Awakening Kon Ka Kinh, bringing tourists to the 'golden mountain'

Given the special richness of the Kon Ka Kinh National Park forest ecosystem, the Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee aims to promote Kon Ka Kinh to the world and bring tourists to this place.

Kon Ka Kinh is a national park with a very high level of biodiversity in the Central Truong Son forest ecosystem - Photo: TAN LUC

At a working session with Kon Ka Kinh National Park on August 9, Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan outlined strategic directions to attract development of this rich biosphere reserve.

Kon Ka Kinh National Park is a golden mountain of tourism.

According to Mr. Pham Anh Tuan, tourism is one of the five pillars of development of the new Gia Lai province. In particular, Kon Ka Kinh National Park is an important asset, with special value in tourism and conservation. This is the richest forest area in Vietnam and ASEAN with excellent weather conditions, and a biodiversity brand that has been recognized by the world .

Mr. Pham Anh Tuan (middle) and the delegation of Gia Lai province walked to survey tourist attractions in Kon Ka Kinh National Park - Photo: TAN LUC

From this advantage, Mr. Tuan requested that the authorities and the park management board take full advantage to develop tourism, bringing domestic and foreign tourists to admire Kon Ka Kinh.

The province will allocate resources to invest in infrastructure and roads to the national park. International press delegations will be invited to visit to spread the image of Kon Ka Kinh to the outside world.

Mr. Tuan likened the national park management board to sitting on a pile of gold, and needed to focus on exploiting it to generate revenue and contribute to socio-economic development.

At the same time, create sustainable livelihoods for local people, attract people to contribute to forest protection.

Highly biodiverse forest area, great climate

Sharing about the biodiversity of Kon Ka Kinh National Park, Mr. Ngo Van Thang, director of the park, said that the park has an area of ​​nearly 42,000 hectares, including 39,500 hectares of forest, mostly natural forest.

The park has 1,754 species of plants and 876 species of animals. Of these, there are 16 endemic species such as: Central yellow-cheeked gibbon, grey-shanked douc langur, tiger, Truong Son muntjac, large muntjac, black-headed laughingthrush, long-billed laughingthrush, Kon Ka Kinh laughingthrush, grey-headed laughingthrush, yellow-billed tree-climber, striped pheasant, red-bottomed monk, net-trading lizard, red-tailed lizard, thorny frog.

Tourists take photos with ancient banyan trees in Kon Ka Kinh forest - Photo: TAN LUC

Because it is only a pilot tourism exploitation, the number of visitors to the park in the first 7 months of 2025 is quite modest, only 342 visitors. This unit has sent staff to train in tourism and built a project to develop eco-tourism, resorts, and entertainment in the national park.

It is known that Kon Ka Kinh is one of 27 national parks in Southeast Asia recognized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as an ASEAN heritage park.

Kon Ka Kinh is assessed to have great potential for tourism development with a climate zone of 700 - 1,500m high, which can design different types of tourism. The area has advantages for developing eco-tourism, resorts, adventure sports, health care, agricultural tourism and specialized research.

Kon Ka Kinh forest is well preserved with almost intact forest vegetation - Photo: TAN LUC

Tourist tour to Kon Ka Kinh through the old forest - Photo: TAN LUC

Ancient banyan tree with strangely shaped roots in Kon Ka Kinh National Park - Photo: TAN LUC

The entrance to the national park goes through a beautiful five-leaf pine forest - Photo: TAN LUC

Joining the tour to explore Kon Ka Kinh National Park, visitors have the opportunity to experience lunch under the cool green forest canopy - Photo: TAN LUC

A party in the middle of the primeval forest is a unique tourism product at Kon Ka Kinh National Park - Photo: TAN LUC

In the national park there are many beautiful streams with clear and cool water - Photo: TAN LUC

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/danh-thuc-kon-ka-kinh-dua-du-khach-toi-nui-vang-20250809141524891.htm