Tour of Vietnam - Halong Bay

Posted by bravo2017 on September 8th, 2017

When you travel to Vietnam, Halong Bay is the area you can not miss, because there is the most beautiful natural scenery of Vietnam on here.If you know little about Halong Bay, let me introduce to you about this area.

Halong Bay is a Gulf in northern Vietnam, beautiful, charming, and it is the famousScenic area in the world.It is located in the western part of the northern bay, about 150 km from the capital of Vietnam.In 1994, UNESCO included Halong as a natural heritage in the World Heritage List.TheScenic area is divided into East, West, South 3 small bay.Because of its scenery resembles China's Guilin landscape, So called "sea Guilin" by people. In 2011, UNESCO was listed as one of the "seven new natural wonders of the world".

Halong Bay covers an area of 1,500 square kilometers and contains about 3,000 rock islands and island,The jagged limestone pillars that stretched out the sea are typical of the landscape,There are some caves, together to form a unique and beautiful scenery.Water and terrestrial mammals, crocodiles, fish and birds are visible in waters and tropical forests.

do you know? There are two different legends about the origins of this bay.The first legend, said the dragon violently stamped on the ground leaving the mountain to collapse, forming a valley filled with water quickly;Only the peak of the mountain - now the rock island of Halong Bay - floating on the water.Another folk legend refers to the long tail of the dragon to tear the earth, causing valleys and crevices, and flooding when the dragon leaps into the adjacent waters.The two legends are borrowed from the legend of the Talasque monster in the modern world, which is a marine life like a dragon, living in Halong Bay. that‘s very interesting.

If you want to visit Halong Bay, please contact us and we will be happy to help you.

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