La Gi - new ocean paradise

About five years ago, the pristine coastline of 28km with fine sand dunes, rocks and forests combined are still less known. Guests first visit to La Gi easy to have the feeling this is a neglected urban areas.

It looks like a beautiful village girl waking reverie. However, recently, "village girl" has woken, especially on weekends, by numerous visitors.

Visit La Gi - enjoy seafood

La Gi is very luck when caught between two expensive tourist city of Phan Thiet and Vung Tau, so it reach many short and cheap tours. In the minds of me, eat seafood in Saigon restaurant is considered not know anything about seafood ! It is also important reasons, interesting to explore La Gi in your Vietnam tours.



Go to La Gi town, if a person likes quiet, you can select one of the resort as Dat Lanh (Healthy Land), Ba That Mom Da Chim... If you like freedom, you should stay at the hotels in town. Most of the private hotel, room prices varied from 9 -18 USD / night.

An experience is essential that you should "Google" for reservations before coming, because in the holidays or weekends, every hotel room is full. Ideally, go by car or motorcycle is good choice.



And, you can follow the coastal road to La Gi. This is a beautiful stretch of road opened, the sea on one side, the other side of the sand hills, pine forests and farm fields.

Hon Ba

Lagi Sea have seafood like extremely rich in Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, especially egg / ride squid and fish. Grilled fish, squid steamed fresh ginger, perhaps no rival.



In La Gi have two monuments National Cultural History: Thay Thim Palace and Phuoc Van Loc - is the place of worship of the Than Nam Hai, 300 years before is Thuan Phuoc service station located on the contact-information street of the Nguyen Dynasty. Van Phuoc Loc is also some house churches most whale bone in Vietnam with 120 sets.

Another interesting destination for those who are adventurous Hon Ba. A small island with an area of ​​2.8 hectares, the island perimeter foot less than 800m, about 2km to Doi Duong, close to beach. On the island have Ba Thien YA Na temple with many myths. May 5.2013, Binh Thuan province awarding new certificates Monuments winning open area and allow the service to visit Hon Ba - a pristine island with many aquatic species can dive watch.



A tourist from Quy Nhon said that, very interesting on the island overnight on full moon day, while watching the moon from Ke Ga cape, just heard the voice from the temple guards - is also unique residents in this island - tell stories about Hon Ba...

Cho (Market) - cultural characteristics of Vietnam

No one knows exactly what the market is formed when, how much of the market and how many different types of markets in Vietnam. But one thing is for sure that markets not only in the category of purely economic but also cultural expression Vietnam a bold way.

Rural markets, coastal markets as a short sale in the dawn or dusk is often called the " morning market ". Then the market " session " long long mountain a meeting. Locals wait as go shopping festivals. There, the type of trade by barter as ancient remains, as a symbol of beauty, " buying and selling " of childhood primitive humanity. It will be an exciting experience during your Vietnam tour.

Rice market in north

Buoi Market at Hanoi

Go market in the village is also home to the motherland specialty items. Cho is the meeting place Neighbourhood. dating place...

Bac Ha market is divided into small areas with characteristics such as Brocade fair, fair food, fair horses, food markets, bird markets... Varied and bring local ethnic colors. But what attraction of Bac Ha market days after each workweek, ethnic back down the mountain, wearing colorful dresses and colorful as the date festival.

Elderly happy go visit friends, youth have the opportunity to interact and get acquainted with the opposite sex. A special feature is the sound of "khen,sao" ... contains sentiments that the boys want to confess with girl . The colorful culture of Bac Ha market made ​​the appeal as well as its enduring vitality.

The market sale pigs in North

Ky Lua Market in Langson

In rural Vietnam, usually each commune or a few adjacent villages have a market.

Rual market has a few hundred people, friendly atmosphere is peaceful by most people familiar with each other, or invite your friends to play together. Apparently people who also like to go home market, do not buy anything, go watch, go play together.

It was kept simple as a culture are indispensable in the lives of rural people. Many of the fair is a place for cultural activities, performing traditional music instruments.

Fish Market in Saigon

Lon Market in Saigon

If the northern markets imbued with national identity, the Southern markets, with all the famous floating market with the exchange of goods on boats. Where, both sellers and buyers are using boat as a means of transport. Floating market often places at the river is not too wide nor too narrow, not too dry nor too deep.

Floating market 

Excellent features, unique spirit expressed through the nation 's market tourist attractions to discover, learn the country and people of Vietnam.

Phu Quoc - jewel island

Phu Quoc owns the most beautiful beaches and delicious seafood in Vietnam. No need expensive resorts in the new bathroom...

Sea with blue color and many different coral abundance, and stretches of fine white sand beach, the uninhabited islands with green coconut trees silhouetted by the sea..... just some of the many things to change Phu Quoc become paradise.

But it 's another lovely of Phu Quoc makes visitors want to return to many times it is the idyllic and pristine islands - or not yet commercialized by tourism development, although this is a popular destination for both domestic and international customers.

