Cat Ba Travel Guide – Tips Travel to Cat Ba island Cat Ba is the largest island which is inHaiPhong. There are many ways of moving to visit Cat Ba. You can combine tourist between Ha Long and Cat Ba (after leaving Halong Bay, you can arrive in Cat Ba by ferry-boat), or between Cat Ba and Haiphong. Some activities in Cat Ba should be suggested such as swimming at Cat Co beach, using yacht around Lan Ha Bay for seeing small and big islands, visiting Monkey Island, going trekking in the Cat Ba National Forest, visiting Vietnam Hai village, and sculling kayak around the mountainous island in the bay, the Than Cong peak is so beautiful. Cat Ba tourism experience If you go there by auto car, the easiest way is to buy a route ticket from Hanoi to Cat Ba by Hoang Long bus (including auto car cost and Hoang Long bus of high-speed train ticket). Besides, you cantake the high-speed ship atBinh wharf. When the auto car arrives at Lac Long Bridge from Ha Noi, you can take off the bus and walk about 5 minutes into Binh wharf. At the wharf, you can buy a ticket of high-speed ship to go Cat Ba Island. If you go there by motorbike, you can ask how to arrive at Dinh Vu ferry-boat. It takes you about 2 to 2.5 hours to pass by 2 times over the ferry-boat. You can usecar, motorbike, motorcycle or walk through the Dinh Vuferry-boat and NinhTiepwharf, next to Got– CaiViengferry-boat. There are currently 6 large and 6 small ferry-boats which are active with a total of 37 trips / day with the capacity of 2000 guests. The ferry-boat at Dinh Vu wharf opens at 6:30 and close at 17:00 with the frequency of 1hr /1 trip; the ferry-boat at Got wharf opens at 6:00 am and closes at 18:00with the frequency of 30 minutes/ trip. From the wharfto the center of town, there is about 20km winding road between the sea and the mountain. If you depart from Ha Long, you can go by Tuan Chau ferry-boat, go pass by Ha Long Bay and arrive at Gia Luan wharf. Taking Tuan Chau ferry-boat has some advantages and disadvantages; at the tourism season from May to August, the ferry-boat will be overloaded or long-waiting. If you take with your car, you should go early to line-up the car. On the contrary, you have to wait up to 1-2 ferry-boat trip and leave your car. Taking by the conjoint-ship will save time for people who take the tour fromHalongBay to Cat Ba. Because the last Tuan Chau ferry-boat departs to Cat Ba at 15:00, so if you visit the Bay in the afternoon, you will not have a chance for going to Cat Ba on time that means you have to wait the next day. There are two options; firstly, when you are visiting atHalong Bay, you should ask the costif the ship will continue going to Cat Ba. Secondly, if you take theHalong tour, you might ask how to take the conjoint-ship to Cat Ba. Read more: vietnam-travel.info/cat-ba-travel-guide-tips-to-cat-ba-island
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:24:40 +0000
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