Located in northeastern Vietnam,
Halong Bay Vietnam is part of the Tonkin Gulf, including the waters of Ha Long City, Cam Pha Town and part of Van Don island district. Southwestern Gulf borders Cat Ba Island, east of the sea, the rest of the land adjacent to a coastline of 120 km, is limited to 106o58 '- 107o22' East longitude and 20o45 '- 20o50' north latitude with total area of 1553 km2, including 1969 islands, of which 989 islands and 980 named islands not named. Island of Ha Long Bay is the island there are two types of limestone and schist islands, concentrated in two main areas are the southeast (belonging to Bai Tu Long) and southwestern (in Ha Long Bay) old reviews geological formations from 250 to 280 million years. Densely concentrated zone of stone islands with spectacular scenery and many beautiful caves known as the center of Heritage Halong Bay,
Halong Bay and includes part of Bai Tu Long. Heritage Area is an internationally recognized area of 434 km2, including 775 islands, such as a triangle with three vertices is the island of Phu Quoc Island (west), Ba Ham Lake (south), Cong Tay Island (in the east) area next to the buffer areas and national monuments and landscapes by the Ministry of Culture and Information ranking in 1962.
Looking down from above, Ha Long Bay as a giant picture of extremely lively. Take the Long House, we thought lost in a fairy world was petrified, the island is like a man standing towards the mainland (island capita), the island is like a dragon hovering above the water (Dragon Island), the island is like an old man sitting fishing (Hon Mr. La Vong), sail island, Chicken island pair, Hon Lu Huong ... All look very real, real amazing. Shape of the islands that make wonderful perspective of incalculable light of day and the viewing angle. Hidden in the heart of the islands was beautiful caves such as Thien Cung, Dau Go Cave, Sung Sot, the Tam Cung ... It really is the castle of the place of earthly creation. From time immemorial, Ha Long has been great poet Nguyen Trai ethnic called public land between the high heavens. Halong Bay is also associated with the development of the nation's history with the famous as Van Don - where the famous ancient trading port once (1149), Mountain Poems of many steps autograph note kings, celebrity, little further is the Bach Dang River - which has seen two illustrious naval battle of his father against invaders .. Not only that, Ha Long is now scientists proved one of the cradles of human Ha Long culture from the Late Neolithic to the archaeological sites known as Dong Mang, Turkish chain, Soi Nhu, Thoi Well ... Ha Long is also the focus of high biodiversity with typical ecosystems such as mangrove ecosystems, coral reef ecosystems, ecosystem components farming, ecology of tropical forests ... With thousands of species of animals and plants are abundant in the forests of the sea, fish, squid ... There are particularly rare species found only in this place.
With such special values, on 17/12/1994, in the 18th session of the Council of the UNESCO World Heritage held in Thailand, Ha Long Bay was officially recognized as a natural heritage , confirmed the global value of world natural heritage Halong Bay.