Phu Quoc has entered the most beautiful time of the year, if you need a bit of information about this fascinating island, you can refer to our article below.

How Come ?
In your Vietnam tours, you can fly nonstop from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Rach Gia to Phu Quoc. In Kien Giang area, you can choose to go high speed trains from Ha Tien or Rach Gia. Sometimes, sailed from Rach Gia faster and more convenient to fly from here. Train runs on time and fast.

Discover Phu Quoc by region
There are 3 main directions visit Phu Quoc, can be divided into 3 days, each day exploring a completely directed.

Nam Dao : go along the road being built across society to from Duong To to An Thoi will be a great experience, but also very risky if you go at night. You will have the opportunity to admire the endless beaches extending from Duong Dong to Nam Dao.

Here, you can visit and have fun at points such as An Thoi port, Nha Lao Cay Dua, especially Sao beach. This beach is an interest for those who can not swim because the water is not deep, only to the horizontal and extends tens of meters. You can also organize games with friends under the sea and then to eat fresh seafood along the beach and watching the sunset.

In addition, you can also stop at some point as a pearl farm for shopping...

Dong Dao : This route traffic more smoothly with the broad paved road and go straight from Duong Dong open until the last point is Ham Ninh fishing village, where you are free to enjoy the fresh seafood, especially blue crabs and dried seafood buy as a gift. Or stop in Tranh streams , explore the blue water and beautiful scenery here.

Along the way you can visit the Su Mon pagoda, sunrise or sunset at Ham Ninh. In particular, the fishing village, you will have the opportunity to explore the lives of the fishermen here, the poor house and the kids giggle as you hold the camera up to capture them.

Bac Dao : this is assessed as the most beautiful road when you travel in Phu Quoc, almost all of the attractions here are kept pristine natural features, will be a most interesting journey if you go by motorbike relatives and friends to experience the north of Phu Quoc Island. The primeval forests, the quiet river will create a unique scene. Enjoy Cua Can beach at sunset or sunrise at Bai Thom...

Duong Dong Town

It is the center of Phu Quoc Island, concentrating economic activity in the island culture. The resort Resort or the great restaurants, the main shopping areas are concentrated here. A day to explore Indochina, you can visit Dinh Cau Temple - the most sacred place on the island, Sung Hung pagoda, Dong Duong temple, Cao pagoda, Dinh Ba temple.

Also, Duong Dong there are many beautiful beaches as Ong Lang beach, Truong beach - where most of the most resort in Phu Quoc, is rated as one of the beautiful beaches here. Clean and sunny all year.

You can also visit places fish production, specialty of Phu Quoc.

The most attractive activities in Duong Dong as Dinh Cau Night Market, where fresh seafood and tasty. Here, you can eat seafood and then be able to shop for souvenirs at the end of market. Shops here mostly by local people sale so you can have peace of mind on the issue price and quality.

If popular meal during the day, you can go to Nu Na - very tasty and cheap, mostly locals come here to eat. Vehicles on the island.

In Duong Dong, I recommend walking ( of course depending on your endurance ) because the town is small and every point not too far apart.

You can rent motorbikes to explore the island or hire travel car.

Enjoy outdoor lagoon in Vietnam

Beautiful scene blends of water clouds lagoon makes the tourists feel extremely interesting.

And here is the impressive 4 lagoons along Vietnam. Don't miss them in your tours in Vietnam.

Van Long lagoon, Ninh Binh

 

Charming Van Long lagoon

Long Van lagoon located about 80km from Hanoi Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh. As Dam Long ( Ba Vi ), Van Long lagoon is quite interesting destination in the North in line with a weekend trip. Located between the Valley is a four- forming limestone mountains and spectacular potential unexplored caves, Van Long lagoon is becoming the attractive eco-tourism and foreign tourists.

Long Van lagoon is also natural protected areas flooded largest northern plains with thousands of animals, aquatic stay, including many rare species such as white shorts monkeys, bear, antelope, red-faced monkeys, leopards. At this place you will have the opportunity to enjoy the boat, see beautiful scenery, peaceful and wild. In addition, Van Long is also home to many scenic and cultural heritage, will definitely give you a new feeling and looks interesting.

O Loan Lagoon, Phu Yen

O Loan Lagoon as a mango birds find their place in peace.

Phu Yen is famous for unique scenic Ganh Da Dia. But few know that not far away there is a poetic beauty of water clouds - O Loan lagoon. This is a brackish water lagoon with magical beauty of the town of Chi Thanh, Tuy An district. At dawn, O Loan lagoon looks like a giant bird poised with its wings came soaring into the sky. Also that angle, but in the light of the sunset shimmer,the lagoon like a bird wing mango find peaceful place inside the lake ripples.

Because the O Loan brackish water lagoons should have a lot of seafood, such as oysters, oysters, shrimp, squid, jellyfish, seaweed, scallops, crab... O Loan to enjoy the beautiful natural scenery and enjoy Central seafood, visitors can feel all the beauty of Phu Yen land dreaming.

