Ba Be Lake - attractive destination for ecotourism trend in Vietnam

For anyone who love the style of ecotourism and would like to spend some days staying away the stress and busy life and becoming closer to nature, a several - day trip to Ba Be Lake, the biggest natural lake in Vietnam and one of 16 most beautiful lakes in the world, is really a good idea to add on your tour in Vietnam.

Ba Be Lake is not a strange destination to Vietnamese. It has become more and more popular to foreign visitors since it recognized as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.

Ba Be Lake in the North of Vietnam

Ba Be Lake in the North of Vietnam

Located in the far North of Vietnam where much of the tropical jungle is still in-touch, Ba Be Lake is considered, and famed as one of the largest fresh water lake for its beauty as well as its unique geological value of a karst system. Ba be ( three lakes in local language ) was formed millions of years ago in an extraordinary way when the water absorbed into the limestone but in reserved direction making it possible to form a so called : mountain lake. Splendid in its beauty, calm in its appearance, Ba Be makes the National Park,  set up years ago in the protection of the lake itself more  attractive with  various attractions of caves like Puong,  and waterfalls like  Dau Dang or yet to know lagoons.

The lake  consists of three 3 different lakes linked together by a wide channel with the length of around 7 km and a kilometer across of its widest part. Even occupying not a big area compared to the Amazon, there are numerous species of fresh water fish. And together with the National  Park, the lake is home to also a lot of tropical and semi tropical monsoon forest with more than 400 kinds of plants,  and various species of insects, reptiles and birds. Especially there are two kinds of Primates named : the Black Gibbon and the Tonkinese snub-nosed monkey,  making the it top of the list for protection and preservation.