Activities on Cat Ba Island – Things To Do

What are the activities on Cat Ba Island you should not miss? Cat Ba Island has long been considered as a masterpiece that nature has given to Hai Phong by its unique characteristics with limestone mountains interwoven with rugged and mysterious caves. The Cat Ba archipelago is a group of 367 islands including Cat Ba Island in the southern part of Ha Long Bay. Cat Ba Island is always the perfect choice for summer vacation.

Cat Ba Island climate is very cool, fresh with the average temperature is only 25 degrees Celsius , suitable for tourism to rest and relax. From Hanoi to Cat Ba, about 150km to the east, the most convenient is to go by road or railway to Hai Phong and from Hai Phong using ferry or hydrofoil to the island. You can even go to Ha Long Bay, it takes only 4 to 6 hours to make the most of imposing scenery and visit unnamed beaches, interesting caves which are not yet included in the list of discoveries.
Cat Ba has hundreds of caves with many beautiful original shapes, diverse vegetation rich. There are many bays with golden sand, colorful coral populations.
Coming to Cat Ba, you come to beautiful scenery, come to the beautiful beaches, come to the most amusement attractions in the north, beaches with white sand stretching, waves fluttering throughout day and night. When you come here you will discover many interesting things about the beauty of the Pearl Island for delicious food, specialties that you can bring as gifts to family, friends and colleagues. With the beauty of nature, the diversity and the great values of national history, Cat Ba has been and will become an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists. The beaches in Cat Ba are always clean and clear. But if you like, take a boat to visit Lan Ha Bay. Between the floating island on the tranquil blue sea, sandy beaches stretching lovely peaceful beaches is ideal. Motorbike rental to Cat Ba National Park is also a great experience. If you like adventure you can do rock climbing. So, let’s see the activities on Cat Ba island that you should do when travelling here!

1) Monkey Island

Previously known as Cat Dua Island because there are many wild pineapple plants are used to soak the water for cooling or drying medicines. Nowadays, visitors are familiar with the name Monkey Island because on the island there are about 20 small monkeys to play beach bath and eat the food that tourists give them.
Monkey Island is about 3 km in circumference. This is a mountainous, sandy island formed by millions of waves and winds bringing sand, rocks, coral, shellfish, shells, shrimps and crabs to the foot of the mountain. Sandy beach stretches for miles. Monkey Island has two beaches in the form of arc, which is Cat Dua 1 beach and Cat Dua 2 beach. There is a long sand beach in Cat Dua 1, with military garrison station. This is an ideal beach for tourists to travel to Cat Ba because of the sea in here and extremely green.
At present, visitors can come to Monkey Island and stay at Monkey Island Resort on Cat Bai Beach 2. The resort has 30 rooms built in the style of the roofed bungalow. Each house is equipped with air conditioning, hot shower, television, electric fan … and internet, wifi – free internet. This is an ideal place for you to rest, bathe, enjoy the delicious food of the restaurant right next to the beach.
Upon arrival at the Monkey Island, some exploring tourists can climb up the middle of the mountain, even up to the top of the mountain to view the panoramic view of Lan Ha Bay with hundreds of large and small islands.
Truly, Monkey Island has become a highlight of Cat Ba tourism with natural beauty, bungalow houses, travel services to give visitors a vacation as desired. That’s worth to try it first in the list of activities you must try on Cat Ba island.

2) Visiting Lan Ha Bay by Kayak

Exploring Lan Ha Bay by Kayak is preferred by those who like adventure. You will have to sail on the waves to be fluttered to feel the whole array of limestone mountains, caves, clear water with vast immense sky, explore the stretch of white sand, the mountains grow along two sides of the sea. Not only exploring Lan Ha Bay by Kayak but you can sail to discover the fishing village , Monkey Island, morning cave, night cave … if you have enough energy.
For kayaking, there are two ways to hire a paddle kayak or buy a kayaking tour (combined with snorkeling) for one day. Climbing by your own, you are free to explore the island, but buy your boat tour to the most beautiful spots in Lan Ha Bay and kayak there. Also you can participate in snorkeling with a lunch at 390,000 VND per person.

3) Visiting Cat Ba National Park

Cat Ba National Park is a unique area of Vietnam, Biosphere Reserve of the world so there are many rare animals and plants. It is a combination of many ecosystems, including montane evergreen forest, highland montane forests, coastal mangroves, coastal areas, cave systems, valleys and residential areas. The best time to visit Cat Ba National Park is from April to October. By this time the weather in Cat Ba is very nice and pleasant. You can choose from many different routes to explore this diverse ecosystem. Along the way, you will be amazed at how beautiful and beautiful the natural landscape is.
If traveling with children, you should choose a learning experience for children. Along the way, the children will be instructed enthusiastically to observe and experience the plant species in the forest. At the end of the trip, you will definitely have great practical knowledge and memorable memories.

