Ha Long Bay – The world wonders and what you need to know
Ha Long Bay is one of the most famous landscapes in Vietnam, attracting lots of domestic and foreign tourists coming here. This bay is also considered one of the seven wonders of the world, many times recognized by UNESCO as the World Natural Heritage. Right now let’s learn a few things about Ha Long Bay with Lua Viet Tours below this article.
Ha Long Bay Overview
Ha Long Bay has a total area of nearly 2,530 square kilometers and contains a total of 1,969 large and small islands. Most of the islands here are made of limestone mountains.
Enjoying the beauty of the bay on high-class Ha Long Bay cruises brings a truly wonderful feeling
The Bay has been recognized by UNESCO twice as a World Natural Heritage, the first time in 1994 and the second time in 2000. Among Unesco’s titles, the world heritage title is the most prestigious and oldest title to date, yet Ha Long Bay has been recognized by the world twice. So don’t miss the opportunity to admire this wonder soon!
Climate
Ha Long Bay is located in Northern Vietnam, so it still has four seasons in a year: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. With the two most extreme seasons, summer is hot with average temperatures ranging from 29-31°C and winter is dry and cold with average temperatures ranging from 16-18°C. The average temperature per year ranges from 15-25 °C.
When exploring Ha Long Bay, you cannot miss this exciting experience “kayaking”
Ha Long’s climate and geography also contribute greatly to the development of forests in general and tropical rain forests in particular, with many species of trees, plants and animals. The peculiarities of Ha Long’s geographical location have formed a number of ecosystems: tropical rainforest, sea and coastal areas. Thousands of large and small islands, along with Ha Long Bay, create a coastal area with rich and diverse marine life.
What’s interesting about Ha Long Bay?
From above, Ha Long Bay looks like a giant, extremely vivid watercolor painting. This place illustrates all kinds of graceful and elegant shapes, very familiar and yet strange to visitors coming here. Thousands of rocky islands undulating on the shimmering water waves, creating really majestic but also very soft, graceful and lively scenery. Going on a boat between Ha Long Bay and admiring thousands of rocky islands, travelers will feel like they are lost in a fairy tale world.
Hon Trong Mai – a symbol of the islands in Ha Long Bay
Hidden in the heart of those rocky islands are beautiful caves such as Thien Cung cave, Dau Go cave, Sung Sot cave, Trinh Nu cave, Tam Cung cave… These are truly the castles of creation in the middle of the world.
Irresistibly delicious dishes in Ha Long Bay
As a coastal city with diverse and rich seafood resources, Ha Long Bay is an ideal place for tourists to explore and enjoy seafood with impressive and unique flavors. For example, the dish from Tu Ngan, a mollusk that only lives in Quang Ninh. Tu Ngan is very nutritious and can be used to prepare many different delicious dishes such as: grilling, salad, porridge, noodles.
Grilled Chopped Squid – The symbol of Halong food
There are many other specialties that visitors should not miss when visiting Ha Long Bay such as: octopus cake, Ha noodle soup, macadamia, Ha Long sam, blood cockles, snails, geoduck, lobster, shrimp, etc. ,… Salmon, Cu Ky, Crab, Oysters, Squid… Especially, you must once enjoy the delicious and attractive shrimp noodle dish here.
