Location:

Located at an altitude of more than 1,000 m above sea level, Thang Hen Lake is like a pearl in the mountain with spectacular and poetic beauty. It is a natural product that adorns the watercolor painting of Cao Bang’s mountainous landscape.

How far from Cao Bang City?

From Cao Bang City along National Highway 3 to Ma Phuc Pass, following Provincial Road 205 to Tra Linh District for nearly 10 km, visitors to Thang Hen Lake will admire the beautiful natural scenery. With the steep cliffs belonging to the karst terrain of the overlapping mountains surrounding the lake, many stone blocks were cut to form giant harrowing teeth. In some places, the mountain has a steep slope and a gentle slope, creating the feeling of rows of single-roofed houses. Thang Hen Lake is a chain of small lakes running along a limestone valley. Due to the process of rock on the ceiling of the underground channel of the Tra Linh river, it collapsed to form a lake.

The beauty of the lake and story:

• The lake’s surface is like a jade-colored mirror, lying neatly among the green forest canopy of the mountainside, a charming and poetic landscape. From a distance, the lake looks like a giant “bee tail" just like the meaning of the word “Thang Hen" in the Tay ethnic language.
• The main lake has a diamond shape, the widest place is 500 m, the longest place is 2,000 m, and some places are hundreds of meters deep. Floating along the boats on the water, visitors can roam from one lake to another to admire the green scenery.
• If you visit the lake in the early morning, in the midst of the blue mist like a silk ribbon blending the colors of the sky and clouds, the poetic scenery with fragrant forest scents mixed with the sound of birds, visitors can drop their souls along the immense water and Listen to the rowers next to the story of Thang Hen Lake – where a talented guy Sung got married, so he loved to play, forgot about returning to the capital to receive the official position when he remembered that he had run 36 steps, he hit his head on a rock to die the turn to 36 clear blue lakes.

The beauty of the lake and story:

• The lake’s surface is like a jade-colored mirror, lying neatly among the green forest canopy of the mountainside, a charming and poetic landscape. From a distance, the lake looks like a giant “bee tail" just like the meaning of the word “Thang Hen" in the Tay ethnic language.
• The main lake has a diamond shape, the widest place is 500 m, the longest place is 2,000 m, and some places are hundreds of meters deep. Floating along the boats on the water, visitors can roam from one lake to another to admire the green scenery.
• If you visit the lake in the early morning, in the midst of the blue mist like a silk ribbon blending the colors of the sky and clouds, the poetic scenery with fragrant forest scents mixed with the sound of birds, visitors can drop their souls along the immense water and Listen to the rowers next to the story of Thang Hen Lake – where a talented guy Sung got married, so he loved to play, forgot about returning to the capital to receive the official position when he remembered that he had run 36 steps, he hit his head on a rock to die the turn to 36 clear blue lakes.

The picturesque beauty of Thang Hen Lake:

• When the sun is high, the golden rays of sunshine are like pouring honey into the sparkling lake surface, reflecting the shadow of the trees reaching out on the craggy cliffs, the shadows of the boats anchored peacefully on the still water… in the distance… Some houses on stilts have a simple, rustic look of the mountainous region.
• Along the west side, in the dark sky of the sunset, the sound of the oars chasing fish makes people’s hearts nostalgic. Further east, the lake’s shoreline stretches gently with many cat-eared cliffs with pleasing shapes. On the Northeastern side, Thang Hen cave protrudes out of the water like a dragon’s head sleeping for thousands of years. In the middle of the rainy season, the lake water becomes violently roaring and pours into the cave, hitting the stalactites, creating a melodious sound like an orchestra with enough drums, gongs, drums, and rattles, according to folklore, that is the time. the lake god opened the festival.
• The picturesque beauty of Thang Hen Lake evokes a feeling of excitement, wanting to be immersed there forever. The charming scenery of green and blue water is like a fairyland. The appearance of clouds floating around the mountain makes this place even more mysterious and fanciful.
• The lake area has a steep rocky cliff that allows visitors to easily observe hundreds of years old trees and many varieties of wild orchids. The wonderful natural environment also becomes an ideal place for wild animals to live such as crows, partridges, and golden monkeys.

Experience of tour to explore Thang Hen lake:

• During your visit, do not forget to experience the boat ride, drifting along the blue lake water. Delight to capture all the beautiful nature in sight. Or simply walking around the lake, enjoying the spacious, fresh air is enough to see the peace.
• Arriving in Cao Bang, and visiting Thang Hen lake, visitors stay one night in the stilt houses of the ethnic minorities by the ancient forest with interesting experiences. By the flickering firelight, the smell of grilled glutinous corn mixed with a cup of strong wine makes people’s hearts warm.

Food to enjoy when traveling to Thang Hen lake:

• In particular, enjoy the ethnic dishes made from lake products such as braised green jasmine fish, sauteed anh vu fish with chili, braised mountain shrimp with tamarind… or hill chicken, roasted pork, delicious declared beef vegetables. … with the warm taste of wine distilled from corn and yeast leaves according to the traditional method of the Tay people.
• In the midst of the vast space, the charming painting of Cao Bang’s mountains, the Then dances, and fishing performed by young women captivated many tourists from all over the world.

Tours to explore Thang Hen Lake and Ban Gioc Waterfall tours

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