Attractive attractions on Lan Ha Bay

Located in the south of Ha Long Bay and east of Cat Ba Island, Lan Ha Bay covers an area of ​​more than 7,000 hectares, highlighting the breathtaking beauty of about 400 dense, large and small islands, with many interesting shapes. Unlike Ha Long Bay, all the islands in Lan Ha Bay are covered with green trees, even though they are extremely small islands.

Although not yet known to many tourists, Lan Ha Bay is considered one of the most beautiful bays in Vietnam. When the weather turns to autumn, it is also the time when Lan Ha Bay is most beautiful with pale sunlight, not hot, gentle with the cool breeze of the ocean, allowing visitors to comfortably enjoy the refreshment and relaxation while sailing. admire the bay.

Because there is currently an overload of cruise ships visiting Ha Long Bay, the trend of cruise ships moving to exploit this route is increasing, and cruise ships traveling to Lan Ha Bay are often built new ones. within 3 years, with extremely modern design and equipment. Along with newly discovered attractions, Lan Ha Bay cruises have become more and more attractive to tourists… Below are some new attractions exploited by cruise ships and visited by many tourists. Dear guests

1/ Bright Cave and Dark Cave

Bright and Dark Cave (also known as Bright cave, Dark cave) is located on Lan Ha Bay in the Cat Ba archipelago – Hai Phong. This is a 70m long line through the mountain but located on the water, so to visit the cave visitors often have to row bamboo boats or kayaks. Today, Light and Dark Cave is a destination not to be missed for tourists visiting and relaxing on Lan Ha Bay.

When going through the cave inside, visitors will be surprised as if they were lost in paradise, because inside is a large lagoon surrounded by majestic high limestone mountains. Sitting on a boat floating along the water, breathing fresh air and blue water, admiring the beautiful surroundings and feeling the peace between the sea, sky, clouds and mountains will definitely be a moment that you have been looking for. for a long time amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Nowadays, to visit the Dark and Bright Cave, tourists often choose overnight cruise tours on Lan Ha Bay or Ha Long cruises. When arriving at the cave area, tourists will be taken to the cave by fishing village people here by bamboo boat. Each boat can carry 6-8 adults. But perhaps the most interesting is the type of kayaking to explore the cave by yourself, two people per boat, floating the kayak and slowly admiring the surrounding scenery, breathing fresh air and feeling the peace in the middle of the sea. The cloudy sky and mountains will definitely be a desire you have been looking for for a long time amidst the hustle and bustle of life.

2/ Three Peaches Island

A famous place with beautiful beaches and charming landscapes, Ba Trai Dao beach is 22 km southeast of the tourist wharf, consisting of three small mountains over 20 meters high that look like three peaches. .

The sea water at Ba Trai Dao beach is very clear, on sunny days you can see the bottom. The beach is quite shallow and sheltered from the wind so it is very safe for swimming or boat climbing activities. In addition to swimming, when coming to Ba Trai Dao Beach – An attractive destination of Ha Long tourism, visitors also have the opportunity to admire the rocky islands and cliffs with strange shapes located next to the beach.

Ba Trai Dao beach is so poetic and charming, but not everyone can admire that beauty if they come here at the wrong time. Every day, visitors only have about 2 to 3 hours to enjoy the beauty of the beach and freely relax in the cool blue water. The rest of the time, the beach is hidden under the tidal waves. To fully enjoy the experience of visiting this beach, visitors should carefully learn about the activities of tidal water. Therefore, depending on the tide conditions and the time you visit, you can fully enjoy the beauty of this place.

3/ Viet Hai Fishing Village

More than 10km from Cat Ba Tourist Town, so to get to Viet Hai fishing village, visitors can depart from Beo wharf in the town and then take a boat across Lan Ha Bay or choose to go by overnight cruise on the bay. to reach Viet Hai village. According to the assessment of the tourist community, Viet Hai is currently the most famous village in Cat Ba with the nickname “island within an island” because it is located in the middle of the sea, surrounded by old forests and forests. cat ear rocky mountain range.

In recent years, Viet Hai village has become an attractive community ecotourism destination for tourists, especially international tourists. The attractive point of Viet Hai village is the fresh environment, good climate, quiet and pristine space of marine forest nature. Tourists coming here can leisurely walk or rent bicycles to experience the view of the mountains and forests, learn about the culture and life of indigenous people such as: experience cooking rice with a wood stove, growing vegetables, harvesting rice… The people still maintain their sincerity, kindness and hospitality.

4/ Trung Trang Cave

Trung Trang Cave is located in Trung Trang valley, about 1km from the center of Cat Ba National Park and 15km northwest of Cat Ba town. Trung Trang is known as one of the largest and most typical caves for the cave complex in Cat Ba. Every year, this cave attracts tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists to visit and explore.

Trung Trang Cave is called by many different names. In the past, it was called Bat Cave because inside the cave was the residence of many colonies of bats. Going deeper into the cave about 100 meters, visitors will come to a cave chamber with sparkling stalactites under the dim light. . Here there are stalactites shaped like a crown, a brocade strip, and then the image of 3 Mr. Phuc Loc Tho… Local people call this cave chamber “the gold warehouse, the queen’s treasury”.

Trung Trang Cave has a mysterious dark ecosystem, home to many creatures such as bats, birds, insects and reptiles. The lighting system is very limited to preserve the characteristics of the ecological environment in the cave. The dim and virtual space helps visitors have an interesting experience.

5/ Cat Ba National Park

Cat Ba National Park Recognized by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve, Cat Ba National Park still retains the wild beauty of a thousand-year-old forest, with countless rich flora and fauna species, rare; Among them, some species have been recorded in the Vietnam and World Red Books.

Coming to Cat Ba National Park, you feel like you can escape from daily life with all the worries and busy roads… to immerse yourself in nature, mountains, forests, trees, with the scent of flowers, and relax. hear birds chirping, streams flowing… Don’t be surprised, if during the journey you encounter some strange animals, especially mischievous monkeys, maybe they are white-headed langurs, white-clad langurs, … very rare, only left here.

With great values ​​in all aspects: biology and environment, along with unspoiled natural scenery, Cat Ba National Park is becoming an ideal tourist destination for Cat Ba tours – so that visitors can enjoy You can fully feel the beauty here, with mountains, forests and sea.