To get to Na Hang, you can take a bus or private car from Hanoi to Thuy – Lam Binh wharf. The distance of 261 km is equivalent to 6 hours by car.
If you take a private car to Thuy wharf, you can go through Thai Nguyen and Bac Kan to enjoy the scenery. The distance from Bac Kan to Thuy wharf is mainly a pass, the scenery on both sides is very beautiful with many green trees and deserted mountains. However, because it is a pass, it will be quite tiring for people who are not used to long-distance driving. You can choose a direct route from Hanoi to Tuyen Quang according to the route of bus trips to save time.
After being at Thuy wharf, you can immediately explore Na Hang Lake. The lake here is blue and a stretch of jade, impressing first-time visitors.
Ho Na Hang (photo: Hailecao).
On the journey to explore the lake bed and along the two sides, there are many interesting attractions, including: Pac Ta mountain; Khuoi Nhi waterfall; Phia Vai cave and Coc Vai island.
The first notable attraction is Pac Ta Mountain – also known as Elephant Mountain. This place is likened by the locals as “the milky gourd of the sky”. The mountain is located just to the left of Thuy wharf, standing at the wharf can also be seen. However, Pac Ta mountain can only be observed from afar, cannot be approached or climbed.
Pac Ta Mountain (photo: Hailecao).
The next place that is highly recommended to experience after sightseeing on the boat is Khuoi Nhi waterfall. The waterfall has two floors, the first floor will come after climbing about 100m from the lake bed. This floor is a small waterfall, there is a blue water reservoir about 30-50 m2 wide, deep enough for swimming and playing in the water.
Khuoi Nhi Waterfall (photo: Hailecao).
Coming to the waterfall, you will experience “massage service” with “staff” who are tiny stream fish. Fish the size of a little finger will quickly swarm when they see a human foot and nibble on dead cells. When asked, people here do not know what kind of fish they are, so they call them massage fish.
Tiny fish come to nibble dead cells on human legs (photo: Hailecao).
Leaving the first floor to go to the second floor is the main floor of the waterfall, bigger, more majestic, suitable for swimming and taking pictures. At this time, green moss appears, so the scenery of the stream is very beautiful.
Green moss makes the landscape look wild and majestic (photo: Hailecao).
From Khuoi Nhi waterfall, it takes about 20 minutes to reach Phia Vai cave. This cave is quite small, partly because the water rises in the afternoon, so the boat can’t get in, just parked on the outside. This can be a reasonable lunch spot after a long day in the car.
Photo: Hailecao.
After lunch, you can swim into the cave or walk around taking pictures. A very interesting feature of this cave is that there are underground water lines below, so when swimming in the cave, the upper part of the cave is warm but the bottom is cool. It is because these two convection currents meet, so when swimming in the cave, there will be smoke rising, extremely strange. Swimming deep inside about 15-20 m to a small underground water flowing down from the mountain is the end of the cave.
A destination worth visiting in Na Hang Lake is Hon Coc Vai. This is a stone pile formed thousands of years ago, standing in the middle of the lake. This spot is mainly for people to enjoy and take pictures.
Coc Vai Island (photo: Hailecao).
When it gets dark, we will go to Bai Coc Chay to camp. Burned pile yard is an abandoned palm hill left by indigenous people who migrated to another area. Due to the high water level of the hydroelectricity, the palm forest here was flooded and gradually died, leaving only the shriveled palm trees. This scene looks impressive and very eye-catching, similar to the Bach Dang Coc Wharf in Hai Phong.
Coc Chay Beach (photo: Hailecao).
In the evening, visitors can camp to eat, chat, have fun and rest to recuperate and prepare for tomorrow because the next places will be much more difficult.
Fishing at night (photo: Hailecao).
Early in the morning, you will take a boat ride from the campsite to Nam Me waterfall. Before going, the guide will advise you to put your belongings back because the process of climbing the waterfall is quite difficult.
There are two ways to get to the falls. The first way is to follow the forest road, but this road is long, far and many branches. The second way is to climb straight up the stream with the instructions of the locals. Often challenging tourists will choose to climb the waterfall.
Even the first climbs were full of difficult rocks.
The total distance to climb the waterfall is about 6 km, the rock stream is continuous and there are 3-4 extremely difficult highlights with vertical walls, 10-15 m high, plus there is no solid point of clinging and slippery moss, so who doesn’t If you have enough skills and health, it’s best not to risk conquering this waterfall.
Although climbing up the waterfall is tiring and exhausting, climbing down is more difficult and dangerous. Newcomers to the waterfall need to listen carefully and follow the instructions of experienced people to be able to safely reach the destination.
Note, this waterfall should only be climbed when the weather is nice, if it rains a few days before the climb, you should postpone the plan to ensure safety.
Here is the end of the journey. If you intend to conquer this waterfall, prepare your health and skills well.
Source: Collected internet.