Forget about Ban Gioc waterfall and Nguom Ngao cave, which is always "crowded" with people because Chongqing also has an extremely peaceful and poetic Ban Viet lake, making anyone who comes to have to "passionately forget the way home".
About Ban Viet Lake
Ban Viet Lake is a freshwater lake located in Ban Viet hamlet, Tan Phong, Phong Chau commune, Trung Khanh district,about 3km from Ban Gioc waterfall andabout 70kmfrom the center of Cao Bang city, Cao Bang province .
The lake has been renovated by humans since 1967, with an area of up to 5 hectares, a depth of 50 meters and a stretch of more than 6 km to regulate water for irrigation of agricultural land of the southern hamlets of Phong Chau commune and other areas neighborhoods in the vicinity such as: Po Tau, Lung Noi, Ban Hang and Chi Vien.
Peaceful Ban Viet Lake (Photo @choennguyen)
With a rich and diverse ecosystem and a charming and peaceful landscape, Ban Viet Cao Bang Lake is considered one of the attractive destinations in Trung Khanh district, next to Ban Gioc waterfall and Nguom Ngao cave that visitors cannot miss.
How to get to Ban Viet Lake?
From the center of Cao Bang city, visitors go southwest to 3/10 road, exit the roundabout, turn into KH-BG, then turn right onto Highway 3. After traveling about 28km, turn left into the province. Highway 206, go straight about 31.5km, then turn to the right to reach Ban Viet lake .
Rest assured, the road is quite convenient and easy to go, so you can completely drive a motorbike or car to come here, and you can also see the extremely poetic natural scenery on the road. However, if you want to save energy and belong to the "road blind", you can rent a car with a driver for convenience.
Wide road for cars to go comfortably (Photo: Pham Huu Tien)
Poetic and painting beauty in Ban Viet lake hồ
Located far away from the noisy and luxurious urban area, surrounded by majestic, majestic mountains and green forests, the scenery at Ban Viet Trung Khanh lake is always cool and fresh. Combined with the crystal clear blue lake and the high sky with white clouds drifting, it creates a picture of a stunningly beautiful landscape.
The whole space is filled with blue (Photo Fb Hong Diep)
Prominent in the middle of the lake is a gazebo built of solid concrete, with white painted walls and bright red tiled roofs with the familiar style of houses in the countryside of Vietnam - a place with a unique "human touch". This is the best place here, making anyone who comes here can't help but stop to look and make some virtual live photos.
Observation building built in the middle of the lake (Photo @panrosy)
Right next to the lake, there is a vast white cabbage field, lined up in layers like terraced fields, every winter, it blooms like white cotton roads that give off a fragrant aroma that makes us feel lost a fairy tale place full of dreams.
The field of canola flowers is as beautiful as a fairy tale (Fb photo )
Although Ban Viet freshwater lake is beautiful at any time, the most beautiful time is probably early in the morning, when the sun is slowly emerging behind the mountains. At this time, the sunlight is still weak, the dew has not dissipated, covering the whole lake, all the scenery is hidden in the white mist full of fanciful and unreal, like a fairyland.
The scenery is as beautiful as the morning paradise (Photo @maylinhhomestaycao)
When the sunset falls, the whole lake is dyed a bright red color, the surrounding trees and mountains are also changed to a new dress to become shimmering and splendid like a hot, seductive princess.
Memorable experiences at Ban Viet lake
Boat ride
Ban Viet Lake is a large and long lake, and each section has different hidden beauties, so to be able to fully explore these things, the best way is to sit with the locals on a raft or boat going in the middle of the lake and floating with the water. Moreover, the feeling of playing with the rolling waves and taking a deep breath of the fresh and pure flavor of nature will surely make all your worries and fatigue disappear.
Take a walk around the lake
For those who love to exercise, they can choose a more "expensive" experience than trekking through the forests to listen to the melodious sounds of birdsong, the sound of the wind or the rustling of leaves. touch each other and discover a wild and poetic nature. Or you can also climb the hillsides, high mountain slopes and zoom down to see Ban Viet artificial lake in a different perspective, it will definitely surprise you.
View of the lake from above (Photo Fb Viet Nguyen)
Camp
The airy, peaceful and cool space at Ban Viet Lake can be said to be an extremely ideal place for a group of friends or a family to camp and have an outdoor picnic to bond. Of course, if you want to participate in this experience, you have to prepare everything at home in advance: from tents, carpets to food and water, because this is not a tourist area, there will be no restaurants that provide can give you.
Explore the surrounding ethnic villages
Right next to the dreamy Ban Viet lake are the small peaceful villages of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups, with ancient and unique stone houses on stilts and sincere, friendly and enthusiastic people attract many tourists to visit.
The special thing is that when you come here, you can not only discover the impressive daily life of the highlanders, and experience the harvesting of agricultural products with them such as: chestnuts or marzipan... but also They are personally treated to delicious specialties such as: fragrant sticky rice with five colors, warm Cao Bang rolls or greasy khau... Guaranteed to make you nostalgic and don't want to go back.
Delicious five-color sticky rice (Photo @maistaywild)
The ideal time to visit Ban Viet Lake
With a mild, cool and pleasant climate all year round, you can travel to Ban Viet at any time . However, the most ideal time to have the ceremony is late autumn and early winter – when the vast forests around the lake put on a new poster with brilliant colors of red, yellow, pink, orange, blue, and surreal.
Lake in the season of changing leaves (Photo FB Hoai Sinh)
At this time, if you check-in, you don't need to photoshop or use any color correction app, you can also "buy" beautiful photos like fairy tales or magnificent Europe, making your friends admire and whisper that's it.
Absolutely natural beauty without editing (Photo FB Tien Nguyen)
The hustle and bustle of the city makes you tired and pressured, you want to relieve and relax to work more effectively, then Ban Viet lake in Cao Bang is the ideal destination that you cannot ignore.