Nha Phu lagoon, Khanh Hoa

The beauty of Nha Phu lagoon

Located between Nha Trang and Van Phong Bay, from the center of Nha Trang city about 15 km north, Nha Phu lagoon emerged as an attractive destination for more convergence of natural beauty with mountains, forests, streams, waterfalls and seas. Coming to Nha Phu you will have the opportunity to mingle with the natural attraction of three islands : Hon Thi, Hon Heo and Hon Lao . All is as peaceful oasis, in the heart of the romantic ocean.

There will be nothing better than waking up every morning, you are playing with sea water as clear crystal, interesting way to visit the jungle, waiting till sunset with friends camping along streams, dancing, singing in the flickering firelight... Nha Phu is too much attractive and still waiting for a return guest.

Tam Giang Lagoon, Thua Thien - Hue

Tam Giang Lagoon to wear the most beautiful sunset light.

Unlike the quiet beauty of Hue, Tam Giang Lagoon about 15 km from the city with wild beauty, warm and sunny and the wind filled. Anyone coming here must be admired by hard to find anywhere on the S-shaped country to welcome dawn and sunset as beautiful Tam Giang Lagoon. The color gamut of nature, the sun brightly, colorful, makes you just want to see forever.

As the largest water lagoon in Southeast Asia, Tam Giang Lagoon is actually a confluence of three major rivers which includes Huong river, Bo River and O Lau River ' dating ' each other before emptying into the estuary. So, there are many storks, herons, ginseng birds, geese, ducks..., creating vistas very vivid and poetic. Tourists can travel down the country on small boats, dropping soul in the middle of natural surroundings to feel "fly".

Explore Thien An Mountain - Quang Ngai

Thien An, also known as Ho mountain, has traditionally been viewed as " Top landscape " of Quang Ngai province with the fine title of the " Thien An niem ha ". Tra Khuc River here is the largest river in the province. Along with Tra River, Thien An Mountain has long been a symbol of the land of Quang Ngai.
Thien An Mountain 106 meters high, with a trapezoid shape, seen from the right bank of the Tra river, publications like the listing of heaven into the river. The road along the top of the ridge from the south, the spiral clockwise, roadway width, slope not greater, up to the mountain with cars and motorcycles in a convenient manner. In addition, there are shortcuts, only to pedestrians.

The reason is called Thien An Mountain since peaks broad, flat, distant look like a large seal made by the sun. Thien An slopes more grass, Thien An pagoda is located between dense grove of trees. This pagoda was built in the seventeenth century. In the precincts is deep wells that call Gieng Phat (Buddha Wells). There are large pagoda bells from the Chu Tuong village in 1845, under Thieu Tri, called Chuong Than (Spirit Bell). Gieng Phat, Chuong Than both went into poetry and the myths associated with exciting.
Peak Thien An is flat, made the liberal view, cover a large space with fields and hills, villages, rivers, form a scenery picture. Hidden under ancient trees, occupies a relatively large area, is Thien An pagoda.


From the top of Thien An, tourists can see a vast space, grandeur around. Looking up : the western is Thach Bich walls standing. Looking down the east can see Dai Co Luy, where famous scenic " Co Luy co thon", with the sparkling sea. Looking to the north -west will see emerging between verdant rice paddies Long Mountains with his head coiled dragons. Looking south to Thien But mountain with beauty of " Thien But phe van( Pen painted clouds ) appear between the streets of the provincial of Quang Ngai. Near the bridge over the Tra Khuc, Tra Khuc River, emerged between the white sand, served as the inspiration for two of the best poems poet Cao Ba Quat : Tra Giang da bac and Tra Giang thu nguyet ca. Thien An is no shame in list " Top landscapes " of Quang Ngai province, is a national monument has been the Ministry of Culture and Information recognized since 1990.

Ninh Thuan, hidden beauty

 Located between two famous tourist provinces of South Central region is the Binh Thuan and Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan hidden deep in the arid is graceful, charming and enthusiastic by the inherent beauty of its own. 

But the land is only " sunshine, wind and sand " but Ninh Thuan has many attractions for visitors can freely select in your Vietnam tours.

 Nui Chua National Park. 

 Amazing beauty of Vinh Hy Bay 

Vinh Hy Bay is one of the famous tourist destination of Ninh Thuan province with a side of blue sea, a vast mountain sides are many mysterious caves, the landscape has both poetic grandeur. As one of the most beautiful bays in Vietnam, from the city of Phan Rang - Thap Cham about 42km, Vinh Hy Bay beautiful, graceful.

The first impression for visitors to start your exploration coastal path of the bay has been completed. New paved road along the slopes of Nui Chua created a beautiful landscape. Standing on top of the hill along the coastal path, visitors will enjoy panoramic Vinh Hy Bay bustles with sailing boats crowded.
Through the side of the road with two rows of yellow trees, Vinh Hy fishing village on the smooth white sand, surrounded by mountains, blue water.

