Where is Cat Ba?
Cat Ba island is located in Cat Ba island, Cat Hai island district, Hai Phong city. Cat Ba is about 30 km from Haiphong city center, about 25 km from Halong city. Cat Ba is also called Ngoc Island, the largest island on a total of 1,969 islands in Ha Long Bay.

Cat Ba is a beautiful and romantic island. Located at an average elevation of 70m above sea level. Cat Ba Island covers an area of about 300 km². On the island there are Cat Ba townships in the southeast (overlooking Lan Ha Bay) and 6 communes: Gia Luan, Hien Hao, Phu Long, Tran Chau, Viet Hai and Xuan Dam.
The island is 27 km long, with many steep mountain passes, along the sea edge, through the national park, scenic beauty.

Activities in Cat Ba

Sea bathing at Cat Co beach
In the center of Cat Ba town, you can either walk or rent a motorbike to Cat Co 1, Cat Co 2 and Cat Co 3 beaches. The beaches are connected by a small route along the mountains.

Cat Co 1 beach is the most attractive and attractive, surrounded by mountains, fresh air and clear water, where visitors often come to rest and bathe.
Cat Co beach 2 is peaceful and mysterious.

Cat Co beach 3 has relatively contemporary colors. On the shore, in addition to recreation area is a small house built in the style of micro-suitable for all families. The beach is not attractive by Cat Co 1 or Cat Co 2 beach but this is a place with many waves and quite deep, suitable for many experienced swimmers.
Sea bathing, relaxing on the sand beach or enjoying sea specialties, visitors will feel the beauty of the sea, especially when the sunset. Here after 18 hours there will be no people at the beach to ensure safety because the tide is very fast.

Visiting Cat Ba island
Monkeys have a lot of fun monkeys, very suitable for families with children.

On the island of Monkey Island also own sand beach is the most beautiful satellite beach of Cat Ba island with clear sea. In front of the beach are the mountains undulating make up extremely unique landscape.

Sightseeing from Shen Gong Fort
You can rent motorbike taxi on the fortress, near Cat Co 1, 2, 3 beach, to see the panoramic Cat Ba island from above. At that distance, the Cat Ba island appears with the sea, mountain slope, extremely beautiful. Both Cat Ba Bay is encapsulated in the eye with the markings of ships. As the sun goes down, the bright red sun shines behind the mountains and draws to the sea a beautiful natural work.

Visiting Cat Ba National Park
Cat Ba National Park has a rich flora and fauna, and is a must-see attraction when traveling to Cat Ba island. When you come here you should try to experience the feeling of walking in the forest, cycling on the winding road in the woods, immersed in the natural scenery attractive and somewhere caught the red monkey,

Snorkeling on the coral reef
Under the reefs of Cat Ba island, there are red coral reefs and many precious marine species such as abalone, pearl and dragon shrimp make Cat Ba attractive. If you want to snork on the sand you should contact the Monkey Island Resort (Monkey Island Resort). Scuba diving with instructor instructor, 30 minutes, price: 1 million dong or snorkel with price 600.000VND.

Visiting Lan Ha Bay - Viet Hai fishing village
Located in the southern part of Ha Long Bay and east of Cat Ba Island, Lan Ha Bay with an area of ​​over 7,000 hectares is attractive with breathtaking beauty of about 400 islands, with many interesting shapes.

Take a boat on Lan Ha Bay, you can go to the beach at Monkey Island beach, Monkey Island Resort beach on Monkey Island or pretend to walk in the forest, customers can take the train to visit Viet Hai village. Deep in the Cat Ba national forest, separate from life outside.
Visit the caves

Da Hoa Cave is located in the north-east mountain range, inhabited by the same residents of Gia Luan Street, north of Cat Ba Island as a place to visit. Although it is located far away from the residential area, Da Hoa Cave is almost intact and is a familiar place in the research travel journeys. Other attractive caves include: Trung Trang cave (in Trung Trang valley, 15 km northwest of Cat Ba), Quan Y cave ..., possesses magnificent stalactites and stalagmites.

Take a walk in the evening
You can rent a motorbike, bicycle or motorbike to go along the seaside, breathe fresh air. Bicycles for 4 people sit at about 100k per day. However the weekend here banned all the cars, you can just walk. Some visitors prefer to walk along the mountain roads connecting three main beaches in the evening to indulge in the cold sea of ​​the night.

What to buy when traveling Cat Ba

• Souvenirs with the characteristics of the sea such as keychains, exhibits from shells with the price from 5,000 - 20,000 VND depending on type, size.

• Cat Hai fish sauce or Van Van. Fish sauce is made of natural raw materials, fresh with the traditional method (traditional preserves do not use preservatives) far and near. This is not a delicious specialty, cheap, you should buy that.

• Honey Cat Ba. With dense forests, all kinds of trees, Cat Ba Island is considered an ideal place for honey bees to grow. Because of that honey honey here is famous far away with dark yellow, comparable, delicious and especially rich in nutrients.

• Fresh or dried shrimp. These can be considered as two well-known specialties, often selected by tourists to buy when traveling Cat Ba. Squid and shrimp are caught all over the world so they are big and naturally dried, so they smell natural, sweet and safe for health.

In addition, Cat Ba also has specialty specialties with the price of about 100,000-150,000 VND / bottle, sponge cake and coconut balls from 15,000 to 20,000 VND / package.

Note

• Night in Cat Ba is quite cold so visitors should bring warm clothes.
• All services on Cat Ba have the appearance of intermediaries, so visitors need to thoroughly research before buying items or services.
• Should buy a waterproof bag to carry the electronics of everyone if you carry if you experience the kayak and island.
• Should carry mosquito cream.