Explore the fascinating wonder of Trung Trang Cave in Cat Ba (17/08/2024)

Hai Phong, the city of red phoenix flowers, is famous for many unique tourist attractions that attract a large number of domestic and international tourists. Cat Ba is always the name chosen by many travel enthusiasts as a destination to explore. Trung Trang Cave is one of the destinations that gives visitors interesting experiences.

Trung Trang Cave in Cat Ba is one of the natural caves through the mountain. This place possesses a unique landscape with thousands of natural stalactites of all unique shapes. Coming to this famous attraction, you will have the opportunity to admire the magical beauty of natural caves. Furthermore, this is also an opportunity for you to participate in many extremely interesting fun activities.

To have a convenient and complete trip, now join Traveloka to discover the necessary experiences for a trip to explore Trung Trang Cat Ba cave.

Trung Trang Cave is a natural cave through the mountain, about 300m long. This is one of the caves that attracts the largest number of tourists in Cat Ba, Hai Phong. Inside the cave is a wonder of creation, this place possesses a stalactite ecosystem formed over millions of years, creating unique and strange shapes.

In the past, Trung Trang cave was a cave of bats, so before that this place was called Bat cave. During the years of resistance, this place was chosen by the High Command as a military base, so it is also known as Hai Quan cave. Up to now, when visiting, you can see many traces of history remaining to show the heroic history of our nation in the work of building and protecting the country.

Trung Trang Cave, in addition to possessing magnificent natural scenery, is also known for interesting legends associated with the Cat Ba archipelago. Since ancient times, Cat Ba was a beautiful pearl archipelago with many large and small caves. When foreign invaders invaded, Lady Trung Trang summoned the young men in the area to go to the sea to chase away the invaders to protect the territory. After expelling the enemy, Ba Chua returned to the cave to cultivate and protect the island. From then on, appreciating the Mother’s heart, the people in the area named the cave Trung Trang cave.

Hai Phong is characterized by northern weather, the weather is divided into 4 distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Every season, Cat Ba area attracts tourists because of its unique and attractive beauty.

However, the appropriate time to visit and explore all the beauty of Trung Trang cave is from April to September, this is the time when Cat Ba’s weather is dry and sunny, suitable for exploring the cave. Be active and participate in outdoor activities.

Trung Trang Cave is located in Trung Trang valley, about 1km from the center of Cat Ba National Park. From the center of Cat Ba town, about 15km northwest is the way to get to the cave quickly. Visitors can come here by many routes and types of means. However, to reach Trung Trang cave, visitors must first go to Cat Ba town.

Coach

If you depart from the northern region, you can choose a bus at a fairly cheap cost. However, the travel time will be longer and will be a bit “haunting” for passengers with motion sickness.

Starting from Hanoi, you have many choices of car companies, with a variety of prices and services, you have suggestions for reputable car companies such as Good morning Cat Ba, Anh Huy, Hoang Long, Hai Chau, Phuc Xuyen. ,…Price ranges from 120,000 – 250,000 VND/trip.

Next, visitors will take a high-speed boat to reach Ben Cai Vieng. From here, you only need to drive about 30 minutes to reach Cat Ba town. The entire journey only takes about 3.5 – 4 hours, ticket prices range from 240,000 – 290,000 VND/person/way, depending on low or peak season.

Train

Train is the means of transportation chosen by many tourists to travel to the Port city. Train tickets from Hanoi to Hai Phong cost about 60,000 VND/ticket, travel time is more than 2 hours. Arriving in Hai Phong, tourists continue to take the high-speed train to Cat Ba town, ticket price is 220,000 VND/person.

Motorbike

Traveling by motorbike to Hai Phong is a way to both save money and be proactive in your schedule. Only about 120km from Hanoi, you only need about an hour to conquer the road. However, you need to pay attention to driving carefully, control your speed and obey traffic rules to ensure the safety of your trip.

Plane

Tourists from the southern or central provinces can choose a plane as their means of transportation to Hai Phong. From Cat Bi airport, you can choose Traveloka’s Airport Transfer service to the port, then take the speedboat to Cat Ba town.

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Coming to Trung Trang cave, Cat Ba island district, in addition to admiring a unique wonder of nature, you will have the opportunity to enjoy delicious specialties at this place, which will definitely make you remember the flavors forever. characteristic of this beautiful island district.

Seafood

Coming to the island, fresh seafood and fresh fish are options not to be missed. You can enjoy seafood at restaurants, hotels, and eateries. If you want to save more money, visit the market and choose to buy your favorite seafood dishes such as lobster, geoduck, crab, etc. to prepare in your own way.

Crab cakes

After visiting Trung Trang cave, you can return to Cat Ba Town or Hai Phong city to enjoy the famous crab cake. This is a dish that if any tourist misses during a trip to Cat Ba Hai Phong, the trip will be wasted.

With experience traveling to Trung Trang cave, visitors can choose to stay in Cat Ba town for convenience in sightseeing and moving to other tourist destinations. Here, we serve a variety of accommodation and resorts for you to choose from, from resorts, hotels, motels to homestays. You can visit Traveloka to search for hotels in Cat Ba town at good prices, book directly on the app.

A few places to stay in Cat Ba are highly appreciated by tourists.

Coming to Trung Trang cave, visitors will be overwhelmed with the majestic and magical beauty of this place. At the entrance of the cave, you will see a statue of a young woman nestled against a stone slab carved with a python. This is the mascot of Lady Trung Trang, which is said to be used to protect the cave.

Continuing to explore inside the cave, any visitor will be amazed by nature’s creations. The stalactites created over millions of years have many unique shapes, combined with colored lights, making this place an impressive sculptural work of art.

The deeper you go into the cave, you will encounter stalactites with vivid shapes, which according to local people imagine symbolic animals such as eagles, cranes, black turtles, lions, etc. Deep inside the cave, the stalactites are even more splendid and magnificent, interwoven with large cave arches to form a mesmerizing maze.

In addition, according to the guide, visitors can explore and find other unique images such as: a natural map of the shape of Vietnam, a crocodile lake, the road to heaven, the way to the underworld…

In addition to possessing vivid and magical natural stalactites, Trung Trang cave also possesses a rich ecosystem. This is the habitat of many other animals such as birds, reptiles, insects, bats, etc. To preserve and protect this natural ecosystem, the electrical system here is always limited to lowest.

After finishing the journey to explore the mysterious beauty of Trung Trang cave, visitors can visit some nearby attractions in Hai Phong city center such as: Cat Ba national park, Lan Ha bay, Do Son. , Hon Dau, Hai Phong Elephant Mountain…

In addition, to make your trip to Trung Trang cave more convenient, you can also note the following points: