Ba Be Lake is one of the largest natural freshwater lakes in the North and it is ranked by UNESCO as one of the top 20 most beautiful freshwater lakes in the world to be protected and developed. This travel guide about Northeast of Vietnam will offer helpful information about Ba Be Lake for travelers. If you love natural sceneries and majestic mountains, then you should not miss your journey to Ba Be Lake.
Ba Be lake is a place having the harmony of mountains, rivers, water and cool climate, so visitors can visit this lake at any time of the year. However, the ideal time to visit Ba Be lake is in summer, early autumn or spring.
Surrounded by Ngan Son and Bac Son, Ba Be Lake is located in Ba Be National Park area, Nam Mau commune, Ba Be district, Bac Kan province. Its name originated from a story passed from generation to generation. As its name has implied, “Ba” means “Three” and Ba Be Lake is broken by three lakes: Pé Lam Lake, Pé Lu Lake and Pé Làng Lake. People in villages in Ba Be often grow corn, potatoes and cassava … These foods are often dried and hung in front of their house, this is a unique thing what makes visitors wanting to enjoy.
Coming to Ba Be lake, there is a wide variety of points of interest cannot be ignored. You can visit majestic Puong Cave with attractive stalactites; Dau Dang waterfall which is longer than 1000 m, contributing to the wild and romantic beauty of Ba Be. Furthermore, Hua Ma Cave which is about 6 km from Ba Be lake also have a lot of mysterious stalactites. Or you can go to Ao Tien (The Fairy Pond) and a cultural village, which is Pac Ngoi, in Nam Mau Commune, Bac Kan Province. In this village, there are more than 80 households with nearly 400 people.
In addition, you can visit many other places such as Phya Khao, Kim Hy, Fairy (Nang Tien) cave, Na Dang waterfall, Thac Gieng stream …
Here, you can choose from a broad range of tourist activities such as admiring spectacular landscapes on a canoe, visiting lakeside sceneries, trekking in primeval forests and riding a bike on winding roads. Smell of flowers in the air can help to soothe the soul of those who are traveling to Ba Be Lake.
In addition to exploring natural beauty, you also have opportunities to enjoy unique traditional food made from fish, shrimp, of local people from Ba Be Lake, hill chicken, vegetables, sticky rice and bamboo shoots.