I. Caves
Dau Go Cave
Between non water beautiful clouds of Ha Long, a cave called extremely rustic folk: Leading Wood. Hang on the island of Phu Quoc Island, the old island called Canh island alone. Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi books marked as "Hon Canh Read the back of the island is wide can accommodate several thousand people, nearby islands Chicken Pair, Cat Island, Hon La ..." The reason is first called Wood, according to ancient legend has it that in the resistance war against the Nguyen Mong Tran Hung Dao has to prepare many ironwood stakes here to plug into the riverbed of Bach Dang, a lot of wood chips left so the timber is first called. From the distant view, the door hang a picture with blue jellyfish, over 90 stone steps to the door we work. If Thien Cung boast spectacular, modern, Dau Go Cave taciturn but very majestic edifice. It Meivelle de Monde (Wonders of the World) published in 1938 in France specialized travel about the world-famous scenic spots have been known as Grotto Dau Go Cave des meivellis (wonders of). That totally accurate. Hang is divided into three main compartment. Prevent outer dome book brimming with natural light, the ceiling is a painting "oil painting" giant, which draw unspoiled natural landscape, such as the elephants are going to feed, the deer so bewildered, dim lim lion sleep ... with the posture very lively. Below is a turtle swimming among the vast pool of water, the forest stalagmites, stalactites many colors with many strange shapes, depending on the rich imagination of each person. I stood under the roof of the cave felt like standing in an ancient castle, a massive and architectural grandeur. The middle of the grotto is a giant pillar against the sky, dozens of people who hold no Xue, from the foot of the column above are hand sculpted ingenious creator washed into the clouds, his dragon, dancing phoenix , flowers, vines ... On the top of the column, we suddenly encountered a monk robe intensive, right hand holds a cane in the area staff positions chanting, for Buddha. Through the first compartment 1, the first compartment 2 with a narrow slit window. Here the light fades, the new picture appears mysterious glitter. The stone was hidden inflorescences at present, the familiar image has just strange ... created for people just scared just curious. Bottom of the cave is a fresh water well in the first four seasons juice, flowing year-round flow. Suddenly looked up above the dim light, we recognize four walls around the neck, which is taking place on an exotic game melee, the elephants are roaring, crowded people and horses, swords deposition rising educational tour, all are in a position to emit and be petrified suddenly this place. In 1917, to visit King Khai Dinh Dau Go Cave, amazed at the beauty of the creator god, he has carved an inscription plates for the content of non praised the beauty of Ha Long and top timber. Currently, the stone tablet is still on the right side of the line.
Hang Sung Sot Vietnam
Located in the heart of
World Heritages Halong Bay, Sung Sot in Bo Hon Island. The French gave the name les suprices Grotto (of the shock). This is a large and beautiful cave in Halong Bay's most. On the other hand is located in the tourist center of Ha Long Bay (Ti Top beach - Bo Nau Cave - Halong Bay - hang Luon - Sung Sot) and this is also where many stone islands concentrate has excellent shape where there is not. Road to Sung Sot inserted under the forest canopy, the steep stone steps transplants, tourists just get the fun of climbing, just as there are so eager to go to heaven. Work is divided into two main compartment, a compartment as a whole big wide spacious theater. The ceiling is covered with a layer of "corruption" shiny, countless "chandeliers hang" in blazing bright stone, the stone statues, stone elephants, seals, raspberries, flowers ... all seem to be moving in a fantasy world as real as dreaming. Not all surprised by the beauty of the creation of magic, we step into the compartment II in a small way. A stream of light rushed into brilliant, opens a new frame completely different port, preventing the vast can accommodate thousands of people, right next to the entrance is a stone horse and a long sword. Old legend tells that, after India defeated enemy, St. Gióng people here have helped to expel demons, when flying up to heaven Saint Giong finished and left the sword and your horse to reassure people, driving chasing demons. Today the cave is more natural images seem to be the marks of fierce battle, the horse trail Gióng become pretty beautiful small lakes and many large rock debris. Going into the scenery was very strange things, such as stalactites and ancient tree has luxuriant foliage, sea bears, dinosaurs ... Go to the top of the unexpected, an area "royal garden" open front, with clear water lakes, charming landscape painting, like plants, such as si, Long live, the most ancient bird species to live. The beautiful day, pulling together groups of monkeys down here to find fruit to eat as a regional turmoil.
