Ha Long is a tourist destination you should go once in your life - A Ha Long travel guide from A - Z

1. OVERVIEW

Ha Long Bay is a famous tourist destination of Vietnam, located in the western part of the Gulf of Tonkin in the northeastern region of Vietnam. With thousands of magnificent islands, marvelous fruits of creation, Ha Long Bay has been recognized by UNESCO as a natural heritage of the world. Ha Long tourism has the advantage of beautiful landscapes, attractive to domestic and international visitors.

2. CLIMATE

Ha Long City is a coastal region with 2 distinct seasons each year, winter from November to April next year, summer from May to October.
Due to the topographical features and geographical location, in Ha Long City, there are two distinct types of monsoon operating fairly northeast wind in winter and southwest wind in summer. Ha Long is a closed area, so it is less affected by typhoons, the strongest wind in the storms is usually level 9 and level 10. Especially, there are strong storms level 11.

3. MOVING

Motorcycle / car

* Routes Hanoi - Bac Ninh - Ha Long: 155 km. This is the shortest route from Hanoi to Ha Long travel, by car takes about 3 hours, the journey is as follows:

- Hanoi according to route 5 - Sai Dong crossroads: 10 km.

- Sai Dong along Route 1 - Bac Ninh: 23 km.

- From Bac Ninh along the road 18 - Pha Lai - Chi Linh - Dong Trieu - Uong Bi - Ha Long: 122 km.

* Routes Hanoi - Bac Ninh - Ha Long: 160 km.

- Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi) along Noi Bai - Bac Ninh (32km) to Bac Ninh.

- Connect to Highway 18a via Pha Lai, Sao Do, Dong Trieu, Uong Bi to Ha Long.

Coach

Tourists can go to the big car companies gathered at My Dinh bus station, the first trip departs at 6:00 am and the last trip is at 17:00 pm (the journey takes 3-4 hours). The buses are separated from 5 to 15 minutes to Bai Chay bus station in Ha Long, Quang Ngai province. Ticket price ranges from VND 100,000 / passenger to VND 200,000 / bed.

Seaplane

Currently, in addition to conventional means of transport, tourists from Ha Long Bay from Hanoi also have a new choice with modern and luxurious seaplanes of Hai Au Airlines.

The aircraft with 2 seats for pilots, 12 seats for passengers and spacious windows, not only helps you save travel time, but also helps you to enjoy the beautiful view from the plane, as well such as capturing memorable moments of Ha Long Bay from an altitude of 150 to 3,000 m above sea level.

Vehicles to visit in Ha Long:

*Taxi

* Cruise to Ha Long Bay. You can rent a boat to visit Ha Long Bay at the following 2 ports:

- Tuan Chau International Port

- Hon Gai Vinashin passenger port

4. EATING, EATING, SPECIALTY OF HA LONG TOURISM

Ha Long tourism in particular and Quang Ninh tourism in general not only have immense sea and sky but also many special culinary specialties with salty taste of the sea. Here are some specialties that visitors cannot ignore when traveling here.

* Stir-fried white sticky rice

White sticky rice made from sticky, fresh and glutinous rice balls, served with golden squid rolls, dipping sauce with delicious pepper. Price: each serving of white sticky rice rolls or squid rolls in popular shops costs from 15,000 to 20,000 VND. Grilled chopped squid can also be purchased at a price of about 250,000 VND / kg.

* Squid rolls

Meat roll with mushrooms, wood ear, fragrant aroma and fried onion, accompanied by Ha Long squid specialties creates an unforgettable taste. Enjoying place: In Ha Long city, there is a row of streets that specialize in making rolls of squid rolls at the edge of Bach Dang cinema, which has become familiar, many people call it "Squid spring rolls".

* Sá devotion

Sá devotees are also known as deep sand, a type of seafood probably only found in Ha Long. Sautéed fresh sá with garlic and garlic makes delicious dish. Sam Sung is dried, turned dark, baked or roasted, eaten crunchy, fleshy to drink beer, especially as a condiment for pho broth. Devotees quite rare, if the price is also very high, a kilogram of nearly 4 million.