Here, in the quiet space, visitors can stroll the white sandy beach, swimming or relaxing fun fishing. Waves in the Gulf are not too big, a few places still clear waters form small pools to delight you swim without fear of anything. For those who are adventurous can climb cliffs protruding seaside or exploring the beautiful natural caves.

Visitors can also meet and learn life and career of fishing floating villages... If you have time to stay overnight at Vinh Hy, visitors do not miss the opportunity to watch sea turtles lay their eggs. Local people said that, in the moonlit night, in the sands far from residential areas, each man pulling up sand sea turtles seek to lay eggs. If you choose the right place and the right time, the visitors can witness.

But perhaps the most fascinating diving want to admire the beauty of coral formation. According to the researchers, the MPA is Hy waters with beautiful coral reefs and diverse in Vietnam with over 300 species of hard coral shapes, rich colors.

 Vinh Hy Bay. 

Nui Chua National Park 

With a land area of 23 thousand hectares, Nui Chua National Park are really attracted tourists to the outstanding value of the terrain, climate and biodiversity.

Nui Chua National Park is home to the dry forest ecosystem characteristics rarely seen in our country for many species clustered very rich and varied in number and type, especially with many plant and animal species rare.
Running along the 702 route, through the winding roads to places such as Da Vach mountain, Dong Nha... Famous mountain system located close to the coast create more beautiful landscapes.

Nui Chua, the center of the park, there is a Chua Anh mountain in the middle and  three mountains surrounding it. Chua Anh is the highest peak, 1039.72 m above sea level. Thus, here the temperature is usually lower than at the beach approximately 20 degrees. This is particularly interesting, on the road leading up the mountain, we are witnessing 6 forest types.

Especially deep in the mountains is a picturesque waterfall located in Ao Ho area. Ao Ho is the most beautiful in the rainy season when green vegetation cover it . Ao Ho has a length of approximately 80m, 50m horizontal, 1.5 m deep, at an altitude of 236m from sea level.

 Wild - Rai cave 

Hang Rai is located on 702 roads, through Thai An, Vinh Hai commune, Ninh Hai district, Ninh Thuan province. Here visitors will be fascinated by the wild beauty, but also filled with the majestic serenity of Rai cave. Here the rocks are clumped in groups, scattered coast or stacked together to create beautiful caves.
 Under the scorching sun, the beach becomes sparkling, poetic with Nuoc Ngot streams.

Here the terrain mountainous, caves, inhabited by otters should the name is Rai Ca cave also originates from here. Rai Ca is challenging attractive to attract the backpacker, photographers... Come here to explore all the beauty of the sea. Most tourists usually choose between caves cliff cool place to rest.

In addition, visitors can also conquer the rock with different heights, wriggle in large and small caves and listen to the waves lapping against the mountain. After enjoying the beauty of the rock, visitors have a chance to bathe in the small beach side. Hang Rai is also considered to be the most beautiful coral reefs.
With diving goggles and snorkel, you can explore the reef above water, diving down to watch the colorful fish swimming or walking along the rocks.

 Bau Truc pottery village - a place to keep the Cham culture 

The village is located on Highway 1A nquoc, Bau Truc pottery village of Phuoc Dan, Ninh Phuoc District, from Phan Rang - Thap Cham about 10km. From Highway 1 enters not how far, you'll find the houses, the shops in the style typical of the Cham and Champa trees. In the space filled with sun and wind, visitors will be impressed by the vases, statues in the house.

 

Bau Truc pottery. 

As one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia, Bau Truc is also regarded as a pottery museum features traditional Cham. Unlike many occupations frequently used local clay to create ceramic turntable, Artisans still use their hands to create ingenious works great with rich design.

The decorations on the Bau Truc pottery is incised lines the river, dotted shell and plant motifs, including motifs as nails on a rustic pottery antique, close, gently. Ceramic products are burned  at temperatures between 500 - 6000 C for 6 hours, then taken out to spray color ( the color of the fruit extracts in the forest ) and then continued burned within 2 hours.

So Bau Truc pottery characteristic color is yellow red, dark gray, brown streaks, forming a unique ceramic products, carrying seemed " shimmer of Champa culture ".

Coming to Bau Truc pottery village, in addition to the products look bold culture of the Cham people in Ninh Thuan, visitors also delight to fascination when contemplating the talented hands of artists hardworking people create art products from .Even tourists can make their own product under the enthusiastic guidance of pottery artisans.

Irresistible charm of Pirate Island - Ha Tien

 Pirate Island in Kien Giang is considered a destination from the strange name. In fact this is the name of an archipelago of 16 islands is the largest island of Hon Tre ( Hon Doc), located in Tien Hai District in Ha Tien. Here the coast near 28 km Ha Tien beach and Phu Quoc Island about 40 km.  

