Located in Xuyen Moc District, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Binh Chau-Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve is one of the few areas along the coastline of Vietnam to retain a significant cover of natural forest.
With the total area of 11,293ha, the nature reserve contains three areas of low hills including Hong Nhung group (reaches 118m) in the north, Ho Linh group (reaches 162m) in the south, and Mo Ong group (reaches 120m) in the west. There are very few streams and lakes within the nature reserve such as Nhom and Tron swamps, Coc and Linh lakes and Binh Chau hot spring. Forest in the nature reserve covers 7,224ha including 158 ground cover species , 147 timber species, 73 climbers species, 29 bushes species, 23 epiphytes species, 14 orchids species. The nature reserve also supports 49 species of mammal, 106 species of bird, 38 species of reptile and 12 species of amphibian. These include several globally threatened and near-threatened species, such as Bear Macaque, Siamese Fireback and Pale-capped Pigeon…