* Glutinous rice soaked in Hoanh Bo in Ha Long

The wine is made from local specialty sticky rice. Non-sticky sticky rice, cooked and put into composting. Once fermented and to infiltrate, people put in soaked with leaf yeast taken from Hoanh Bo forest, after a while turned into wine, the wine was extracted into jars, jars to drink gradually, each meal a few Cup. When there are guests, bring the jar to the guests. Hoanh Bo sticky glutinous wine has a sour, sweet taste, stimulates digestion and refreshes very well, especially in the summer.
* NEM CHAU, NEM CHAO THIEN QUANG YEN

Raw materials for making rolls are all common things. Pork skin is finely grated, hearing made of beans or roasted rice and pounded roasted peanuts, all mixed together really well. Just that simple, but through the secret of processing, mixing and mixing dipping sauce, the countryside gifts become strange and attractive.

* "Nodding" bread

The way of making a nodding cake looks the same way as the making of rolls. When dipping a piece of cake dipped in a special cup of sauce along with a piece of humiliation stitch (meat stock ship) is marinated thoroughly. Enjoy: The most famous nodding cake is in Tien Yen. However, throughout the regions of Quang Ninh, you can find this delicious and unique nodding cake.

* Seaweed dishes

Another extremely attractive specialties of Ha Long beach, is sam - a species of arthropods. From sea sam, people can make a lot of different delicious and strange dishes such as: Sam pudding, sam salad, fried sweet and sour sam legs, fried sam fried with lemongrass, crispy sam eggs, fried sam eggs with guise leaves , steamed sam, fried dumpling sam, grilled sam cartilage, fried sam vermicelli ... Location to enjoy: Want to enjoy delicious sam, tourists should go to Gieng Don or Cao Xanh neighborhood.

5. PLACES TO VISIT, PLEASE PLAY WHEN TO HA LONG

Thien Cung Cave

Thien Cung Cave is located in the north of Dau Go Island, 4km south of the tourist port. Is one of the most beautiful caves in Ha Long. The cave is nearly 10,000m² wide, with a very complex structure, consisting of many levels and many compartments with very high and wide ceilings and walls. Especially in the cave, everywhere we see countless blocks of stalactites and stalagmites with strange shapes.

Dau Go cave

Together located on Dau Go Island, about 300m from Thien Cung cave. Dau Go is a large, beautiful cave with ancient moss style, called by the French "Cave of Wonders". Cave has diverse flora and fauna. Due to the wide opening of the cave, the humidity inside the cave is high, plus the impact of sunlight, so it can immediately see the diverse development of the flora, especially moss, ferns and woody trees ... This is a different feature compared to many other caves on Ha Long Bay.

Labyrinth Cave

Located at a height of 25m on Lum Bo Island, about 2km southwest of Tiop Island. From a distance, the cave door is like a roof deep inside the island. The Labyrinth Cave is a complex structure with many levels, compartments and niches spread out within the stone roof with corridors longer than 100m, rising to the west and looking down a small lake called Ho Me.

Drum Cave and Trinh Trinh Cave

Located on the wings of a small mountain arc east of the island of Bo Hon, more than 3 km from Sung Sot cave along the sea to the southeast. The two caves are 700-800m apart over a small bay. The storefronts turned in different directions. From the cave and shout, the other cave can be heard.

These two caves not only have lots of stalactites and beautiful views, but also appeal to visitors because of a very moving story. In a cave there is a horizontal rock that looks like a girl lying with her hair stretched out to the sea so it is called the Virgin cave. The cave had a very tall stalactite column that looked like a giant boy standing looking out to sea. The fishermen said that on rainy days, there were strong winds, passing here heard the sound of the wind hitting the cliffs like the drum and they called this cave the drum cave.
TUAN CHAU ISLAND

The most beautiful of the 1,969 islands in Ha Long Bay, is also the only island inhabited. There is the largest artificial beach in Vietnam. Tra Co Beach is gentle with white sand, which is an ideal place to have fun and take part in interesting underwater games.

Beach Fire

Bai Chay Resort is located along the banks of Ha Long Bay, suitable for relaxing and swimming. The resort is windy year-round, with an annual average temperature of over 20 ° C.

Cua Van fishing village

One of the most authentic Vietnamese destinations of Ha Long tourism. At Cua Van fishing village, visitors can not only immerse themselves in a quiet and peaceful space, but also learn about the cultural life of fishermen, learn how to row boats, spread nets, drop fishing rods ...