CAO BANG

At some 272 km north of Hanoi, Cao Bang Province is the homeland of many Vietnamese minority groups  who live on forestry and farming. Many of them still maintain the custom of living on the highest mountains and make stepped rice fields. Cao Bang shares 314 km of border with China. The province enjoys a temperate climate, with four distinct seasons in a year. The average temperature in summer is from 25 to 27 degree Centigrade and 16 to 17 in winter. In winter, snow sometimes falls in some high mountainous regions such as Trung Khanh and Tra Linh. Cao Bang is known for its majestic waterfalls, grottoes, and lakes. Weekly open markets for the minorities are interesting enough to attract many visitors.

Ba Be Lake 

Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Ba Be Lakes, the largest lakes in the north of Vietnam, are located in an area of waterfalls, rivers, deep valleys, lakes and caves set amidst towering peaks, 40 km from Bac Can Town. The lakes are about 145 metres above sea level and surrounded by steep mountains with numerous caves and underground rivers. Ba Be Lakes cover an area of 500 ha and are from 20 to 30 metres in depth. Rising out of the water in the middle of the lakes are two green islets, one of which looks like a horse splashing through the water.

The panorama of Ba Be Lakes is like a Chinese ink painting fascinating many visitors. You can spend a whole day boating on the lakes and along the rivers to come to the many places of interest here.

Places of other tourist attractions:

Ba Be Lake, Thang Hen Lake, Tan Trao Historical Area, Nui Coc Lake and Phoenix Grotto, Dong Van Highland, Mau Son Mountain, etc.

Pac Bo Historical Area

Pac Bo mean "mouth of the source", is 350 km from Hanoi. Pac Bo is a place where president Ho Chi Minh, upon returning from 30 years abroad, established his residence and worked on Vietnam's revolutionary course in 1941. Here, there is a clear and pure stream which you can watch fishes swimming in  the bottom of the stream and green forests along two sides of the stream.