Binh Hung island: Travel guide book from A to Z

Binh Hung island: Traval guide book from A to Z

Binh Hung is located in Cam Binh Commune, Cam Ranh City, lying under the foot of Binh Tien - Vinh Hy Beach. It is famous for its white sandy beaches and clear waters. The island has not been exploited so much tourism still retain many wild features extremely charming.

About Binh Hung Island

Binh Hung is one of the three Tam Binh islands in the deep water of Cam Ranh (Khanh Hoa province). Binh Hung is also known as Tam island or Chot island.


When you set foot on the island, you will be attracted by the blue sea and in the same white sand beaches. The beaches are not as long and wide as in Mui Ne or Nha Trang but always clean and in the bottom. The sea is not deep, gentle and only you to wade a few dozen meters, the water across the chest, is seen coral at the bottom. Especially on the beach are the rocks with many shapes, designs and colors very lively.

The inhabitants of the island live mainly on fishing, especially lobster farming. The houses on the island are often close together and facing the sea, one more impressive is the road around the island is very clean.

 
 

A beautiful island corner with houses close together and facing the sea. Photo: FB Tourism Binh Hung Island

How to go to Binh Hung island

Visitors can travel around Binh Hung island year-round, but avoid the months with heavy rain storms like September, October. The ideal time to travel the island is in the summer months, because this time very sea You will enjoy the scenery of blue sea and golden sand.

 
Beautiful sunset on the island. Picture: FB Nhien Nguyen An

Transportation to Binh Hung Island

From Saigon, Hanoi you can take the plane, bus, train to Cam Ranh. To save time, visitors should depart from Saigon to Cam Ranh early in the morning.

From Cam Ranh along the National Highway 1A towards Ninh Thuan, then go along the new route to Binh Lap - Binh Tien about 15 km to Bai Kinh - Binh Hung.

If departing in. Phan Rang, you follow the highway 702 to Vinh Hy Bay about 57 km, to the left of Hy Hy Turn left to the new road 13 km to Kinh Beach.

  

Binh Hung distant view on the road DT 702. Photo: Tieu Duy
From here, visitors take the boat to the island takes about 10 minutes, cost VND 10,000 per one person. If customers want to drive motorcycles on the island, the price of motorbikes is 10,000 dong. Electric vehicles on the island serve only one line from the wharf to the lighthouse at 20,000 VND per person.

Traveling from Binh Ba, tourists can rent boats to Binh Hung island about 60 minutes and vice versa. However, if you join the delegation should go on weekdays, and single guests traveling on weekends or holidays again save on the cost of chartering more. The train goes on the island of Binh Hung running all day, about 18h is resting.

Transportation on the island

Boat

You can rent a boat to visit fishermen's cages and enjoy the food right there. In particular, these boats have a clear glass bottom, so you can both move and enjoy the beauty of the coral.

 

Guests can rent glass-bottomed boats to see coral reefs. Photo: vntour.com

Motorbike

You can rent motorbikes at the inn or motel on the island for about 120,000 - 150,000 per day.

Walk

Because of the small size of Binh Hung Island, visitors can also choose to walk to discover the island.

Where to stay on the island of Binh Hung?

At the raft house:

The owners of the raft house now open more accommodation, guests can sleep in the hammock or mattress with soft price, 50,000 per person per night. This mode is suitable for you want to experience the feeling floating at the sea to listen to the surf or boisterous sound when the boat, rowing of fishermen early dawn.

 
 

The House of Truong Sa on the island of Binh Hung. Picture: Camranhtour

Homestay service:

You can contact the homestay. This form allows visitors to feel the convenience, caring and caring of the host. iVIVU introduces a very homestay homestead, just steps away from the sea, is LOST Station. This is a homestay classic style, luxury, from design to the items in the home, will evoke you feel back to his childhood. You can stay up to 12 people for a very good price. Contact: 0909.898.064

Hostel:

On the island there are some motels for rent for about 70,000 VND per person per night. In addition, guests can also easily find rooms with fan, air conditioning, good facilities.

 
 

The people on the island of Binh Hung are kind and friendly. Picture: FB Nhien Nguyen An

Camping:

This form is chosen by young travelers, group or group travel. Choosing a nice beach like camping, camping tent overnight is a great thing.

Camping and sleeping on the beach is a wonderful experience in Binh Hung. Photo: dzswba.com

Destinations not to be missed when traveling to Binh Hung Island

Binh Tien beach

Located in Binh Tien village, this beach was planned by the local government to become a resort so people were moved to the side of the mountain. However, the project has not been built for many years so the yard is quite wild.

If you drive to Cam Ranh - Binh Hung, stop right on the road and take a picture with this beautiful beach.

Note: The project management board does not allow visitors by land, only can visit the waterway if you want.

 

 

The impressive beauty of Binh Tien beach. Photo: thongtindiadiem.com

Bai Kinh

This is the beach you will first set foot if traveling to Binh Hung Island. The people of the island use this beach as a counter to the boat between the island and the land. The character of this beach is very convenient for visitors. If you land from the mainland, you just have to park your car and walk down to the beach. If you are on the island, you catch any boat through the yards only take VND10,000 per passenger, the train runs continuously day and night should be very convenient.

