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Vietlook Travel shares with you the most complete and concise Cao Bang Travel Experience, please refer to it to have the most enjoyable tour during your vacation.
Cao Bang welcomes visitors with beautiful natural landscapes, surrounded by mountains, valleys, streams, and in the distance are stilt houses hidden on the mountainside, creating a beautiful natural picture.
Traveling to Cao Bang from August to September, Ban Gioc waterfall is the most beautiful season with a lot of water flowing in, the water is clear, and in the distance there are golden terraced fields.
Traveling to Cao Bang in the rainy season from June to September, Cao Bang has beautiful waterfalls, because the amount of water flowing in is quite large, travelling to Cao Bang from October to May next year, the weather in Cao Bang is quite cold, the water does not fall strongly, and from afar you can see a clear blue color.
If you want to immerse yourself in the beauty of the flower season or travel to Cao Bang in October, you will experience the wild sunflower season, buckwheat flowers, visitors go in November, December, or immerse yourself in the pear blossom season, go to Cao Bang in March.
How to travel to Cao Bang?
Cao Bang is located about 280 km from Hanoi, and to get to Cao Bang there are many sleeper buses for visitors to choose from at stations such as: My Dinh, Giap Bat, Gia Lam. However, if you travel to Cao Bang on your own, you can choose a motorbike, or backpackers often go by motorbike to see the scenery.
Where to stay when traveling to Cao Bang
On the way to Ban Gioc waterfall, visitors should stay at Trung Khanh, and when you get to Ban Gioc waterfall, you can choose Yen Nhi homestay, Khuoi Ky Homestay, Lan’s Homestay Ban Gioc for about 200,000 VND/night.
If staying in the city center, visitors should stay at Primrosé Homestay Cao Bang, Son Tung Hotel, Jodevi Homestay Cao Bang, Jeanne Hotel… with an average price of 300,000 VND per night.
On the contrary, if visitors have a little more money, they can choose high-class resorts such as 4-star resorts, resorts located near Ban Gioc waterfall, very convenient for visitors’ Cao Bang tour itinerary, the resort has a beautiful view.
Where to visit when traveling to Cao Bang?
Pac Bo Relic Site
Coming here, visitors will encounter many beautiful attractions, with a spacious campus, fresh air, very suitable for tourists’ vacations. To take a beautiful picture, visitors should go to milestone 0 opposite the Uncle Ho memorial area. To reach Lenin stream and Cac Mac mountain, Pac Bo cave, Cac Mac mountain and Lenin stream, not far away is the historical relic area such as the stone table where Uncle Ho sat and worked, Mr. Ly Quoc Sung’s house…
Milestone 108 where Uncle Ho set foot in Vietnam when he returned home, and visit the memorial area of heroic martyr Kim Dong…
Ban Gioc Waterfall
To avoid having to queue, you should go to Ban Gioc Waterfall early in the morning. To reach the waterfall, visitors go through Ma Phuc Pass, Khau Lieu Pass, in the distance are cool green rice fields. To admire the beauty, visitors should rent a raft to the foot of the waterfall to fully admire the beauty of the waterfall.
If you travel to Ban Gioc waterfall in the afternoon, you should stay until 7:00 p.m. to admire the night lighting show, the program will last about 1 hour and 30 minutes, you will be introduced by the tour guide about the specific time, or ask the locals.
Quay Son River
The river originates from Guangxi, China, with clear water on both sides of the beautiful scenery.
Phat Tich Truc Lam Pagoda
The pagoda is located very close to Ban Gioc waterfall, from the pagoda visitors can see the whole beauty of the Ban Gioc waterfall scenic area.
Khuoi Ky ancient stone village
The village has 14 ethnic groups living, with stone stilt houses that have existed for hundreds of years, the stone house was formed when the Mac dynasty came to Cao Bang to build a citadel to protect the country.
Nguom Ngao Cave
Located right next to Khuoi Ky village, when entering the cave you will encounter beautiful stalactites, visitors can save beautiful pictures during their journey to Cao Bang.
Nguom Puc Cave
Hiding deep in the cliff, stretching inside are stalactites, to reach the cave you have to go through dangerous roads, and when you get there you will see a poetic beauty that nature has bestowed upon this place.
Thang Hen Lake
A clear blue lake located right next to Cao Bang city, surrounded by majestic mountains, below is a clear blue lake, in the distance are steep cliffs…
Mat Than Mountain
Located right in the scenic area of Thang Hen Lake, Mat Than Mountain, also known as Hole Mountain, is surrounded by a large valley, with a cool green carpet, a destination that is being hunted by backpackers.
Khau Coc Cha Pass
The road is about 2.5km long, from the top of the pass visitors can admire the majestic mountains in Cao Bang, to get here visitors have to cross the hairpin bends, always challenging the drivers, the pass is winding around the mountainside, the scenery here is most beautiful in autumn.
Bao Lac Market
The market usually takes place during the session, visitors can come here to enjoy breakfast, or buy souvenirs on the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th of the lunar month every month.
Giuong Village
This is mainly inhabited by Tay people, coming here visitors will experience the unique culture of the people in the Northeast mountains, the most beautiful is in the ripe rice season.
Lung Pan Bamboo Forest
This is one of the large bamboo forests in Cao Bang, going down the road on both sides are straight bamboo trees like a fairy garden.
Xuan Truong Valley
A place to see the immense pear blossoms, the most beautiful time to come here is in March, if you are planning to travel to Cao Bang in March, visit Xuan Truong Valley to admire this peaceful beauty
Chestnut Garden in Trung Khanh
Located about 60 km from the center of Cao Bang city, this place is famous for Cao Bang chestnuts, when coming here, visitors will feel the fragrant scent of chestnut flowers in the wind, a famous specialty that is often harvested in late autumn and early winter, October and November.
Ban Viet Lake
Located on the road to Ban Gioc waterfall, when coming to Ban Viet Lake, visitors will encounter a clear blue lake, especially in autumn or winter, the season when the trees change leaves, very suitable for outdoor camping trips, trekking, SUP rowing… in Cao Bang.
Phia Oac Mountain
is a 1,931 m high mountain, the most beautiful time to visit Phia Oac Mountain is in winter and spring from December to March of the following year, to hunt clouds, tourists travel to Phia Oac Mountain in February. When winter comes to Cao Bang, it is quite cold, especially Phia Oac Mountain, there may be snowfall.
What to eat when traveling to Cao Bang?
Cao Bang is not only famous for its famous landscapes, or meaningful historical sites, but when coming here, visitors can also enjoy delicious and attractive dishes such as roast duck, roast pork pho, stir-fried young bees with bamboo shoots, braised pork with meat, chicken or stewed pork with chestnuts, five-color sticky rice, rice rolls… and many more delicious and attractive dishes are waiting for visitors to enjoy and explore.
So with the Cao Bang travel experience that Vietlook has just shared above, it will partly help visitors have the most perfect trip, suitable for their work time to experience the poetic scenery that nature has graciously bestowed upon this place.
