Where is honeymoon in Viet Nam?

In our S- shaped country, few places have advantages on tourism as Quang Binh. Favored variations of topographies from sea, rivers, and mountains to gigantic caves system, in addition, Quang Binh is cultural land of high value cultural and historical vestiges.  All these build a peculiarly feature for Quang Binh tourism. Going to Quang Binh first, tourists can be completely infatuated with green color of grass, tree and rolling mountains hidden by wonderful mist in each morning. In recent time, Quang Binh develops honeymoon tourism services for couples thanks to these things. Newlyweds not only have time to discover the Nature, enjoy sweet moment in honeymoon but also record beautiful memories by wedding photographs or life ones in the start of a family.

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SunSpa Resort Quang Binh

You can’t talk about Quang Binh if you don’t mention to Phong Nha – Ke Bang landscape, blue Nhat Le Sea, peaceful Le Thuy countryside in sunset and home’s flavor dishes. Climate in Phong Nha – Ke Bang is very fresh, cool thorough years with average temperature about 20 – 24^o C. It is considered as one of the two largest limestone regions in the world, with 200,000 hectare in area (including 85,754 hectare in core zone and 195,400 hectare in buffer zone). Typical features of this national park are millions- year-old karst tectonics with more than 300 caves and underground river system. Exiting rare hundreds of flora and fauna, including species in the world’s and Vietnam’s Red Book is the main inspiration to tourists and scientists for discovering this land.

Phong Nha – Ke Bang is one of the oldest and largest limestone zones in the national park world. Tourists can not only contemplate pristine and gorgeous beauty of the huge limestone mountain, but also know about many caves as Phong Nha Cave, Tien Son Cave, Vom Cave, and so on. Located at Ke Bang limestone mountain in Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh provine  and far Dong Hoi about 50 kilometers toward the Northwest, Phong Nha Cave called “ the most beautiful cave in Vietnam” is shrouded by tropical forests. From Son River, it takes about 30 minutes to take tourists to Phong Nha Cave. In front of the door, seductive river and mountain sights and gorgeous landscapes with endless of interesting images appear to stir people’ imaginary. Cave’s door is trapezium with 20-25 meters of width, 10 meters of height. Boating through cave’s door, sultry feeling of summer in the Central Region, which is effected by Laos wind immediately disappears, the deeper they go, the paler the light is then they completely disappear, a marvelous world appear in front of tourists’ eyes.  Phong Nha is known for unique stocks of rock named after its natural shape as “ Su Tu” ( Lion), “ Ky Lan” ( Unicorn) “ Cung Dinh” ( Royal palace), and so on. Finishing a 19-kilometter underground water of Truong Son range, the river appears in cave’s door with blue in dry seasons and red in rain season. Tourists can find out tectonics of mandolin and stalactite in several out of 14 rooms in cave.

Phong Nha Caves, Quang Binh

After visiting Phong Nha water cave, commonly, tourists will go to Tien Son dry cave. The name “dry cave” come from the reason that it is not connect to Phong Nha, it is located at 200 meter height comparing with the ceiling of Phong Nha cave. Tien Son cave lasts 800 meters, and also the twin of Phong Nha Cave, a masterppeice of stalactite. It is said that if Phong Nha is a palace in water, Tien Son is described as palace in the heaven. If Son river and Phong Nha cave bring a moving story of monk who saves human bein, Tien Son Cave is romantic love story between a brave boy and beautiful fairy girl who holds precious sword of the Sky. Their love not only tacked with difficulties, obstacle but also is beautiful and faith. This   is reason why many couples go to Tien Son Cave for demonstrating their love for their lover.

Tricking about Quang Binh isn’t only gorgeous caves; this is romantic and gentle white sand beaches.

Nhat Le beach is favored wild style white sand and blue water sea. For a long time, Nhat Le beach is known for immense sky and sea, windy sky, blue water. Nhat Le beach stretches by pure white sand, from off-shore, layers of waves as suds flowers reach nearly seashore and create overflowing sounds forever. Beach is clean as a new mattress, sand is shining in morning sunny, tourists can bike bicycle and play soccer comfortably. When the dark comes, they can contemplate sea beauty, sparkling water mixes with silvered moon, remotely, the light of fishing boats become bright as “ night city” floating on the water surface. Here, you should make use of time to view wild beauty of Nhat Le beach, steep yourself into rolling waves or take the sun.

From dawn to dusk, immense sky and sea area is always eventful with laugh sound of tourists and local people in activities as soccer, volleyball, badminton, and so on. However, Nhat Le also has romantic moment when the sun sets. This is the sound of wave in late afternoon, is talks of lovers, and is hearts of husbands, fathers who are catching fishes offshore towards their families.

Enter Dong Hoi city, Quang Binh, then come through Nhat Le Bridge, turn the right and continue to go straight ahead, tourists will come to Hai Ninh beach. This is wonderful combination of sunshine, wind and sea. Under the morning light, green grasses soaking dew appear in front of the eyes. The white sand seems endless as a white line painted on the blue of sea.

Although, now, Quanh Binh hasn’t yet been the first choice when couples thinks about their honeymoon, certainly, in next time, with plan and development of tourism, Quang Binh is an ideal destination forhoneymoon tour in Vietnam like Nha Trang, and sapa vietnam.

Sapa Vietnam Travel Guide

Sapa is a mountainous town in Northen Vietnam where you write poem, have your cameras on for most of your time, cheer over a community wine pot, learn to appreciate indigenous culture or just to escape Hanoi heat and city noise.

Being one of the most attractive tourism destinations of the country, Sapa is a precious gift that Mother Nature dedicates to Vietnam.

