Kieu Giang
The cave looks majestic under shades of colorful lights of green, purple and yellow
Foreign tourists admire some giant stalactite shapes inside Sung Sot Cave
The main area of Sung Sot Cave
Some people imagine these giant stalactite blocks as a gate leading to hell while others think it is a dragon opening his mouth - Photos: Kieu Giang
Saigon days spent home staring out the window at the downpours was forgotten from the second I visited the giant and magnificent Sung Sot (surprising) cave on Bo Hon Island.
Sung Sot is the most beautiful and majestic cave on the bay and to reach the site travelers can buy tickets at Bai Chay’s tourist wharf in Halong City or rent a private boat.
Once you disembark you have to climb up over 100 stiff and slippery stone steps to reach the cave’s entrance. The cave, discovered by the French in 1901, is divided into three spaces and covers an area of over 10,000 square meters. It has beautiful stalactites and stones in different and unique shapes that tourists can imagine to be Happy Buddha, a horse’s footsteps and a sword, among others.
In 2012, Sung Sot was voted one of the world’s most beautiful caves by The Association of Czech Travel Agents.
Here are some photos taken at the site by The Saigon Times Daily’s reporter Kieu Giang.
Đăng ký: VietNam News