Ba Be Lake is considered as one of the most beautiful, charming and dreamy tourist destinations of Nothern Vietnam. Frontier Travel Vietnam is more than thrilled to provide you the best 3 days you can ever have in this magnificent water landscape.
What is Ba Be Lake, Vietnam?
Ba Be Lake (meaning “Three Lakes” in English) is the largest natural lake in Vietnam. It is located in Nam Mau commune, Ba Be district, Bac Kan Province in the Northeast region of the country. Having been formed approximately 200 million years ago, the lake is surrounded by limestone cliffs, which in turn are covered by primary forests. The lake comprises three zones named Pe Lam, Pe Lu, and Pe Leng. Three rivers, named Nang, Ta Han, and Nam Cuong, are the main inflows of the lake.
The Ba Be Lake has such a poetic and peaceful beauty
From Hanoi, follow National Highway 3, passing Thai Nguyen province, after 5 hours by car with a distance of nearly 260 kilometers, you can reach Ba Be Lake - one of the 20 most beautiful natural freshwater lakes in the world. Nothing is better than going to Ba Be Lake in a sunny afternoon, blue skies, the weather is quite nice for enjoying the scenery of the legendary lake. Ba Be Lake is surrounded by mountains and primary forests, creating such a lovely and impressive scene.
From the mainland, you can take a motorboat along the river branch into the lake bed, from where visitors will encounter the scene of rolling hills and mountains in the distance interspersed with cloudy, misty clouds. Bluewater with singing birds, animals called the flock of poetic lyrical pictures in the mountains of the Northeast. Customers absolutely love the Puong Cave and King Ma Cave are two ancient and majestic rocky caves.
Ba Be Lake has become a famous destination for young people
Inside the cave are stalactites with diverse shapes. Visiting the cave, visitors feel quite dark, but the sound emitted in the cave echoes. Footsteps, voices in the cave made flocks of bat bats flying around the cave.
In the middle of the immense lake, when passing Pac Ngoi village, Nam Mau commune, a village located along the lake, tourists who want to visit, explore and stay on the village are satisfied. Going to Pac Ngoi village, visitors can experience the life of the Tay people and learn so much more about Vietnamese culture.
Customers can cruise on a wooden boat to explore the lake
In Ba Be Lake, people cultivate corn, potatoes, and cassava, so after harvesting, they have all hung their products in front of the house. This is also what makes visitors quite interested. In addition to the rustic mountain scent, the fragrance of ripe rice, dried corn is also blended to make visitors feel comfortable and refreshed.
Coming to Ba Be Lake, visitors not only admire the majestic blue water but also experience the exciting activities on the lake such as swimming, sailing, fishing, conquering the height of the waterfall, cycling on winding roads, with tons of other experience to enjoy the local people’s customs and many more. You will surely not disappointed when visiting Ba Be Lake.
The legend of Ba Be Lake, Vietnam
The name Ba Be originated from a legend that has been handed down from generation to generation, Ba Be lake is meandered by three lakes and then Dau Dang waterfall, Silver waterfall, An Ma and Ba Goa island.
The lovely scene of Ba Be Lake can charm everyone
Legend has it that in the old days, in Bac Kan region, each year the villagers of Nam Mau had a big worshiping ceremony of Buddha, called the Priceless Ceremony. People from all over the region gathered for the big ceremony. One day, an elderly lady came to the village, begging for food. Her clothes were ragged and tattered. Her body had a foul, very unpleasant odor, causing people to shun away.
The old woman begged, but wherever she went, she was chased away. People are afraid she was infected with leprosy. However, there was some mercy for her. It was a widow, staying with her son. She invited the old beggar into the house for food and drink. After that, she agreed to let the old beggar sleep through the night.
The mysterious legend of Ba Be Lake attracts more and more people to join the tours
In the middle of the night, the mother and son suddenly woke up, listening to the intense rumbling noise from the granary. Opening the barn's door, the old beggar was not seen, but a large dragon bent over and roaring like a thunderous thunder, its head resting on the bed and sticking to the ground. They were terrified, awake, afraid, unable to sleep anymore. The morning came, the old beggar coming out from the granary, and told them it would be a destructive flood coming to the town. Then, she gave them a bag of ash to throw all over the house, then disappeared.
The next day, while everyone was attending the Buddhist ceremony in the middle of the village, suddenly, there was a broken water pipe nearby and flooded the village. Everyone was suffocated, except for the mother and son, whose house kept rising with the water level. The mom dropped two pieces of rice husk into the water and immediately turned into two boats. Despite heavy rain and wind, they used the boat to save people.
The legend explains the creation of Ba Be Lake
The whole valley was flooded and turned into 3 immense lakes like the sea, so it was called Ba Be Lake. Water in the three lakes circulated, but boats could not travel from lake to lake, because of the large rock dams impeding. The lake is immense, jade-green water stands out from the majestic mountains and forests.
How will your 3 days in Ba Be Lake tour be?
The Ba Be Lake 3-day tour from Frontier Travel Vietnam shall take you on an escape from the bustling city to relax among the picturesque landscapes at Vietnam’s largest natural lake. Ba Be is the perfect place to take a vacation, so don’t miss out this awesome chance.
On day 1: You will be driving from Hanoi to Ba Be Lake with the professional tour guide of Frontier Travel Vietnam. Upon arrival, you check into the homestay before taking a relaxing walk around the lake to soak in the serene, natural setting around you.
Start your exploration in Ba Be Lake with Frontier Travel Vietnam
On day 2: You will spend it to explore and relax among the peaceful, natural beauty of Ba Be Lake. Here, limestone cliffs covered in primary forest reflect off the mirror-like surface of Vietnam’s largest natural lake to create a picture-perfect setting.
You can start the morning with a 10 kilometers trek up the mountains and through the jungle where you’ll see more ethnic groups such as Green H’mong and Dao people. In the afternoon, you shall cruise the lake by boat. Alternatively, for groups who want more trekking, you can instead hike 15 kilometers out to Dau Dang waterfall where you’ll be picked up by boat to cruise around the lake, stopping for lunch and swimming as you like before the boat takes you back at the homestay.
The 3-day Ba Be Lake tour will give you many wonderful memories
On day 3: After waking up lakeside, stretch your legs on a cycling excursion to Hua Ma Cave where you’ll see a variety of stalactites and stalagmites. Then you shall travel back to Hanoi, returning around 4:30 or 05:00 PM.
Start your Ba Be Lake escape for 3 days right now
Excited the most amazing 3 days of your life with the charming Ba Be Lake of Vietnam? Frontier Travel Vietnam is more than honored to accompany you during the whole 3 days in this lovely and peaceful place of Vietnam.
Frontier Travel Vietnam guarantees to give you the best and most memorable time of your life. Ba Be Lake is ready to greet you!
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