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Lan Ha Bay is located in
the east of
Cat Ba Island, looking to the
Cua Van fishing
village, adjacent to Halong bay. Lan Ha bay is more than
7000 ha in area, of which 5400 ha is under management of
Catba National Park. This is a very quiet bay in the shape
of a crescent with approximately 400 large and small
islands.
 Lan Ha bay should have become famous if it is not close to
another tourist destination Halong bay. It is indeed divided
by administrative frontiers that Lan Ha is a separate part
of Halong bay complex. One journalist, after a day visiting
Lan Ha has compared the bay as a virgin girl whe hasn't seen
the man of her life, despite it's breathing sceneries, there
are quite a few tourist boats can be seen in Lan Ha. A
peaceful sea area with small fishing villages is like
separate from the rest of the world. There are hundreds of
beach, beautiful and desolate as the "green straits" invites
visitors to explore
Unlike Halong Bay, all islands in
Lan Ha Bay are covered
with trees and vegetation. The density of limestone is quite
thick and is still wild, dividing the sea into small lagoons
and lakes, many caves and places haven't been explored.
There are hundreds of mountains in different shapes and
sizes depending on the imagination of visitors such as Shoe
rock, Bat rock (looks like a bat), the caves in Lan Ha have
many stalagmites and stone shoots like Ham Rong cave, Ca
cave. Compared to Halong bay, Lan Ha bay has over 100 small
beautiful sandy beaches, pristine water, the beaches stretch
out between the rocks, quiet without big waves, ideal for
travelers.
To be able to feel the full beauty of the limestone islands
and spectacular scenery of the romantic Lan Ha Bay, many
travelers choose kayaking facilities, explore which tourists
vessels cannot bring. Over the small islands, the kayak can
take visitors to the foot of the mountain close to the
rocks, watching countless scenes of vivid underwater world
of green sea. In the vast sea of blue sky appearing red and
yellow colors. Some visitors see the bay as a silk band,
other see it like a young girl, what ever it is like Lan Ha
always has a feminine beauty, even the name of the bay
sounds very soft and gentle
Under clear blue water are colorful coral reefs such as Van
Boi, Van Ha. The calm waters in the islands like Sen, Cu,
Monkey island is where visitors can go snorkeling and
diving. Going on small boats, travelers can dodge between
mountain gorges into lakes and lagoons, visiting hidden
caves and grottoes, relax on the beaches in the middle of
the ocean. Cat Dua beach, also called Monkey island raises
many monkeys for scientific research, there are pearl farms
on the sea, which draw a lot of attention from visitors. In
Lan Ha bay there is Rua Giong island, with 2 open fronts
with long stretching beach coupled with wild bushes of
pineapple which are many years old, the island is surrounded
by mountains forming a closed area, the tide withdraws in
the morning reveals holothurians, a specialty of this area.
Lan Ha bay is quiet with fishing villages living in peace.
Appearing behind the groups of island are floating fish
cages breeding local specialties such as sentinels, crabs,
prawns...Many fish cages in the bay supply seafood, shrimps,
fishes to visitors' requirements. The bay's ecotourism in
the past few years were invested by Hai Phong city, it takes
only 5 minutes from Beo wharf to Cat Dua island with many
travel services, attracting a great deal of foreign
visitors.
Visiting Lan Ha Bay travelers should take a trek through Cat
Ba national park which is home to many precious animals, of
which are white langurs and Kim Giao forest. Over the Ngu
Lam peak, at the end of the journey is
Viet Hai fishing
village, the most natural and wild village in Catba
archipelago, this is where visitors can discover interesting
features of a fishing village in the Tonkin gulf.
A trip to Lan Ha bay can be combined with
tours to Halong
bay and Catba island in 3 or 4 days, some travel companies
offer package tours including 1 night on board cruiser and 1
night at
hotel in Catba island, travelers will spend the
whole 2nd day kayaking in Lan Ha area, another way is travel
by high speed boat from Hai Phong sea port city to Catba,
visit Lan Ha bay and return to
Hanoi via
Halong bay.
With it's potential, Lan Ha bay is developing forms of
tourism, ecosystem services in the forests and islands in
order to serve domestic and international tourists
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