Just from the name, visitors were able to imagine a time on the island. Because of its location in the Bay Area in Ha Tien - Rach Gia to the Gulf of Thailand, an important trade route from China to the West, so many centuries ago, this island is an ideal place for pirates hiding, ambush and attack merchant ships crossing. Until the early 20th century, this sea piracy remains rampant.

 Not only is the obsession of many ships, pirate island is also a hiding place for treasure. Some believe it is just a rumor, it is also considered the truth. But if back in time to the 80s of the last century, foreigners had compromised with the intention island treasure hunt. Testimony of a 300 -year-old map leading to the treasure hidden on the island, and a large amount of coins found here that the Pirate Island.Becomes more special.

 
Today, Visit Pirate Island to explore the wild beauty rare. From Ha Tien to the island with the only possible way is to sit ships. You should rent car in town and take the train. After half an hour, you will place the island.
Around this island has concrete roads, you can drive around without getting lost, because the island has only one road, one side is the majestic mountains,one side is blue sea with whispering waves. As the island is covered with an immense blue.The island with coconut trees, planted along the coastal path, making more poetic scenery, charming.


Around the island with a deep blue. Year-round sunshine, but the water here is always cool. If you have the opportunity to watch the sun rise and sun set slowly into the sea, you 'll see your heart is peace.

 Enjoy the seafood on the island is also an interesting thing. The type of shrimp, crab... Here are fishermen fishing on the island so the price is very "soft ". You simply go to a port in early morning, buy seafood, purchase and ask people here prepared. The enthusiasm and hospitality of the people here make you great.
Like many other pristine islands, fresh water and electricity on Pirate Island still lacking. The foods and utensils of the people on the island were also transported from the mainland. Therefore, be prepared for the difficulties when explore the island.

The underground wonders of Vietnam

1. Son Doong - The world's largest cave

Hang Son Doong in the national park Phong Nha - Ke Bang is an enormous cave was formed from about 2 to 5 million years ago. From ancient times, the river flows through limestone in a long time has caused erosion and form a large tunnel in the ground. In areas where soft stone, the ceiling collapses forming holes, gradually forming the spectacular dome caverns.

Hang Son Doong is estimated to 150 m wide, 200 m high ceiling and at least 5 km. The expedition could not even measure the depth of the cave is exactly, but people say this place can accommodate a building of the city of Manhattan. In addition to high ceilings and beautiful caves with impressive stalactites sparkling stones, cave systems, dense river and waterfall in the ground makes visitors feel like being on a journey to the center of the earth."

2. Sung Sot Cave at Halong Bay

Ha Long Bay became world famous by the system spectacular limestone caves , however, with the center of the World Heritage Site, the cave is the most extensive and beautiful cave here. Mouth cave 25 meters above sea level and is obscured by the luxuriant foliage. Jump feet first into the cave, visitors are often overwhelmed as standing in a huge theater with an area of ​​12,200 m2.


The cave divided into two compartments, lots of stalactites and stalagmites lit by fluorescent rainbow colors. Ceiling height up to 30 m and is filled with natural light beam. Up to the highest point of the cave, you will find surprise with charming scenery of all species trees, clear water of the lake and the animals living there.

3. Cu Chi Tunnels



The first feeling when visitors come to this place is dimly lit space and lack of air. Not only is an underground tunnel that Cu is also a historical place, a refuge for thousands of Vietnam for years lived during the war against the U.S.. The tunnel system was built in the 1940s and extended 250 km in the ground until the Cambodian border.   Hang divided into two compartments, lots of stalactites and stalagmites lit by fluorescent rainbow colors. Ceiling height up to 30 m and is filled with natural light beam. Up to the highest point of the cave, you will find unexpected and cool eyes with charming scenery of all species trees, clear water of the lake and the animals living here.

4. Vinh Moc Tunnels - Quang Tri 



The tunnel system is about 2 km, not only a fraction of the Cu Chi tunnels, but also a monument bearing the beauty and history of human strength. When Vinh Moc area besieged by attacks from American troops, people have created an underground house for shelter. This tunnel is a place to get supplies of food and weapons to Con Co Island - an important place in the war against America. People took 18 months to dig the tunnel finished 3 floors, the lowest depth of about 23 m. According to records, 17 babies were born in the tunnels history.

5. Monuments Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in the ground 


The architectural monuments have been excavated foundation, plinth, walls, and tiled road with drainage systems, water wells, a shower... Many artifacts such as brick, ceramic, tile, stone plinth, jewelry, and even animal bones and shells large paved courtyard use. The relic relic proves the ancient capital of Thang Long is still preserved in the ground so far.

6. Shelter in Hotel Metropole 

In May when construction 8.2011 Bamboo Bar, construction team discovered the bunker has been long forgotten in the heart of the Metropole Hotel. The shelter measures 40 m2 consists of 5 rooms and two corridors, is still preserved intact. An authentic information that the American singer Joan Baez performed at the recent history when the attack took place in 1972.

