Experience traveling to Cat Ba Island

Cat Ba travel time?

2 days 1 night is a reasonable time for your Cat Ba Hai Phong tour. And summer is the most reasonable time to travel Cat Ba. The rest of the seasons at Cat Ba are very deserted, the town at that time is like hibernating. In the winter, very few Vietnamese tourists came here, mainly "backpackers" who came to take care of them.

You should travel Cat Ba on weekdays. Because on the holidays, weekends to Cat Ba are very crowded and accompanied by a price increase of 2-3 times higher. However I will share with you a few tips to save costs.

Explore Cat Ba Island - places not to be missed

If you travel to Cat Ba, you have plenty of places to explore. You can visit the famous beaches of Cat Ba first, if your goal is to go swimming. In Cat Ba, there are famous beaches such as "Cat Co 1, Cat Co 2, Cat Co 3". Cat Co 1 beach is the largest, Cat Co 3 beach is wild and clean. Cat Co 2 is the most beautiful scene. It takes only 10k / person to get a taxi or electric bus from here. There is also a beach on Monkey Island, but to get here you have to take a boat, but in return the monkey island is very clear and beautiful.

After struggling with the sea, you should go exploring on the mainland. Don't forget to rent a motorbike first to take the initiative (rent right at the wharf). If you don't know where to go, you can buy a map and go around the island.

See Cat Ba from above - The Fortress of the Fortress

The first place I recommend coming to is the fortress fortress. It is the top of a high hill that overlooks the whole town, Lan Ha Bay, Cat Ba national forest, Beo beach, Monkey island ... There is a telescope and you will see very clearly Cat Ba scenery. its prism. This place is the ideal place for you to hunt for photos. Standing here you will choose the next location for your journey.

This hill used to be a place for the cannon of the Vietnamese army. In the hill station there are still two cannons and solid tunnels. It was built into a traditional house that kept memorabilia in the war. Standing on the top of the mountain you can see the panoramic view of Cat Ba town from above, an ideal place to watch and capture the sunset in the afternoon. Besides standing here, you can also see Cai Beo Bay, and another corner of Cat Ba National Forest.


The countryside is pristine and charming

Do you like wild, deserted and charming places? If you like, leave the crowded town and visit the coastal area of ​​Cat Ba. Where there are small villages, unspoiled beaches, one-sided pass roads are hilly - one is beautiful sea. This is the road that you will take the ferry. I especially like this place, especially the section at Got dock to Cat Ba. I cannot forget the straight, asphalt road, with two banks on the banks of the roots. And the beach right at the bend on the pass with the rows of coconuts leaning over the sand, it was wild and charming.

Cat Ba National Forest

Return to the mainland area, where you should visit next is Cat Ba National Forest. This is the home of the extremely rare langur in the world, along with hundreds of other animals. Cross the trails and climb the highest point of the national forest. You will see the magnificent scenery on this island. The mountains are undulating, sharp like the row of reverse shark teeth. Everywhere is covered in a blue color. This place is really fresh and cool. Climb to Ngu Lam peak, you will see the panoramic view of Cat Ba national forest.

Take a boat to Monkey Island and Lan Ha Bay

After returning from the world biosphere reserve. You must also remember the sea. There is another very interesting corner in Cat Ba, which is Lan Ha Bay. Lan Ha Bay is like a scene in Ha Long Bay because of the rocky mountains that grow on the sea, but Lan Ha Bay has unspoiled white sand beaches stretching at the foot of the mountain - something that Ha Long Bay does not have. world biosphere reserve. You must also remember the sea. There is another very interesting corner in Cat Ba, which is Lan Ha Bay. Lan Ha Bay formerly belonged to Ha Long Bay, but more beautiful because Lan Ha Bay has pristine white sand beaches at the foot of the rocky mountain - something that Ha Long Bay does not have.

What you need to do is ride a motorbike to Cai Beo beach (Cai Beo relic area with over 7000 years old) and buy train tickets around Lan Ha Bay. Train ticket price is from 1.2tr - 2tr / 1 trip, suitable when you go to crowded group with family. If you can go alone, you can rent a motorboat or ask for a ticket. Boat will take you around a round of Lan Ha Bay, go to Monkey Island for you to swim and return to the oldest fishing village in Vietnam - Cai Beo fishing village.

Cat Ba is also very famous for the types of adventure tourism. I don't know if you're interested in kayaking and climbing, but I like it very much. To ride a small boat, ride on the waves fluttering and floating in the middle of the sea. These things challenge me. And also they make me extremely excited.