The famous travel website Lonely Planet has just selected the 10 most beautiful places from north to south of Vietnam to bring visitors the most interesting natural experiences.
1. Ba Be National Park
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Ba Be has steep limestone mountains, many large valleys and surrounded by green forests, making it an ideal destination for adventure-lovers. The waterfalls, caves, lakes here create an interesting natural scene with more than 550 species of rare flora and fauna. Exploring Ba Be by boat or trekking or cycling through the forest will surely give you many memorable experiences, then rest and recharge at homestays and guesthouses in the local Tay villages.
2. Hoang Lien Son mountain range
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Hoang Lien Son is known as the Alps of Indochina (Tonkinese Alps) because of its craggy high mountains such as Fansipan, the highest peak in Vietnam. From the winding mountain ranges, terraced fields down to the riverside valleys, visitors will find the villages of Mong, Red Zao, Zay minority ethnics.
3. Ban Gioc Waterfall
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Ban Gioc is one of the most beautiful and famous waterfalls in Vietnam and the image of this landscape appears in countless hotels, guesthouses for tourists. The water flowing down from Quay Son River creates Ban Gioc waterfall marking the two sides of the border between Vietnam and China with impressive scenery. Visitors can visit the waterfall by bamboo raft, close to the waterfall to feel the rushing water creating white foam.
4. Ha Long Bay
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The landscape of Ha Long Bay with a combination of thousands of limestone mountains and peaceful blue sea is the most attractive destination in Vietnam. With more than 2,000 large and small islands, Ha Long Bay offers visitors countless experiences from sightseeing to yachting activities, kayaking, climbing, swimming, seaplane flying… If you want to avoid crowded places, you can move to Lan Ha Bay to enjoy another beautiful and peaceful bay.
5. Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park
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With rolling hills and mountains covered by dense tropical forests and winding rivers between ravines, Phong Nha – Ke Vang is one of the most beautiful national parks in Vietnam. The deeper and further into this area, the more breathtaking beauty visitors will discover and definitely choose it on the travel itinerary. Especially, only a few tourists can explore wonders such as Son Doong cave, or play zipline, kayak in Dark Cave, or wade through Paradise cave…
6. Son Doong cave
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In addition to Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, the Lonely Planet editorial team specially selected Son Doong as the natural wonder of Vietnam because it is the largest cave not only in Southeast Asia but also in the world.
Son Doong is more than 5 km long, 200 m high and 150 m wide in many places. The cave is located in the limestone mountains of the Vietnam-Laos border region, discovered by Ho Khanh, a local resident accidently while avoiding the rain in 1991. Today visitors must book tours in advance with sufficient physical conditions, know how to swim… for a discovery of Son Doong in a 4-day journey.
7. Thuy Son Mountain
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Thuy Son is the largest and most famous mountain in the Marble Mountains, together with surrounding caves forming the spiritual center of ancient Buddhism and Hinduism.
Visitors can climb Thuy Son by 2 paths, in which the route is closer to the sea for more beautiful scenery. To the top of the steps on the mountain is Tang Chon cave, right behind is Linh Ung pagoda.
8. Mui Ne Beach
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Mui Ne (Phan Thiet) is a famous tourist destination with vast red and white sand dunes. Pink sand dunes and white sand dunes are two “specialties” here, attracting a lot of tourists to take pictures, experience sand-boarding, off-road riding… The sand dunes here are shaped very strange by nature, changing hour by hour.
9. Phu Quoc
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Surrounded by clear blue water, fine white sand beaches, Phu Quoc is an ideal place for visitors to “live slow”, enjoy cocktails, sunbathe and immerse themselves in the blue sea. If you are more adventurous, rent a motorbike and explore the dirt roads less traveled.
10. Sao Beach
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Bai Sao has a long stretch of fine white sand, curved in the shape of a crescent, hugging a clear blue water coast, just a few kilometers from An Thoi (the main port located in the north of Phu Quoc). Near Bai Sao, there are a number of coastal restaurants for visitors to rest, walk on the beach or participate in water games before going to enjoy seafood.
Source: https://traveland.com.vn
