Hạ Long Bay — Attraction in Hạ Long City

Beautiful place to visit. Having enormous caves, islands, ocean.. memorable experience.. Its world heritage site. Hạ Long means "descending dragon. The bay belongs to Halong city Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bai Tu Long Bay to the northeast, and Cat Ba island to the southwest. The bay consists of a dense islands each topped with thick jungle vegetation.Another specific feature of Hạ Long Bay is the abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands. In 2000, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee inscribed Hạ Long Bay in the World Heritage List according to its outstanding examples representing major stages of the Earth's history and its original limestone karstic geomorphologic features. Hạ Long Bay and its adjacent areas consist of a part of the Sino-Vietnamese composite terrane having its development history from pre-Cambrian up to present day. The climate of the bay is tropical, wet, sea islands, with two seasons: hot and moist summer, and dry and cold winter. The average temperature is from 15–25 °C (59–77 °F), and annual rainfall is between 2 and 2.2 metres (6.6 and 7.2 ft). Hạ Long Bay is host to two ecosystems: a tropical, moist, evergreen rainforest ecosystem; and a marine and coastal ecosystem. This area is recorded as an especially coastal sedimentary environment. In the alkaline seawater environment, the chemical denudation process of calcium carbonate proceeds rapidly, creating wide, strangely shaped marine notches. The bottom surface sediments are various from clay mud to sand, however, silty mud and clay mud are dominated in distribution. Of the 1,969 islands in Ha Long, only approximately 40 are inhabited. These islands range from tens to thousands of hectares in size, mainly in the East and Southeast of Hạ Long Bay. In recent decades, thousands of villagers have been starting to settle down on the pristine islands and build new communities . Residents of the bay mostly live on boats and rafts buoyed by tires and plastic jugs to facilitate the fishing, cultivating and breeding of aquatic and marine species. Fish require feeding every other day for up to three years, when they are eventually sold to local seafood restaurants for up to 300,000 Vietnamese dong per kilogram. Today the life of Hạ Long Bay inhabitants has much improved due to new travel businesses. Residents of the floating villages around the Ha Long bay now offer bedrooms for rent, boat tours, and fresh seafood meals to tourists...... When not cruising Halong Bay, it can be a romantic idea to just enjoy the evening by spending time at the waterfront venues.

The choice of nightlife in Halong Bay is limited but there are a few interesting places to visit. In such a gorgeous setting it's really not hard to spend a night to remember for a long time.

a) The best time to visit the Halong Bay area is in spring and summer. In the autumn and winter the sea is not very clear because of the muddy waters. In summer, days are clearer and temperatures can be somewhat high. In winter the area may be visited, but you won't be able to swim.

b) The People’s Committee of Quang Ninh Province has decided to stop the operation of jet-ski services in Ha Long Bay in a move to protect the world-famous tourist site from possible environmental pollution.

There are some noticeable options of nightspots in Halong, which are really worth visiting. Some of the fashionable nightspots of this city are pubs, bars, nightclubs and casinos. Most of the nightclubs here are open for guests till late hours. The bars and pubs here offer extremely relaxing ambience to sip your favorite drinks. Halong nightlife is also great thanks to the availability of professional casinos. The night food street of Halong is located on Ben Doan street, Hong Gai . Covering an area of total of 11,000 m2 with approximately 87 booths, this night market includes 60 outdoor stalls operating from 16:30 to 24:00 and 27 covered stalls that sell from 5:00 to 24:00. addition to the advantage of the scenery, Halong tourism is concentrating on developing and introducing...

have just come back from Halong bay, the most beautiful place I have ever been to and I am really expressed by its unique beauty.

As the car reached Halong, I and others visitors were transferred to a nice boat and the crew called it, Spice junk. As I laid my first feet on the boat, I met a friendly face of a girl-waiter greeting visitors who then helped us to check in our rooms and arranged our luggage.

I started my trip with the lunch. I could see how beautiful the scenery was from the window. After taking a nap, I accompanied a group of visitors led by a professional tour guide to see one of the biggest caves in Halong, Amazing cave. This is a wonder of nature. From the stalactites formed over 1.5 billion years ago, you can imagine any thing in the world, some extraordinary stones reminded me of a lion while other made me think of a reserved Vietnamese girl shampooing. The tour guide was really friendly and funny, he told us the legend of Halong Bay name. It is very interesting. According to him, once upon time ago there was a dragon landing on this area, since then this land has been called Halong.

Leaving Amazing cave, we joined an adventure, kayak. At the first time, I was nervous inasmuch I can not swim but the tour guide perused that “this game is very safe and you will wear lifejacket to avoid unexpected accidents”. Most of kayak included two people and I honestly sailed with tour guide, a professional rower. We spent one hour sailing around bay, it is excited to sail through a little heavy waves.

We came back to boat at over 6 p.m. the staff of boat were so thoughtful, they had already prepared an aperitif and fruit. We enjoyed a local kind of wine, its taste was special.

When the sunset began to cover Halong bay, the sight was covered by a special colour. The captain decided to sail the boat around islets so that we could enjoy its beauty at sunset. Suddenly, our boat ran onto a tranquil - water area covered by mysterious smoke and islets, I felt it like a heaven.

On the second day, I began to welcome dawn on the sea at 5 a.m, and then I went to the dinning room of the boat to see the bay at the last time because we would come back to Hanoi at noon. The waiter politely served our breakfast with unforgettable coffee at 8 a.m.

My trip ended at 4 p.m in Hanoi. I had such a wonderful trip with high-quality service that I will never...

Nowadays, VietNam is known as not only a potential country with a flourishing market economy but also a popular travel destination with heart-touching magnificent landscapes. Recognized as one of seven new world heritage sites by UNESCO, the charming scenes of Ha Long Bay seems to appeal to a large number of local and foreign tourists. Ha Long Bay, a stunningly scenic spot is located in Quang Ninh province in the northeast of Vietnam. The bay covers an area of over 1500 sq km and includes over 1600 islands and islets which form a spectacular seascape of limestone. This is a unique heritage as it marks important events in the formation and development of VietNam's history; simultaneously, it is also blessed by mother nature with breathtaking views. In addition, your trip to Halong Bay will not be complete and perfect if you miss Bo Hon island the home of a variety of flora and fauna, Yen Tu mountain, Surprise Cave, or Kissing rocks. Furthermore, it enjoys a warm and tropical climate which is suitable for tourists to visit at any time. Come to Ha Long, besides immersing yourselves in her natural beauty, tourists can have an opportunity to savor delicious seafood at a reasonable price and the best service as well as relax with water sports such as swimming, scuba diving, water skiing… Moreover, residents here are very amiable, hospitable, and ready to help anyone if they are in a fix. To put it briefly, a mystical, dreamy, and elegant Ha Long Bay has become the pride of Vietnamese people and it is everyone’s awareness and responsibility to conserve and preserve this precious heritage.

Ha Long Bay, one of the great natural wonders of Asia, is a unique natural heritage site in northern Vietnam. It includes small islands and caves in Quang Ninh Province. The islands are named after things around us. In the bay, you can find a lot of great things. You may do water sports here like swimming, sailing, and windsurfing. If you go there with your family, the travel will become more exciting. You can enjoy great seafood in Ha Long Bay, but you must try it at least once, especially grilled squid. Ha Long Bay is one of the best places when you...