Dark & Bright Cave - Mysterious Cave in Lan Ha Bay
Dark & Bright Cave is a beautiful and unique cave located on Lan Ha Bay. Visiting the Morning and Evening Cave, visitors will be amazed by the majestic view of karst caves. Let's explore with Daiichi what is so interesting about this cave that many tourists love.
1. Dark & Bright Cave is a destination visited by many tourists.
Location: Dark & Bright Cave, also known as Dark & Bright Cave, is located between Ha Long Bay and Lan Ha Bay, within the Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve's protected area. It spans nearly 100 meters through the mountain, with its ceiling above water and its floor submerged in the sea.
Origin of the name: it is said that the Dark & Bright Cave is named after the light inside the cave. When entering the cave, visitors will feel the change of light from light to night, creating a mysterious and unspoiled landscape. This is also one of the outstanding features of Dark & Bright Cave compared to other caves.
2. Unique features of Bright Cave Dark Cave
Dark & Bright Cave is a good example of a frog-shaped cave. The bottom of the cave is below sea level and the ceiling of the cave is higher than sea level. The special structure of the Dark Cave and Bright Cave allows visitors to explore the interior by canoe or kayak.
3. How to get to Dark & Bright Cave
Bright Cave, larger, 3m high, 4m wide and 100m long. The height of Bright Cave depends on the oscillation of the tide. Bright Cave is shorter than Dark Cave and has a lot of natural light shining through the cracks and holes in the rock, making Bright Cave lively and vibrant.
Dark Cave is nearly 100m long but very narrow and low. It depends on the sea level situation that you can enter and exit. If the sea level is low, you can enter, and if the water level is high, you should only observe outside to ensure safety. Looking at it from the outside, you can feel the endless attraction as if you want to get yourself inside.
Dark & Bright Cave is located in the area of Lan Ha Bay in Cat Ba, so to move here, you first need to move to the center of Cat Ba town first.
---> Hanoi Cat Ba Bus with many running times: Hanoi Bus - Cat Ba
Next, from the center of Cat Ba town, there will be ways to move to Sang & Dark Cave as follows:
Experience a cruise
Experience a boat tour to reach Lan Ha Bay Cave in the Morning and Evening is the best thing. Get a detailed schedule, full of meals, and services at the cave for you to experience. The cruise will take you to visit points on Lan Ha Bay such as Pen Island, Turtle Island, Ba Trai Dao Beach,.. and stop at Morning and Dark Cave for you to observe closely, feel the wild but mysterious beauty of the cave.
The cruise will prepare a kayak for you to start your journey to explore the most beautiful cave in Lan Ha Bay. Participate in kayaking activities, told stories by the guide here.
The cruise tours will have different prices for you to choose from, ranging from 650,000 VND/person who has already had an experience tour.
--> Sleeping cruise on Lan Ha Bay 2 days 1 night
Rent rafts from locals
Another option that is also safe and very interesting as kayaking is to rent a raft to go and explore the Morning and Dark Cave. The usual raft will be about 5-7 people, if you go with a large group, you can rent a lot and go less than 7, there are 2 ways: covering the whole boat or pairing the boat with other people.
Renting a boat, you just need to sit up and explore the places you want, the boaters have many years of experience and understand the terrain of Lan Ha Bay, so you can completely rest assured to enjoy the scenery and check in to your heart's content.
4. Exciting activities at the cave
4.1. Kayaking
Surely, this is an activity that every tourist would want to experience here.
4.2. Swimming
Coming to Lan Ha Bay without swimming is indeed a pity, but when swimming here you need to be careful to stay away from caves, be careful of rocks because they can cut into you.
4.3. Visiting the floating fishing village of Cua Van
Not far from Bright Cave is Cua Van floating village – one of the 16 most beautiful ancient villages in the world. As a small fishing village with nearly 200 households, life here always makes tourists feel excited. Small boats with striking colors are located on the water, surrounded by small islands close to each other, giving the viewer a feeling of both peace and poetry.
Here you can explore the daily life of the fishing villagers, visit the fish rafts, and buy fresh seafood to take home.
If you pass by here in the evening, you can see the scene of people cooking rice and chatting, which will definitely make you remember forever.
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