 
In addition to shelter, the Metropole hotel also arranged the exhibition of 110 years of history along the hotel corridor 18 m, including 13 boards to record images of the hotel to recover from the early days of opening.

Cu Lao Cham - places to explore , experience.

Considered the "Pearl of Hoi An," Cu Lao Cham beautiful has many interesting things to see. Cu Lao Cham, the Cua Dai beach ( Hoi An City, Quang Nam province ) about 15km, is an island group includes eight small islands. It is endowed with many of the landscapes and climate : cool weather all year round, beautiful beaches, unspoiled scenery...

Visitors to Cu Lao Cham Island will have a lot of things to discover and enjoy.

In 2009, Cham Island is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the world. This is worthy of what this beautiful island group. Cu Lao Cham has more than 1,500 ha of natural forest and water 6.700ha. It has many important ecosystems such as coral reefs, sea grass beds, sea grass beds with outstanding value for biodiversity. This area is rich in marine resources, including many species of ecological and economic.

Due to the above advantages, "The pearl of Hoi An " has attracted tourists interested in exploring nature, adventurous. The tour picnicking, camping or scuba diving are many tourists choose. On the famous tourist forum tripadvisor.com a lot of positive feedback from international visitors.

A tourist from New Zealand commented: " I had a great day for diving services here. Not only cheap but also very delicious seafood, beautiful and quiet beaches, scuba diving was very excited. " A Hong Kong tourist said : " great atmosphere, beautiful beaches and diving fun."

 

Some other tourists for that price diving tour in Cham Island deserves 5/5 points.

Besides a rich ecosystem, The marine protected areas of Cu Lao Cham also attracts tourists by ancient cultures left. The ruins have been excavated demonstrates the relationship between Cu Lao Cham exchanges with countries in the region. It is also the anchor of merchant ships in the cruise international maritime silk route from the XIII century.

The famous monuments such as Hai Tang Pagoda, Gieang Cham, Thanh Hoang... to see the rise of the ancient Cham people and Vietnamese people thousands of years ago. Visitors love the culture, history and Cham possible to explore them.

And those who prefer tranquility, unspoiled and the Cu Lao Cham destination is appropriate. Cu Lao Cham Beach not affected much from the people and is considered no less beautiful as Phu Quoc. Visitors can enjoy the fresh air and sunshine flooded. It is little known by not being promoted more and convenient traffic.

Or visitors can also choose to spend the night at the fishermen' house. People will eat together rustic but delicious as wild vegetables, marine fish, steamed squid, pickles... Homeowners also tell the story of the voyage or the local area...

 

There are those who simply just want to Cham Island to enjoy the freshest seafood on the island of squid fishing tour, fishing... Staff travel and local residents will take tourists to the areas most the fish. Fish sentence will be served in the restaurant or on board depending on the needs of tourists.

Cham island has beautiful scenery. However, through comments on international travel forum, travelers said infrastructure here is too weak : lack of hotels, resorts standards ; transportation is not convenient.

According to a number of visitors, the current tour has not been extensive and thorough lack of organization. Tourism resources currently difficult to meet the expanding. Especially electrical problem : the hot season, power is not enough for people to use let alone tourists.

For these reasons, the number of tourists to the island is not commensurate with the potential of this place. 2012 only 100,000 visitors come here, while visitors to Hoi An up to 1.4 million people.

Tien Cave in Thung Nai - Hoa Binh - Vietnam

Thung Nai is a commune in Cao Phong district , Hoa Binh , Thung Nai to get to you right away on the road about 8km west, followed by a road along the mountains, very steep and twisting along the mountain, after approximately 7km to go on this path will lead you to Thung Nai station, where there are many tourist boats ready to take you to the lake excursions river.

Sitting on a boat to enjoy the fresh air, enjoy the pristine beauty of Halong Bay lyrical of computer mountain. Thung Nai was a perfect combination of mountains, islands and vast blue water. Along the way, the boat takes visitors had visited the historical, cultural and tourist destination famous Thung Nai Commune reservoir to better understand the country's northwest region. Thung Nai is a quite new place in Vietnam tours.

One of the interesting attractions not to be missed when walking entire face lake is the Thac Bo . Caves are recognized indigenous really impressed with the floors sparkling stalactites.

Season the water, the boat will take visitors had the door.

Thac Bo's door is very large, 30m high with rocks shaped very special. Inside quite wide, much deeper than 100m to cliffs, still quite beautiful stalactites have been formed over the years. Thac Bo is pretty bumpy.
Caves wollmaus Thac Bo is divided into 3 areas :

The first area is quite spacious, high-ceilinged dome. It has rows of benches for visitors to rest the foot, enjoy the subtle colors within them. The blocks here emulsion form large clusters, have strange shapes.

