#bac kan

Northwest Vietnam travel - This route was built by the French from 1909-1914, originally it was a 35km long railway transporting ore from Ban Thi (Cho Don - Bac Can) to Dam Hong (Chiem Hoa - Tuyen Quang).

The remaining vestiges in Ban Loan (Cho Don - Bac Kan) are tunnels through the mountains, the railway bed was replaced with concrete to form the road into the village as we see today.

This section is beautiful in a mysterious and emotional way, the road through the mountain has a stalactite cave and on one side is a green stream with the sound of a waterfall, looking up under the canopy of the old forest with lush green trees, before there were monkeys jumping and climbing here… It must be much more beautiful than the mountain roads we have seen!

Xuyen Son Thuy Lo in Loan village, a place worth visiting in the journey to explore Bac Kan!

How to get there

This tunnel can be used by 2.5 ton truck. So if you ask, 4-7 seater cars are just fine. Don't take 5-ton truck and 29 seater bus!

The route according to Google map: Yen Thinh commune - Cho Don - Bac Kan will be about 200-210km with more than 4 hours driving. When you reach Yen Thinh commune center, ask for directions to Loan village and you will arrive.

In addition, you can go from Bac Kan city or go from Chiem Hoa - Tuyen Quang (this route becomes a loop that does not repeat) Things to visit: French tunnel, Loan village and stream after the village, Phja Khao mountain (about 18km away), ATK Cho Don market, Na Pau - Ban Thit tourist area, Ba Be lake about 40km away and Cho Don tourist area…

Camp sites around the French tunnel in Loan village: with quite favorable natural terrain, the streams in Cho Don district have very shallow clear water, beautiful pebble beach, few large rocks, not too fast currents, the beach on the stream bank is quite flat and has many trees, suitable for camping with cars and motorbikes. In Loan village, there are 3 places where you can camp: 1: the grass field in front of the first cave, 3-4 cars 2: after the last cave, the field is a bit small, 1-2 cars 3: go deep into the village, the concrete road ends, 4wd vehicles can cross the stream, there is a pretty nice camping ground.

That's it for now, hopefully Cho Don - Bac Kan will be known by more visitors!

Ba Be National Park, an attraction in Bac Kan

Ba Be National Park in Bac Kan province covers 5 communes in Ba Be district. The park, a beautiful ecological site with magnificent landscape and rich biodiversity, is attracting tourists. (more…)

Location

Located 250 km away from hanoi vietnam and 70 km away from Bac Kan’s center, Ba Be National Park belongs to Ba Be district in Bac Kan province. This is a precious natural heritage of Vietnam, a complete and complicated system of primitive forest on stone mountains which are surrounded by tranquil lakes. The national park covers a total area of 23.240 ha which houses 417 types of plant and 299 types of animal. There are a plenty of precious and endangered species that inhabit in this region.

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What to see and do

Visitors who come to Ba Be not only enjoy the charisma of nature but also get to know many traditional and scientific values of this natural park through the helpful and energetic tour guides. In sunny days, the scenery resembles a Feng Shui painting that mesmerizes even the most demanding visitors. The surface of the lake is flat; it transforms the whole lake into a mirror that reflects the figures of the majestic mountains and the shining cloud.

Romantically, the young Tay girls in black outfits stand on different boats, helping travellers to cross the picturesque Ba Be Lake.Without a doubt, they are the knowledgeable amateur tour guides who continuously surprise you in your journey to explore this beautiful land. You will be also amazed to learn about the lives of the ethnic groups: their culture, their routine life, their myths, their traditions, etc. People are extremely hospitable in Ba Be so you can even have a chance to visit their house and experience for yourself the breath of Ba Be’s mountains and forests.