4) Swimming in the sea-water
Cat Co Beach: Cat Co 1, 2, 3 are the most popular choices for tourists. Cat Co 1 is the largest beach with fresh air. From the town the electric bus ride here only takes 10k / 1 person. You should leave unnecessary items when taking a shower because sending items is very time – consuming.
Monkey Island (Cat Sand Island) is a small island with a long beach about 1 km also known as Sand Beach. This is a beautiful beach of Lan Ha Bay very clean and clear.
Tung Thu beach: Not as famous as Cat Co beach or Monkey island, Tung Thu beach is being developed to put into use, promising to meet the needs of visitors to Cat Ba increasingly.
Swimming’s one of activities that you must try when travelling to Cat Ba island, you’ll indulge yourself in the fresh and clean water with light breeze that’s going to give you the best memory ever.

5) Visit Cai Beo fishing village

It is one of the oldest fishing villages in Vietnam, very famous in Cat Ba. This place is not as noisy as the pier to Lan Ha bay but there are many ships, boats, ferry ready to take you around to have a look of peaceful fishing village. Normally, if you are traveling in a group, you should hire a boat, a boat, a big boat with beautiful scenery, listen to the boatman’s introduction, tell interesting stories, stop by the fishing village to taste the seafood here.
Visitors can also enjoy the poetic scenery of the bay and enjoy the specialties prepared from fish, comedy, shrimp on the floating restaurants by the hands of the fishing village residents to catch or cultivate. Activities in fishing villages are unique, interesting and rare.
So far, the lives of the fishing community remain attached and dependent on the sea giving them seafood, pure and precious beauty, fishing net and also rowing boat. Sea offers them the stunning landscape, invites visitors to visit Cai Be to see Cai Be not only a typical cultural heritage of the nation, but also see the interest of this floating village with frames poetic scene with the life of the river from the father of the transmission of thousands of years.

6) Squid Fishing

In recent years, tourism development with many types of entertainment, fishing squid on the sea is one of the attractions to attract tourists and bring more features for tourism Cat Ba. So, it’s one of activities you have to try when coming to Cat Ba island.
Normally, people want to squid in the sea, but because of deep sea characteristics, high salinity and less turbulent, Cat Ba becomes a suitable place for squid to live on the shore. The squid fishing line is quite simple, just some bamboo rods that are more than one meter long, with a wire hook attached to the cluster hook, the top of which is a colorful plastic shrimp shaped object and a hurricane lamp to attract the squid, so at first glance it is easy but actually it is very difficult. With some experience of dedicated fishermen, the visitors will have unforgettable experiences here.
The moonlight night , there’re not many squids, but many people still love to go fishing squid to the wind, watching the moon in the sea. As the night goes, the sea breeze blows into the strong, the sweetness of dancing with the wine makes each other more emotional and all seemed to have a sense of relief when the sorrows have been dropped into the immense sea.

7) Rock Climbing

Climbing on the Cat Ba is very attractive, especially foreign guests. There are dozens of mountaineering points on the islands of Lan Ha Bay, on the land and around the Cat Ba area, creating a highlight for Cat Ba Island tourism with cliffs, challenging those who love the adventure.
The most popular climbing sites are: Cat Ba Island, 2 days by boat from Cat Ba Port, Ben Beo Mountain Cliff (2 km from Cat Ba center), Ba Don Dao Island (22 km to the south by the flight of birds).
There are many good climbing routes in Cat Ba, easily accessible at high tide, the topography and depth of the sea are suitable for free climbing on the sea. Cliff right next to Ben Beo, one of the main ports of Cat Ba Island, where the departure of the train to visit Lan Ha Bay, adjacent to Cat Ba town. The cliffs have 5 climbing routes. The quality of the cliffs is very good, but it is difficult for a climber when summer can be slippery, difficult to cling. On the other hand, the climber needs to begin the journey, sometimes at the foot of the wall, which may be trapped with tools or objects. Be prepared for good health, psychology and especially contact with travel agencies, tours to have climbing equipment, utensils and especially the advice of experts before climbing mountain in Cat Ba.

8) Exploring the system of grottoes and caves

Visitors to the Cat Ba tour not only for swimming, diving, enjoy the unique seafood but also want to admire the famous caves. Thus, in recent years, cave tourism in Cat Ba has become a product attracting more and more tourists and travel agencies organize tours to discover the system of grottoes and caves – indispensable point in the journey.
Located near the residential area is Da Hoa cave in the north east mountain range, residential community of Gia Luan commune, north of Cat Ba island. This is one of the very familiar names with explorers.
Other attractive caves include: Trung Trang cave (in Trung Trang valley, 15 km northwest of Cat Ba), Quan Y archaeological site … with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.

9) Admiring the scenery from Cannon Fort

Cannon Fort is a historical relic located on the top of a hill with an elevation of 177m above sea level.
From the fortress, visitors have the opportunity to admire the beauty of the Cat Ba islands from many angles, enjoy the beautiful wilderness of the island, the romantic beach. Located at the foot of the mountain are the two most beautiful beaches of Cat Ba: Cat Co 1 and Cat Co 2. From the point of Cannon Fort, Cat Ba Bay is alive and well with hundreds of fishing boats and floating houses on the sea.
Cat Ba tours have many attractions that tourists can visit, there are hundreds of travel services that visitors can participate in as well as thousands of seafood dishes, specialties that guests can enjoy. 9 activities mentioned above are just the initial suggestions for activities on Cat Ba Island to help visitors easy to make decisions.

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