Location and history

350km far north-west from Hanoi, Sapa, the capital of Sapa District in Lao Cai Province, lies at the altitude of 1600m. With the temperature ranging from the lowest of -1oC to the highest of 29oC, Sapa’s climate is moderate and drizzly in summer while chill and foggy in winter.

sa pa vietnam (or Chapa- the “sandy place”) first appeared in Vietnam national map in the late 1880s when the French disembarked in highland Tonkin. The first permanent French civilian resident arrived in Sapa in 1909, and by 1920, there were a number of villas being built in this area by prosperous professionals. Going through many ups and downs, nowadays, Sapa is the prominent holiday destination, favored by both locals and foreign tourists.

Sapa - fairy home of ethnic minorities

There is nowhere in Vietnam can tourists easily meet the local ethnic minorities like in Sapa. The district is the home of a great diversity of ethnic people, including five main groups of Hmong, Yao, Tay, Zay and Xa Pho. They do not live in center area but in hamlets scattering on the valleys throughout Sapa District. Actually, not until the 20th century did a majority of the ethnic people changed to sedentary lifestyle with intensive farming method on sloping terraces, instead of slash-and-burn culture like in the past. Town of Sapa is where ethnic minority people gather, trade or sell their farming products such as rice, corn, fruits, as well as handicrafts and souvenirs to tourists. There is one interesting fact about ethnic minority people in Sapa that besides their dialects, many of them, especially small children, can speak English pretty well with clear pronunciation.

Spending time visiting ethnic minorities’ villages, observing their daily’s activities or even living homestay, in order to understand more about their culture is now the top priority of visitors, especially international ones. A trip to Sapa would definitely more meaningful with participatory activities, such as learning to make handicrafts or helping the local with farm work! In case time does not allow, you can always hire a local guide for your trekking routes. Chances are these boys and girls will tell you lovely stories about their traditions, their lives or even ask you to join their family activities.

Sapa- challenging for mountainous trekking

Sapa is voted to be the best trekking spot in Vietnam, by both natives and foreigners. The whole district is dominated by The Hoang Lien Son mountain range, which also includes Mt. Fan Si Pan- the highest peak in Vietnam and the entire Indochina peninsula with the height of 3143m. This mount is not only a tough challenge to trekking enthusiasts but also an opportunity to witness the splendid mountainous vista.

The scenery of the Sapa region represents a harmonious relationship between the minority people and nature, which can be seen perceptibly in the paddy fields carpeting the rolling lower slopes of the Hoang Lien Mountains. It was the elements wearing away the underlying rock over thousands of years that created this impressive physical landscape.

The geographical location of the area makes it a truly unique place for a rich variety of plants, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects, some of them can only be found in northwestern Vietnam.

Sapa- thunderstruck local food

Sapa’s specialties are another reason attracting more and more tourists travelling to this town. A wide range of sub-tropical vegetables such as white cauliflower, red beet, or chayote are planted here. There are dishes that will be a must to enjoy for every visitor - boiled chayote consumed with sesame or “lon cap nach”- pig carried under armpit, which are home pigs but are raised in the field or forest.

      Lon cap nach     

The cool weather of the region makes barbecued meat and fish with mushroom and vegetables the most preferred street foods in Sapa. People grill corn, sweet potatoes, dumpling, bamboo-tube rice, or even eggs as well. Nevertheless, tourists can try many other local foods like purple sticky rice or “thang co”- horse meat right in Sapa market.

More surprisingly, Western restaurants, from Italian to French ones, can also be found around the center of Sapa, at a very reasonable price.

How to get there?

Visitors can choose to go to Sapa Vietnam by train or car, but train is more advisable because of the long and bumpy road.

               

Train is the most popular way to get to Sapa

Most tourists arrive in Lao Cai, the province to which Sapa belongs, by train (read more about train from Hanoi to Sapa) and it is definitely an impressive ride. The train leaves Hanoi train station in the evening and arrives in Lao Cai train station in early morning. From Lao Cai train station to Sapa is another hour bus ride, which gives your eyes a massage with the endless blue sky and colourful terraced paddy field. The road is curved around the mountain and you will just go from one surprise to another. The further you go, the closer you are to the sky and to nature.

Sapa is definitely a place to remember. And maybe to return as well!

VIETNAM TRAVEL: LUSH LANDSCAPES AND CAPTIVATING CITIES

The speed with which viet nam’s population has been able to put the bitter events of its recent past behind it, and focus its gaze so steadfastly on the future, often surprises visitors expecting to encounter shell-shocked resentment of the West.

Traveling to the North of Vietnam

Traveling to the North to explore the spectacular mountainous scene, the peaks appearing from a distance like islands jutting above a sea of cloud, the forests harbor many species of wild animals, butterflies and flower. You don’t miss the chance to view the breathtaking landscape of flower blossoming seasons unique of the Northeast region of viet nam.

Overview Sapa in Viet Nam

Sapa is a mountainous town in Northen Vietnam where you write poem, have your cameras on for most of your time, cheer over a community wine pot, learn to appreciate indigenous culture or just to escape Hanoi heat and city noise.

-Area: 678, 6 sq. km

– Population: 38, 200 habitants

– Administrative division:

-Townlet: Sapa

-Communes: Ban Khoang, Ta Giang Phinh, Trung Chai, Ta Phin, Sa Pa, San Sa Ho, Ban Phung, Lao Chai, Hau Thao, Thanh Kim, Ta Van, Su Pan, Suoi Thau, Ban Ho, Thanh Phu, Nam Sai, Nam Cang.