1. Overview:

Yen Tu is a famous Buddhist land with Yen Tu tourist area with poetic beauty and a system of temples with unique ancient architecture, attracting tourists from all over the world. If you are planning to visit Yen Tu sacred mountain but do not know where to start, please refer to the following detailed instructions!

2. Location:

Yen Tu mountain, also known as Tuong Dau mountain, is a mountain located between the border of Bac Giang and Quang Ninh provinces. This mountain belongs to the Dong Trieu mountain range in the Northeast of our country with a height of 1068m above sea level. It is also home to a diverse range of flora and fauna.

Yen Tu tourist area is a place to keep historical and cultural relics associated with the formation and development of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect. Along with the beautiful mountain scenery, cool climate, fresh nature, this place becomes a spiritual tourist destination attracting tourists from far and near.

3. When to go?

• Quang Ninh has a typical weather pattern of the Northern region with 4 distinct seasons a year. Traveling to Yen Tu Quang Ninh is best in the spring, from January to March of the lunar calendar. At this time, the weather is cool and pleasant. This is also the time when many festivals take place that attract a large number of people from all over the world to visit and worship Buddha.
• Notice:
• + If you want to fully enjoy the festival atmosphere, you can visit Yen Tu Pagoda after the opening day of the festival on October 1 (lunar calendar). However, this time, tourists flock here very crowded, so if you do not like to be crowded, or go with the elderly or children, you should consider.
• + From March onwards, the number of people going to the festival gradually decreases, the weather is relatively cool, the festival is less, but still very suitable for those who like to go to the festival but are afraid of too many people.

4. How to get there?

+ Traveling by personal vehicle (car, motorbike)

The route from Hanoi to Yen Tu tourist area in Quang Ninh is about 140km. Starting from the center of Hanoi you can go the following way:

Take the way of Chuong Duong bridge through Nguyen Van Cu, follow the direction of National Highway 18 to reach Bac Ninh. From here, you go straight, meet Trinh Pagoda, turn left, go about 10km to Yen Tu.

+ Moving to Yen Tu mountain tourist area by bus:

From Hanoi, you take the bus to Cam Pha, Uong Bi, Ha Long to go to Yen Tu spiritual tourist area. When the car reaches the section of Trinh pagoda located on Highway 18, you get off. From here, you take a bus to Yen Tu.

Bus price is 10,000 VND / person / time.

Tourists from all over the country when traveling to Cai Bau pagoda. Not only visiting the diverse architectural works, historical and cultural relics. Or take excursions to see the poetic beauty of the natural scenery. But also attracted by the abundance of major festivals of the year such as Buddha’s Birthday, Vu Lan Festival…

5. Cable car

With a modern cable car system with a length of 1.2km at an altitude of 450m, taking the cable car to Yen Tu mountain both saves time and can fully enjoy the beautiful scenery of Yen Tu mountain from above.

Reference ticket price:

+ Round trip ticket: 350 000 VND/person

+ One-way ticket: 200,000 VND / 1 person / 1 route

+ Elderly people over 70 years old and children under 1.2m: Free

6. Stay:

Located on Reu Island, Bai Chay, Ha Long, Vinpearl Resort & Spa Ha Long is the perfect place to stay for your trip to Yen Tu with the following advantages:

Rooms are diverse, fully equipped with facilities, international standard 5 * standard facilities to meet all your resort needs.

Experience the resort located on the sea. Staying here, visitors can have a panoramic view of the beautiful Ha Long Bay.

Convenient location, easy to move to visit other famous tourist attractions in Quang Ninh.

7. What to buy?

+ Yen Tu fresh bamboo shoots: is a species of bamboo that grows naturally on the mountain ranges in Yen Tu tourist area. The bamboo shoots here are elongated, the flesh is firm, fleshy, and fragrant. Visitors can buy bamboo shoots as gifts or process them into many delicious dishes.

+ Yen Tu apricot wine: Visitors can easily find apricot wine in Yen Tu tourist area as a gift for relatives. Yen Tu apricot wine has a delicious taste and has many health benefits.

+ This is a specialty of the San Diu people in Quang Ninh. The cake is sweet and delicious. Visitors can buy cakes right at the foot of Yen Tu mountain to bring back as gifts.