For the second area of Thac Bo, there is a small bridge across the lake pretty clear. Inside area, people feel lost inside the woods with stone blocks nicely shaped. There are large rocks rise center ground and near 2m high. Between the columns is a very large rock, about 10m high. It is surrounded by small stone columns rising jostling. There are countless ceiling like stalactites hang down the tinsel curtain. Come see, nature has endowed this place is wonderful scenery.

The third area of work is higher than the second area of about 50m. It is intended as a place of Buddhist. This area is quite large dome, with the cool air.

Many enthusiasts discover Thac Bo not simply by the unique stalactite, is diverse, but more particularly when tapped from the face stone will make interesting sounds sounded like gongs of the Muong Hoa Binh.

It has been the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is recognized heritage and national level in 2008, but still not widely known.

Formerly the Thac Bo was home to the soldiers when insurgents Le Loi up here pacify the north... Now here is the interesting attractions throughout the lurch Da river.

Nature has so generously bestowed Thac Ba atmosphere is natural lyricism : the perfect combination of mountains, islands and vast blue water.

Thung Nai is home to beautiful scenery and most charming lake staubflocke Black River, with the historic, unique culture attracts numerous tourists for the summer.

Enjoy the many beaches in record

That Tra Co beach, close to downtown Mong Cai (Quang Ninh) about 10km, more than 350km from Hanoi. No blue sea but the sea Tra ... Offers a wealth of record.

First, Tra Co beach is first recorded on a map of the country, is also located close to the beach most border. Tra Co is located in the extreme northeast of the country, the land border between Vietnam and China. Standing in this place, the sea towards the eye can perceive all the sanctity of national sovereignty. By special location such that there are advantages Tra stretches to 17km, becoming the longest beaches in Vietnam. At this point you will see an area that features a fishing village on the village, between the casuarina forest and finally breakwater beach. Stretching and not be commercialized massively, only a small part of the beach to the resort operators, golf course, with the wind of soaring, with rustling trees and white sand to be engrossed attraction guests love the beauty of nature, like the pure and quiet of the wind, sun, sea, cloudy sky. In this wild place, counting his footsteps in the sand, break a few sim purple flowers, picked up a handful of shells, shells, sometimes you feel alone exists along with the sea. It is easy to see, even the shells, dead shells washed ashore by waves from a push away from that bottom end is off to no end. Perhaps because of this scallop shell feet when you step on the sand many will see but can also hurt because of this that you remember Tra longer. And people naive here, the quality of their shells into small piles, have to bring the car to improve it with less exposure in the regret of those who want to pick up a few bags as a gift for children. Because of this, in addition to Tra Co beach title dubbed the most lyrical beaches in Vietnam has another record: the most pristine beaches Vietnam! Do not think only Tra romantic beauty, unspoiled but monotonous. Being fascinated by this place, the couple that I met after playful delight, record images with waves, water, sky, clouds, sand has decided to come back here next time wedding photography. Tra Dinh soaring curved roof home went into the theater of musician Nguyen Cuong and church Tra moss too deep will make the backdrop for great photos. So that, although the elderly or small children, or even lovers married, looking at him, listening to him talk about the landscape that want to be on the road, find the feeling that has long been absent in the noisy urban life, fatigue.

Lung Van( Hoa Binh - Vietnam ) - Land of legends

Who has ever discovered headline rolling ridges of land northwest will probably impressed with Lung Van - where capital is like the roof of the Muong Bi.

Located downtown Hoa Binh 40km , Lung Van( Tan Lac district ) is one of four major cultural cradle and the most ancient Muong in Hoa Binh . With beautiful natural scenery , spectacular and unique culture , Lung Van is a destination for many enthusiasts move . Hailed as " the roof of Muong Bi " , because it is the land of Muong people, which also contains many stories went on to myths .

Lung Van - Hoa Binh - Vietnam

Lung Van of the majestic mountains looming in the clouds, with the footpaths but extremely steep and rugged ... Because of the natural conditions and terrain , where there has been a destination for some groups and off-road to avoid the noisy city to find their own moment to experience nature in a quiet space .

Located at an altitude of 1200m above the sea level , where year-round cloud cover should also be called the Thung May. Valley surrounded by Trau mountains , Po mountain ,Tien Mountain, cool climate , the average temperature is about 20 to 23.3 º C. The name Lung Van quite unfamiliar to many people . Partly because it is located deep roads Hoa Binh- Moc Chau Van, Lung street to the extremely rugged with long mountain (13km). So , understandably few people know about Van Lung .


According to the legend recorded in "ang mo" " Born land , Born water " of the Muong people long ago , no one could remember , between the rugged mountains, there was a deluge . It suddenly struck down in a stormy rainy night . The water has washed away all rolled foreclosure homes , cattle , humans and the mountains . Amid scattered it with cling couple was on a raft . Specifically, sinking raft floating in the waves all day to the other until caught in a giant tree named Bi , roots spread through " nine rivers , ten mountains " that attacks the Deluge can not be uprooted there . When the deluge receded , the couple does not know it 's his home country where to return . By following deluge , back ground as chaos , everything was washed away or torn .

