Ba Be Bac Kan

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Ba Be Bac Kan is a mountainous district of Bac Kan Province in the northeast region of Vietnam. The district covers an area of 678 km², offering a wide selection of travel activities such as hiking, boat trip, kayaking, caving. If you look for Ba Be treks, Ba Be hikes, hiking around Ba Be, Ba Be national park trekking tours, Ba Be trekking home-stay, Ba Be lakes boat trip, Ba Be cave tours then you have just found the right place.

Ba Be Bac Kan map

Ba Be distric is divided into 1 township and 15 communes including Cho Ra, My Phuong, Dong Phuc, Hoang Tri, Quang Khe, Yen Duong, Chu Huong, Dia Linh, Thuong Giao, Khang Ninh, Nam Mau, Cao Thuong, Cao Tri, Phuc Loc, Banh Trach, and Ha Hieu.

The most important travel highlight of Ba Be district is the Ba Be lake is also part of the Ba Be national park. The lake is located in Nam Mau commune, and is the largest natural lake in Vietnam.

Having been formed approximately 200 million years ago, the lake is surrounded by limestone cliffs, which in turn are covered by primary forests. The lake comprises three zones named Pé Lầm, Pé Lù, and Pé Lèng. Three rivers, named Năng, Tả Han, and Nam Cường, are the main inflows of the lake. The Năng river enters the lake through a large waterfall called Đầu Đẳng. In the lake there are also three islands, named Án Mã, Khẩu Cúm, and Po Gia Mải (literally “Widow’s Island”).

Ba Be Bac Kan weather

The climatic condition of Ba Be city is typically tropical monsoonal, which exhibits two distinct seasons namely, the rainy season from May to October accounting for about 88-90% of the annual rainfall and dry climatic conditions between November and April. This results in water shortage conditions during the dry months.

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