Wild Life The site of the Van Phong bay has been classified by the Tourism World Organization. We still have to preserve it of the risks that can make an attempt to its condition. And tourism could really be part of these dangers. We actively participate to the protection of the zone. It's a big task: - Inshore tropical forest displaying an astonishing biodiversity. - Mangrove swamp. - Birds fauna exceptional in Vietnam. - Big diversity of coral on the fringing reefs as well as the different living organism types that populate them. - Seasonal presence of the big marine mammals and sharks whales. Here is a preview of what we undertook. Being specialist of no of the necessary disciplines in these domains, but merely motivated by the love of the place, we are ready to listen all useful advice. We began the re-entry of threatened plants species. After recuperation of corals broken by the fishers, we reconstitute a destroyed reef.

Here are some examples of fishes that you can see ...
Thor Shrimp (Thor amboinensis)	Box Fish (Ostracion cubicus)	Picasso Trigger Fish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
Long Rostrum Shrimp (Rhyinchocinetes durbanensis)	Clown Trigger Fish (Balistoides conspicillum)	Nudibranch (Hypselodoris bullocki)
Christmas Tree (Spirobranchus giganteus)	Syngnathe Annelé (Doryrhamphus multiannulatus)	Frog Fish (Antennarius commersonii)
Stone Fish (Synanceia verrucosa)	Puffer Fish (Arothron nigropunctatus)	Sting Ray (Taeniura)
Grey Shark (Crcharhinus amblyrhynchos)	Blennie à Lignes (Ecsenius lineatus)	Manta Ray (Manta birostris)
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The Whales Whale Shark (Rhynchodon typus) Every year between April and July, the whale and the whale sharks come to stay in the archipelago to cram themselves of the krill and the plakton that abound. It is possible to see together up to fifteen of these animals to the wealth of their communities. And there are a lot of temples dedicated to these animals, and there are every year toward the end March or the beginning April, ceremonies of welcome to Lord fish, to attack the cetaceans in the sector for the prosperity of the members of the village. Each one is son of Whale, and if a fisher discovers remains of this animal, he has organizes funeral ceremony. He becomes its eldest son and will be mourning during three years. A tomb will be erected for the bones of the animal in a place determined by a geomancist.

Here are some examples of birds that you can see...
White bellied fishing eagle	Indian lapwing	Eudynamys	Plovers	Charadrius Dubius	Curlew
Necked king fisher		Pink necked parrot		Jacana
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8 Juillet 1999
màj : 13 avril 2007