Do not know where to go, they stay under the tree Bi , have children , land cleared for agriculture , plow hoe terraced hillside , making longer water , tame animals as pets . It is today the Muong Bi - a large and rich Village in 4 Villages  Bi - Vang - Thang - Dong of Muong Hoa Binh . The name Lung Van , perhaps derived from the characteristics of a valley with high mountains.

Past , Lung Van aka Muong Cham. According to the people here , the word Cham (slow)is not fast , slow in the usual sense . It did not mean anything to show . Just know that Muong legend created in the cloud is a sad story of an escape of a poor family and is recorded in the memory of an old people as a life legends connected life .


Legend is in Muong - Hoa Binh , Muong Cham is the youngest village, is in deep terrain , farthest . It is the result of a fleeing civilians . Along with the myths , along with beautiful scenery that many people have uttered astonishing when set foot on this land is a peaceful life as the first pick from . Life in the valley on the shimmering like a real fairy tale . As for the people , " this is really a fairyland.

Despite the flow of time , in Lung Van,  Muong culture is preserved quite intact, from the sloping floor roof of faith tortoise turtle symbolizes solidity to the Muong woman 's skirt . The traditional dress is mostly black, the skirt decorated with striking patterned brocade . Today, the labor to fit , but skirts are shorter lines in the delicate decoration is stored .

Cultural festival Muong Bi is one of the cultural life of the community are numerous citizens and interested visitors . Each festival is a picture of social reality reflects ancient Muong , as typical Na Mu, Make Fire , Down on the farm , Wash rice leaves , especially the two major festivals : Opening summer , new rice .

With the available potential , Lung Van is currently a tourist attraction . Lung Van to the most beautiful time in April after the annual festival , which is at best cloudy cover . May began the evening and early the next morning to fading , until noon the sky really.

At Lung Van in your Vietnam tours, visitors can visit and stay overnight in a stilt house of Muong , and do the daily work with people or participate in the cultural life of the community ... In Lung Van has a unique market , located in the town center , meeting once a week on the 3rd day , visitors can come here to learn the colors of the Muong ethnic culture . Guests will not forget exploring spring time , climbing Tien mountain ... / .

Explore Ran Trao travel - Khanh Hoa

Ran Trao

With significant conservation of fisheries resources and coral reefs and the environment, 2001, The marine protected reef ecosystem Movement of Van Hung Commune of Van Ninh district was established under the sponsorship of the Center for Conservation Marine and Community Development.

This special reserve is this model with communities to protect, manage to combine eco-tourism spot. In recent years, this model has contributed to improving the quality of life of people in the area, and also significantly improves the problem of marine ecological environment.

Marine protected areas Ran Trao from Nha Trang city about 60km to the north, MPA  Ran Trao between sparse residential area in the village " Xuan Tu 1 ", Van Hung commune, district Van Ninh, a position distinct from the noise of the modern town. Villages along the road leading to the sea, you'll easily see the Tourist Information Centre Community Ecology Van Hung.

This is the place to welcome guests to visit Ran Trao and returned to the village for dinner with the full flavor of the sea. Visitors can travel by boat or along center of the boat fishermen in the area, go to Ran Trao time only takes about 20 to 30 minutes. Ran Trao in Van Phong bay area, with a total area of 98 hectares, including the core zone and buffer zone 71ha 27ha, including lobsters, mussels, coral....

Sitting on a boat, visitors can tour the area with the naked eye or boat on the farm had to learn the life of fishermen. After the tour, take pictures on the beach, guests will be taken to protect Ran Trao, meetings with the workers to be protected better understanding of this protected area. This is a very interesting point for Vietnam tours.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong - head protection Ran Trao MPA - Van Ninh said : " At this visit have what attractive Ran Trao? - Visiting, I'll take them to visit the Reef, watch the lobster farm, mussel farming. "

Besides sightseeing activities, visit the natural ecosystem, Ran Trao also attracts tourists by tourism model community, home stay. Here, the family meets the criteria in clean, hygienic are involved in tourism business. Apart from catering activities at home, guests staying overnight in the population have to pay 100,000 VND / person / night. In the space of marine freshness, was sitting under the thatched roof huts surrounded by paintings and coconut trees of the sea village, visitors will easily soak up the peaceful atmosphere of the countryside and enjoy vacation and thus become more interesting and poetic.

We can say, MPA combined with ecotourism Ran Trao has opened economic opportunities while protecting natural resources. Most conspicuous is from the protected area was established to date, no local status people illegally mining coral, the number of marine species in the area has increased, the coral Ran Trao also be strong revival, attracting tourist attraction of domestic and foreign. However, the condition is limited so reserve Ran Trao ecotourism Movement is not currently known. Therefore, in the future, and the local tourism industry needs more investment to improve, the conditions and quality of services in Ran Trao, this resort aims to meet the growing demand high of visitors and become familiar destination, tourist attraction of domestic and foreign.