinus krempfii (Thông lá dẹt), found around Cong Troi and Hon Giao at the elevation of about 1.460m - 2.000m, strictly endenmic to Bidoup-Nuiba and environs.
- Pinus dalatensis (Thông 5 lá Đà Lạt), endenmic to Dalat Plateau.

Special occurence:
335 orchid species of 86 genera. Including:
- Dendrobium langbianense (Hoàng thảo Langbiang)
- Aerides rubescens (Dáng hương hồng nhạn), 
- Stereochilus dalatensis (Môi cứng Đà lạt), 
- Vanda bidupensis (Vanda bidoup)
- Trochopteron yersini (Collared Laughingthrush), 
- Crocis langbianis (Grey-crowned Crocias), 
- Carduelis monguilloti (Vietnamese Greenfinch)

Threat:
- In Vietnam's Red Book 2007: 64 species, of which 32 endangered, 2 critical.
- In IUCN's Red List 2010: 34 species, of which 3 endangered, 2 critical.

FAUNA (*)

Diversity: 
- Total: 829 species, 507 genera, 123 families
- Animal: 89 species, 64 genera, 24 families
- Bird: 174 species, 194 genera, 54 families
- Reptile: 46 species, 38 genera, 11 families
- Amphibian: 46 species, 27 genera, 7 families
- Insect: 335 species, 165 genera, 20 families

Significant species:
- Large hoofed animals which include Bos gaurus (gaurs), Bubalus arnee (Asian buffalos), Naemorhedus sumatraensis (Indochinese serow), Muntiacus vuquangensis (giant muntjac). 
- Primates which include the Nycticebus pygmaeus (pygmy slow loris), 
- Pygathrix nigripes (black-shanked douc), 
- Hylobates gabriellae (yellow-cheeked gibbon)

Other rare species:
- Ursus malayanus and Helarctos malayanus (sun bear). Gấu chó trong tự nhiên được chụp cách đây gần 20 năm ở VQG Cát Tiên. Năm 2020 hình gấu chó trong tự nhiên đã được chụp bằng bẫy ảnh tại Vườn quốc gia Bidoup-Núi Bà. 
- Ursus thibetanus (Asian black bear/Gấu ngựa), 
- Cuon alpinus (Dhole/Sói lửa), 
- Catopuma temminckii (Asian golden cat/Báo lửa), 
- Panthera tigris (Hổ). 
- Elephas maximus (Asian elephant).

THINGS TO DO IN BIDOUP NATIONAL PARK

Bidoup Trail
2-day trekking adventrue on steep trail to reach the Bidoup peak at 2.287m. Enjoy the beauty of the conifer forests, the primeval subtropical jungle, accompamied with spontaneous encounters with endenmic plants and wildlife, and particularly visit the 1,300-year old Fokiania.

Langbian Trail
Trek up mountain to reach the Langbian peak 2.167m. Enjoy the beauty of the khasi pine forest, the primeval subtropical jungel along the trek and the panoramic vista from the top viewpoint. 

Giang Ly
Giang Ly is a sanctuary of many bird species in Dalat Plateau. A 1.8km flat trail hike that goes through beautiful expanses of krempfi pines and other endenmic specieas Braian's oak (Quercus braianensis), Chinkapin oak (Castanopsis purpurella).

Thien Thai Waterfall
Easy hike through khasin pine forest and multiple coffee farms.

(*) By Southern Institute of Ecology - November 2017
“Biodiversity Baseline Survey For Sustainable Natural Resource Management Project"
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Sustainable Natural Resource Management Project (SNRM)