Virgin Hang - Hang Drum
Virgin Grotto is situated on Bo Hon Island series with a system of Sung Sot, the Dong Tien, Hang Luon ... How to Bai Chay 15 km to the south. To the fishermen, they see the Virgin Grotto is home to their loved one, but the couple love to see it as a symbol, where vows of love. The place to hang the old French name Le virgin (daughter of). Ancient legend has it that ancient fishing a thousand beautiful daughter, the poor, her family must be employed for the name of the governing fishing zone. Seeing her beautiful, he forced her family to marry her for his mistress, she refused because she had the love, guys that are fishing off to prepare for their wedding day. Do not do well her name was exiled by her landlord to a desert island to subdue the will of her, her hunger and exhaustion. In a rainy night terror, she turned to stone. That was the night guy knew of her danger, he absorbed boat in search of her. By night, the storm destroyed his boat struck, he floated to an island, in lightning, he looked in the distance and get the girl but his calls were driven away by the wind. He used the stones struck the cliff let her know that he has to. He typed the flowing blood on their hands profusely, until he exhausted and petrified (empty today). Today, when visiting the Virgin Grotto, the statue stood her long hair removed, the eyes are looking at the mainland is still there. Opposite the Virgin Grotto, hang drum (also known as Son hang). Stone statue of the boy is facing the Virgin Grotto is still, the earnest voice of the knock on the cliff where this guy is gold strike. The remnants of the hurricane that night still to this day - that is the collapse of the sprawling rock in the cave, the wind roaring through the cliffs and the waves still roll up white foam removed.
Thien Cung
In the famous caves of
HaLong Bay recently discovered in recent years to talk to the Heavenly Palace. Located in the southwest of Ha Long Bay cruise ship terminal to 4 km, on the island of Phu Quoc Island at an altitude of 25 m above sea level, with coordinates 107o00'54 "and 20o54'78". Ancient island Phu Quoc Island is also known as toxic soup island peak 189 m, the range of the island as a throne holding in his heart two beautiful caves. Heavenly Palace Road to the crags, the two foliage luxuriant forest cover, in the moonlit night, mischievous monkeys climb down to it to make fruit. Through a narrow slit window, sudden heart open space is the quadrilateral section with a length of over 130 meters. The more into it the more amazed at the stunning beauty of nature. Activities associated with the ancient legend of the Dragon King. It is said that after King's Dragon help us defeat the enemy retired, Dragon King returned to his work seated, in her sun drought, crop failure many people love and they would need to hands to save the rain dragon king. How many people have gone with no return date. No fear of danger was difficult, the couple committed to meeting together to find the Dragon King. Their daughter was born she named Cloud. She did grow up Cloud anxiety Dragon Prince hearts and love to help them find each other, the wedding is held 7 days 7 nights in the downtown area. To celebrate the wedding, the dragon fly was hidden in cloud forest at the stalactites and the elephant to dance the same channel, the large python slithered his son wrapped around trees have sold, two lions ice dancing hair manes flying high above the broad focus giang eagle wings in the air giant ... A large elephant decorated elaborately flash lying prostrate for the bride groom to step down. Nam Tao and Bac silver hair like clouds also attended the party happy, jubilant scenes and extremely busy life. All images such as this has been to stone. On the east wall is a huge monumental paintings, including embossed characters in the fairy tales of old, carved soft, flexible and extremely sharp sophistication to every little detail, the operating block address whether massive or tiny hands are made of polished meticulously. Center is four pillars of the big burly prop heaven. From feet to the top of columns are embossed many strange shapes like birds, fish, scene of human activity, spike flowers ... On the north wall is the first scene a herd of women celebrate the wedding dance. Under the immeasurably high roof, stalactites hung down each beam forming colorful natural stone curtain splendid. Where there is flickering like the drums in the old village festival. That is the wind blowing through the interstitial ice. Faced with the immeasurably high roof, stalactites color green as jade inlaid us just imagine standing in that first scene Penglai.
Go to the last stop, but always light blue red white color scheme creates interspersed scenes of flowers. A four-season natural cock murmuring flow, where this has three ponds, clear water. This is where she often bathe Cloud 100 people and raising their children get older they mature. A path winding outward curving path that it was her May 50 with his son go off to explore new areas, 50 children remained with their father home construction, relics which the mother is breast first to overflowing vitality.
