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National Park
They said
that 600 million years ago, the northwest region of Vietnam was still
deeply sunk in the sea. After three movements of land formation, over
one hundred millions of years, Hoang Lien Mountain urgently rose up as
an endless mountain range with three peaks of Bach Moc Luong Tu,
Fansipan and Pu Luong.
Fansipan
is the highest peak of the Hoang Lien mountain range. According to the
Lao Cai provincial map of geography published in 2000, Fansipan is
3,143m high over the sea level. To reach the peak, travelers have to
climb up very high and down on the abrupt cliff to go ahead. Out of the
main route to Fansipan peak, there are many others shortcuts often
called crossing "cat road" that the Mong people used to go.
Compared
with the roof of the fatherland, even adventurous people also have to
admit that Fansipan peak was full of obstacles and difficult of access
but very interesting. Fansipan climate is cool year round and suitable
for all kinds of valuable and rare flora and fauna. Besides the gold
mine like Pomu trees, Fansipan has many other kinds of famous timbers
such as lanh sam, thiet sam, and lieu sam. Intermixed with Kim leaf
forest are of various flowers such as water-rail, orchid and hoang anh.
On Fansipan peak, water-rail flower has 4 families of 20 different
species while orchid has 330 of the total 643 species in Vietnam.
Fansipan
is also home for crops of temperate fruits such as plum, pear and
peach... lasting till August of the year. Early temperate fruits are
very big and sweet-smelling. In the end of crops, they are smaller but
charming colour and fragrance.
From the
height of 2,400m, you will enjoy a feeling of harmony in nature. At the
height of 2,800m, the sky seems to be strangely clear and blue. 25 - 30
cm high bushes of ivory bamboo cover all the ground. There are some
kinds of plants belonging to families of sedge, rose, chrysanthemum and
hoang lien growing on rocks in frozen climate.
At the
height of 2,963m, there is a milestone marking the year 1905 when French
people conquered this peak. Continuing to climb up, you will see i a
giant rock block lifted by smaller rocks like a table. Coming here, you
will have a chance to have a panorama view. Fansipan, in dialect called
hua-si-pan that means a giant rock lying tottery, some time they call
Phan Xi Pang. The roof of the fatherland is so imposing under sky and
created by giant rocks.
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