Van Long - Ha Long Bay without waves.

Van Long - Ha Long Bay without waves.

"The place with the largest number of white buttocks in Vietnam", "The place with the largest natural picture in Vietnam" and was named "Ha Long Bay without waves" of Ninh Binh - Van Nature Reserve Long is located in the north of Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province, about 82km south of Hanoi, known as the legendary land, with beautiful tourist areas, and a wetland nature reserve. The largest Northern Delta.


Mountain ranges bobbing in the middle of the Van Long - Photo: Paul Frederiksen



Van Long Nature Reserve is picturesque and beautiful - Photo: Viet Hung

Van Long lagoon is an artificial lagoon located on the territory of 7 communes in Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province, formed in 1960 from the embankment of a dyke of more than 30km on the left bank of Day river to prevent flooding. Since then turn Van Long into a vast wetland, with beautiful islands and caves.


Van Long wharf - starting point of Van Long tourism - Photos: HQN


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Beautiful cave of Van Long - Photo: HQN

With an area of ​​more than 3000ha, Van Long is a combination of the magnificent beauty, and the exquisite beauty: the place with the largest number of white buttocks of about 100 individuals (one is in danger of extinction in the world. ), where there is the largest picture - Meo Cao mountain, 722 plant ecosystems, animal ecosystem has 39 species, bird gardens have 100 species.


Van Long Cat Mountain - an attractive tourist attraction - Photo: Vietha


Diverse ecosystem in Van Long - Photo: Duc Ngo


Jade blue water like pictures painting - Photo: Emeraldaresot


Starting to put into tourism in 1998, Van Long is now a tourist destination of Vietnam. In 1999, it became a natural protected area listed on the list of wetland protected areas and included in the list of special-use forests of Vietnam. Currently, Van Long is supported by the Dutch government, Global Environment Fund (GEF) and Cuc Phuong Center for Rare Primate Rescue to preserve rare and precious animals.


White-legged langur or white-ass langur in Van Long - Photo: kienquoc


Langurs love to eat creeper leaves on the cliff. - Photo: vnexpress

To travel to Van Long, moving on boat is the only means of transportation. Visitors can choose one of two directions, each direction takes about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes, adult fare is about 75,000 VND / person. The main direction is to go to Zinc Tram - Ball Cave with many beautiful scenes.




"Ha Long Bay without waves of Ninh Binh" - Photo: Vietha


Beautiful Ball Cave - Photo: Andre Luu

Secondly, if you are an animal lover you can meet rare langurs outside the lagoon to drink or pass branches.

This direction tourists watch rare and precious monkeys - Photo: vnexpress


Come here, don't forget to bring your camera - Photo: vnexpress

To Van Long tourists can also visit the stork garden about 2km from the boat station to the west.


Van Long stork garden - Photo: tu_geo


Accompanied by storks, discover Van Long - Photo: machchien


Storks here are mainly migrant storks from the North - Photo: machchien


Besides, tourist Van Long tourists will be with production workers with local people: catching fish, catching crab, picking lotus, cutting grass, ...


Screaming fish into the net - Photo: Bui Hung


True life - Photo: Connie M Van Cleve Photography

Van Long is also a beautiful place for tourists to save unforgettable memories for Van Long trip.


Wedding photography at Van Long - Photo: HyNa Nguyen


Landscape of rocky mountains - Photo: Nguyen Dinh Thanh

Beside Cuc Phuong national forest, Tam Coc, Bich Dong, Trang An and Bai Dinh pagodas ... Van Long wetland nature reserve is increasingly becoming a tourist destination for tourists to visit. Lets go and discover van Long - Ninh Binh.