Ban Gioc Waterfall
25/02/2019Ban Gioc Waterfall is located in Cao Bang province, on Quay Son River between Vietnam and China. It is 350km from Hanoi. Ban Gioc waterfall is the largest and most beautiful waterfall in Vietnam.
Water crashes down 70 meters over 3 levels but it has an impressive 300m span. One side of the fall is in China and other is in Vietnam. The water volume varies considerably between the dry and rainy seasons.
– In the dry season (from November to April), the waters calm down. The visitor can walk along the paths of 300m wide falls. The small boats can take you to near the other bank of Vietnam.
– In the rainy season (from May to October) is the best time to visit Bang Gioc Waterfall. There are so much water rushes down from the Quay Son River. Dropping from the height of 70 meters, the waterfall then divides into three smaller falls by rocks and trees. The cool atmosphere of the dense water will bring you to the paradise of relaxing and fresh atmosphere.
Going to visit Ban Gioc Waterfall, you will have opportunity to experience daily life and culture of many ethnic minority communities here such as Tay, Nung, Dzao, H’mong an the some other famous sights as:
Nguom Ngao cave
Nguom Ngao Cave is about 4 km from Ban Gioc Waterfall, Nguom Ngao Cave is one of the most spectacular cave systems with masterpiece in stone. It is locaved in the northern mountain province of Cao Bang. Created by an underground river, it extends for several kilometres underground, and villagers sheltered here during the 1979 war with China.
Nguom Ngao means “tiger’s cave” in the language of the local Tay ethnic minority. It is said that a long time ago, many fierce tigers sheltered in the cave and would enter the nearby village to hunt for livestock and even humans.
Nguom Ngao is a really amazing cave, huge and attractive with various shaped stalactites. Visiting the cave, you will be captivated by its wild beauty. Entry into the cave, you can feel the fresh, cool air from the natural mist inside. Nature has endowed the cave with stone formations that look like human beings, trees, plants and mythical animals.
The cave was formed due to weathered process of limestone mountains by wind and water over a long time. Stepping in the cavern, you seem to see a miraculous world. From high stone cliffs, hanging wonderful sparkling seven-colored stalactites. Along the way are stalactites of all shapes that look like boats, cactus, forests, terraced rice fields – a symbol of mountainous region of Vietnam and poles and valleys that are said to create a link between the earth and the heaven and a loving tie between men and women.
Pac Bo Cave
Pac Bo Cave is 58km northeastern of Cao Bang and frontier with China. It is an important historical site in Cao Bang Province. Pac Bo Cave is characterized by forested limestone mountains, blue rivers and green rice paddies.
In 1941 when Ho Chi Minh walked across the border from China, entering his native Vietnam. He took shelter in this small cave for writing poetry and translating key texts by the fathers of socialism for a few weeks. He stuck close to China so that he would be able to flee across the border if French soldiers discovered his hiding place. Ho named the stream in front of his cave Lenin Creek and the jungle-clad mountain that overlooks this stream Karl Marx Peak.
