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Tourist area of Halong Bay - Cat Ba Island

1, Halong Bay

 Ha Long Bay (literally: "descending dragon bay") is a small bay located in the northeastern part of Vietnam and constitutes part of the western bank of Bac Bo Gulf, including the sea area of Ha Long City, Cam Pha city and a part of Van Don island district.


Hạ Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islets
The combination of environment, climate, geology, geomorphology makes Halong Bay become the populations of biodiversity include tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem with many small ecosystems. 14 endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species have been discovered among the thousands of animals and plants in Bay
Lying in the tropical zone and consisting mainly of water, Halong Bay enjoys a warm and wet climate with two distinctive seasons: hot and damp summer versus dry and cool winter. The average temperature of Halong hovers around 15-25 Celsius degree with the hottest months being June – August.

The region designated by UNESCO as the World Natural Heritage Site (The core zone) has an area of 434 km ², as a triangle with the island of Đầu Gỗ island on the west, Ba Hầm lake on the south and Cống Tây island on the east, includes 775 islands with many caves and beaches. Adjacent area (buffer zones) is the national heritage which has ranked  by the Vietnam Culture and Information since 1962.

 Inside the islands are numerous beautiful caves which are abundant in majestic stalactites and stalagmites of various sizes and shapes. Some popular caves and grottoes are Thien Cung, Dau Go, Sung Sot, Trinh Nu,..etc. Different types of tourism are offered to tourists such as sightseeing, bathing, research and water sport. 

 Ha Long Bay whose beauty is regarded as a geographic work of art is an ideal destination for tourists within and out of Vietnam.

 2, Cat Ba Island

 Cat Ba island is in the South of Halong Bay heritage. It includes 367 islands staying in unique beautiful Lan Ha bay. Cat Ba is only 30 km from Hai Phong city centre and 25 km from Ha Long city.

Cat Ba Island, also called Pearl Island (Dao Ngoc) has an area of 140 km2 and population of 9000 people. It is the largest island on the total number of 1,969 islands in Halong bay with approximately half of its area is covered by a National Park. 

 Administratively, it belongs to Cat Hai island district, Hai Phong city. It was recognized by UNESCO in December 2004 as a Biosphere reserve of the world.

Cat Ba National Park in located 15km north - west of Cat Ba Town. It was established in 1986. It spans an area of 15,200ha, of which 9,800ha are forest, and contains lots of particularly interesting caves. The original tropical forest spans an area of 570ha, with extremely varied wildlife and vegetation.


Lan Ha bay is situated in the southeast of Cat Ba Island. Not only is it famous for beautiful beaches, but also for the imposing caves and ideal place for fishing. Visiting to Lan Ha, tourists will mingle in nature's island, swim at the beach in pure water or kayaking around the small islands.



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