Bai Tu Long Bay

1. ABOUT BAI TU LONG BAY

Bai Tu Long is a bay located in the Gulf of Tonkin, in the Northeast region of Vietnam. Bai Tu Long Bay includes a sea area of ​​Ha Long city, Cam Pha city and Van Don island district. The Southwest borders Ha Long Bay, the East borders the sea, the West borders the mainland with Cam Pha city and the Northeast borders Co To island district. Bai Tu Long Bay includes hundreds of large and small islands, many of which are large and inhabited.

If Ha Long Bay is a brilliantly beautiful girl, Bai Tu Long Bay is a pure and enchanting maiden. Indeed, Bai Tu Long Bay together with Ha Long has become one of the natural wonders of the world and that is also the reason why ecotourism company Gecko Travel (UK) voted Bai Tu Long Bay of Vietnam in the top 5 best tourist destinations in Southeast Asia (in 2006)

It consists of hundreds of large and small islands, many of which are large and inhabited. The inhabitants of the bay live mainly in the island district of Van Don and the islands of Quan Lan, Ban Sen, Ngoc Vung and the coastal areas of Ben Do, Cua Ong… People live by fishing and aquaculture production.

Amazing Bai Tu Long Bay

This place also keeps many legends related to the history of Ha Long Bay – Bai Tu Long Bay. And that story reflects our nation’s history of building and defending the country for thousands of years. According to legend, “In the past, the people of the newly established Vietnam were invaded by foreign invaders. Ngoc Hoang sent the Mother Dragon to bring a flock of baby dragons down to earth to help the Vietnamese fight the enemy. When the enemy boats came ashore from the sea, the Dragons sprayed countless pearls and suddenly turned into thousands of rocky islands in the sea, creating a solid wall to block the enemy’s advance. The enemy ships were rushing fast, suddenly blocked, crashed into the rocky islands or crashed into each other and shattered. After the war was over, the mother dragon and baby dragon did not return to heaven, but stayed on the earth, where the battle had just taken place. The position of the mother dragon descending is Ha Long, the baby dragon descending is Bai Tu Long. The tail of the dragons wagging white water is Long Vi (present-day Tra Co peninsula) with fine sand and more than ten kilometers long.

Bai Tu Long Bay from above

According to statistics, Bai Tu Long Bay has hundreds of limestone and sandstone mountain islands with many famous landmarks such as Bai Tho Mountain, Con Coc Islet, Tien Ong Islet, Con Rua Islet, Oan Dam, Devil Face Island, etc. Con Co Island, Thien Canh Son Cave, Tam Cung Cave, Me Cung Cave…. The island system has high and low islands undulating on the water surface with hundreds of kilometers of coastline creating a majestic but no less romantic scene. With that terrain, Bai Tu Long Bay has many beautiful beaches such as: Con Co Beach, Van Don Beach, Quan Lan Beach, Minh Chau Beach, Co To Beach… All of the above beaches keep their original appearance. wildness and purity of creation.

A nice video about Bai Tu Long Bay

In addition to the beauty of nature, Bai Tu Long Bay also attracts tourists by the famous specialties of the region such as: Sa Sung – A very famous sea worm with high economic value. In addition, there are many famous seafood with high economic value such as: cobia, grouper, shrimp, crab, crab, cockle (similar to crab but much more delicious), mussels, jumping snail, etc. Snails, squid … are also memorable dishes, adding to the attractiveness of your exciting journey to a tourist area that is still being awakened… Therefore, the above destinations are increasing day by day and chosen by many tourists for their vacation trip, especially young people who have a hobby of finding that wildness and rusticity. Today Bai Tu Long Bay is a favorite route of many Ha Long cruise ships, favored by many tourists thanks to its peacefulness and majestic wild beauty. If tourists want to visit and stop here, just book Halong cruise tours with 2 or 3 day itineraries.