BA BE – A PERFECT ESCAPE

Running away from the bustle and hustle of city life and delving myself in stunning natural scenery, it was my escape to Ba Be Lake in last summer. This place should be in your list if you’re going on a tour to Vietnam. Three days to explore Ba Be Lake and its village are our real experiences. We enjoyed embarking on a boat trip in the sleepy emerald lakes to admire the magnificent landscape, stop at mysterious caves with legendary… The most intimate memory is to cook some meals with local family and live in traditional stilt houses in this Tay village.

We set off in early morning from Hanoi. Following the National road 3 and passing Thai Nguyen province, our group reached Ba Be after 5 hours driving. Ba Be is known as the largest natural lake of northeastern Vietnam. The name “Ba Be” originated from its formation from three lakes: Pe Lam, Pe Lu, Pe Leng running through the Nang River. It was easy for us to find a home stay in Pac Ngoi village. The host families here mostly are Tay and Nung ethnic groups. We enjoy eating our fascinating lunch with local delicacies such as corn wine, braise pork with tram fruit, boiled chicken and Bo Khai vegetable that really satisfied our empty stomach after a long trip. Afternoon, we walked around the village and mingled with local people here.

The next day, from the Buoc Lom Wharf, we hired a boat and rode into the lake. Rowing in the gentle and deep green water, viewing the spectacular mountains surroundings seemed more wonderful than my imagination before printing foot here. The air is fresh and clean indeed cools you down and all tiredness causing by boiling summer seems to disappear.

We visited Dau Dang waterfall, Fairy Pond on top of mountain and some beautiful caves include Puong, Na Phong, Pac Chan,.. For a while, we stopped at Cam village to explore the life of Tay people. When the sky turned into glade pink at sunset, we backed to our home stay for dinner. Enjoy our meal with baked fish, and then took part in the lively performances by locals, mixing up with the melody of folk songs, we found our peace in soul and captured our memorable moments.  

Say goodbye the local family, we promised to comeback here in one day. Ba Be is one of my favorite destinations of the North East of Vietnam tour