The water here is in this category, the beach is shallow so it is suitable for the whole family to play. On the beach there are several rental huts of the owner of the yards, the price is about 100,000 VND / tent.

 

Blue sea in the Kinh beach. Photo: dulichbinhhung.com

Fresh Water Park

Fresh Water Beach is a beach with the sea outside and a cave with fresh water inside. The sea is blue and you can also watch the creatures swim under the water. When you are bored with sea water, you can move inward to enjoy the fresh water inside.

 

 

Hon Chut Lighthouse

Follow the way up the mountain to Hon Bo, soon you will be present at the Hon Chut lighthouse, which is the "tree" lighthouse present in Cam Ranh bay is over 100 years old. Standing on the lighthouse, you can observe the hustle and bustle of cargo ships on the Cam Ranh port on the west side and zoom in on the vast east coast where the small fishing boats .

  

Hon Chut Lighthouse from far away. Photo: dzswba.com

Bai Chuoi

The largest sandy beach in Binh Hung, as well as the deepest water. Only explore this beach if you swim well or have a life jacket equipped. The sand is sandy so it is very clean, people on the island or take the sand to build the house. The water here is green banana leaf color, very strange. If you come to the beach, sometimes you will encounter foreign tourists diving here.In the windy season, this beach has quite big waves so less often visitors. You can go to the beach by the road, take the road to Binh Tien, direction from Bai Kinh to Vinh Hy, go about 1km to see the road down the beach.

 

A wild corner of Bai Chuoi. Photo: dulichdaobinhhung.com

Bai Da Trung

The first impression will hit your eyes when coming to this beach are huge rocks, round and big like dinosaur eggs. This is a beach to visit, not bathing because the whole beach is rocky so not safe.Down to the beach, you walk up the road to Hon Chut lighthouse, up to the top, there is a road on the right to go down. The road to this beach is not so easy but not too difficult. If you have a little health and eager enough, it only takes 10 minutes to get to the beach.

 

Sunset on the rock Eggs. Photo: flickr.com

Bai Cay Me

Located on the island of Binh Hung, but to move to this beach you need to hire a boat, because there is no road down the beach. This beach is quite small, sand is mainly coral body so very clean. The water here is blue in the pool water, 5m still see the bottom. There is a very large rock in the middle of the beach, suitable for standing here and pose for photos.

 
Blue sea water at Me. Photo: golux.vn

Delicious dishes can not be missed on Binh Hung Island

Lobster

There are 3 types of lobster in Binh Hung: red shrimp, blue shrimp, shrimp. These fast growing species have high export value, bringing the main source of income for local people. Lobster is very simple processing such as steamed, grilled or cooked porridge ... but also enough to satisfy the taste of fat is sweet and fragrant complex. For those who eat food, lobster blood injections mixed with wine create a very special and attractive flavor.

 

Lobster specialties of Binh Hung. Photo: KEM

Sea urchin

Cau Gai, also known as Nhum, is a very easy-to-cook dish that can be eaten raw with scallions, lemongrass, baked with butter or onion. Especially, Gai porridge and spiny porridge are the perfect combination of the colors and flavors of foods that make up a nutritious food and a good remedy.

 

Spicy dish with eggs. Picture: Camranhtour

Foot Fish (Kình)

Speaking of fish, perhaps the most impressive is the grilled octopus, rolled with a little fresh vegetables and mango, with lemon sauce will certainly make you "forget the way home".

 

 

Freshly baked sea bass. Picture: foody.vn 

Seafood Cake

The way to process seafood pancakes here is not much different than pancakes in other regions. In addition, the seafood is extremely fresh with shrimp, squid, clams, ripe oysters to keep the sweetness, different points make Binh Hưng seafood cake become special small cake, slightly brittle gold, very little oil should eat without boredom.

Bun cha ca

The sweetness of fish sauce, a bit sour tomato plus a bit fat of fish fried fish, a bit spicy chili peppers ... only that, but the fish sauce buns Binh Hung delicious strange, do not Do not flush when you enjoy.

Banh can muc

If anyone has ever tried a fresh base cake in Binh Hung will certainly remember the heart. The main ingredients for making bread are rice flour and fresh squid. The indispensable tool is a hot coal oven, a basket of terracotta molds. When preparing for the charcoal, the mold is ready to use, prepare the mix, pour into the mold, so that about three minutes cooked crispy, crispy, we have a wonderful hot cake, just blew to eat.

 

Stir bread with strange mouth. Picture: foody.vn

Some notes when visiting Binh Hung Island

• Should carry lightweight luggage, cotton clothing, thin and cool. Remember to bring bathing supplies because Binh Hung beach is very beautiful.

• Always wear sunscreen, rainwear or raincoats to keep up with the weather.

• Binh Hung is quite wild, so you should bring some snacks in your luggage to be able to cope with hunger at any time.