Hang Hanh
Cam Pha Town 9 km to the west, the Hang Hanh is a beautiful and longest caves than caves is on the Ha Long Bay. Length of 1300 m run, running through the mountains to the sea Quang Hanh. So while the French named it as Le tunel (tunnel). Take action can be visited by boat or by car canos, must choose at fall out. Then new doors revealed. Besides a flat rock barrier right door is the Temple of Ba her. Legend has it that old: Once there was three girls go to the beach, late night to meet, three girls in commercial stocks, see beautiful scenery in every three people as it absorbed a view, to the rising tide at three girls trapped inside and hang out in his mind and into water. The legend is that, actually better than the Quang Hanh we imagine a lot. Con small boats take tourists to wriggle through each winding rocks the light of flickering torches, each beam stalactites hanging from the ceiling let go light on the wonderful colors, the water hole went quiet, just quiet space brandishing the paddles sound startled to hear the sound holy magic. The more in depth, the more beautiful, pristine appearance brings. The inflorescences brilliant stone, the diamond head suddenly shone iridescent colors including, to shining light on, the vast raspberries, beam peony, orchid scene ... All are in a position to reach out to shake vibrate. Where are the drums that flicker like distant echoes from the festival. That pat on the waves created cliffs, and more exotic images.
II. Islands, the Hon
Bai Tho Mountain
Days ago, called Media Dang mountain, 106 m high mountain standing next to Hon Gai town, a half-foot attached to the mainland, the other half immersed in water. Take the boat across the bay, Halong bay shore about 300 m was able to see the poem engraved on the cliff in a square frame, a length of 1.5 m.
In 1468, King Le Thanh Tong also a famous poet walking of the Northeast, made a stopover on Halong bay at the foot of this mountain poetic. Previous emotional nature wonders, did the king and commanded a poem carved into the cliff. Since it is called Bai Tho Mountain. India General Wang Zheng (1686 - 1730) also has a poem in this mountain.
Climbing Poems is an exciting game. Stubbornly halfway up the mountain with panoramic vistas of sea is green, undulating islands, look up the sky and clouds floating around the trees, the forest flowers, are the gurgling bird transfer branches ...
Hon Dinh Huong (Perfume or Binh Lu Feng)
Dinh Huong Island lies astride between countries, so much like a front to shield. Tide, the island driven to four foot winding road is no different projects incense burners.
Hon Ga Choi
Dinh Huong passage approximately 1 km, guests will see two stone so as to form two chicken wings unfurled each other on the sea ice.
Hon Dua
He called the island, the Bai Chay 15 km to the east. This is a mountain about 40 m high stone circle looks like its chopstick before natural exposure. Looking from the northwest, Hon Dua like mandarin dynasty blue hat flying off, his hands clasped before his chest, so fishermen called Ha Long familiar than he is.
Hon Yen Horse
This is a small mountain with a spectacular design, like a horse threw himself forward, four hooves flying over the water.
Monkey Island
Islands in the township of Cam Pha 4 km to the southeast, also called Moss Islands. Since 1962, the island has become a monkey ranch. Monkey monkey here is a red nose. These are the sights of Ha Long. At this point as tourists mix with nature, to live with the world of "painting fruit."
Tuan Chau Island
How Dau Go Cave 3 km to the west, covering about 3 km2. Island is so named due to the coupling of two words "Spirit Week" and "Tri Chau," but the. Islands have grown vegetables, the supply of vegetables for the city.
On the island there is a simple house made of bamboo and rattan in Quang Ninh's People to President Ho Chi Minh to rest after every visit to the Gulf. Currently, there are preserved to protect the memorial.
Quang Ninh Province is implementing a major project, Tuan Chau turned into a unique tourist destination of Halong Bay populations.
III. Beach
Bai Chay
Along the Halong Bay resort is usually called the Bai Chay. This is a year round resort windswept sea, mean annual temperature over 20 ° C.
Bai Chay is a low range of hills running gently toward the sea more than 2 km long embrace ancient pine, interspersed with high-rise hotel, the small villa architecture separately. Asphalt path, close to the white sandy bay and a green casuarinas. The pretty little shops hidden under casuarina groves. Sea bathing is complete, visitors can enjoy sitting on the banks of a cool glass of water to catch the sea winds.
Bai Chay - Ha Long Bay is a major tourist attractions in the country and abroad.
