Back To Nature: A Day Visiting “The Most Beautiful Bay In The World”
Nestled between Da Nang and Hue, Lang Co bay – Lap An lagoon, along with Hai Van pass, Bach Ma National Park, and Lang Co fishing village, create a tranquil painting, and harmony between humans and nature.
Emerge in the rivers and clouds of Lap An
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Sitting on a train from North to South, tourists can see the beautiful and mesmerizing Lap An lagoon before heading to a tunnel at Hai Van pass. It is also very interesting to ride a motorbike on the path around the lagoon, especially in the afternoon.
Not only that, but you can also visit many other places near Lap An lagoon such as small river streams by the mountainside, waterfalls, green forests that bring a sense of wilderness and charming that you will not be able to resist.
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Lap An lagoon is located in Lang Co Bay with a surface length of 3,5 kilometers, 6 kilometers long, and more than 1,5 meters depth of water, exchanging of freshwater with seawater thanks to the tides. On the surface of the lake, there are small fisherman’s huts with their shadows reflexing on the crystal blue waves. In the early morning or dusk, visitors will be able to see the fishermen sailing and coming back home after a hard-working day with the fish or shrimps that they have caught.
Lap An lagoon connects with Lang Co Bay and is one of the largest lagoons that you can visit in Hue. Even though it is called “Lagoon”, the water is surprisingly clear and crystal blue. Surrounding the Eastside is a road running near the foot of the mountain, creating a dreamy scenery with one side is the sea and lakes, and the other is the tall, majestic mountains.
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Visitors who want to try something new and interesting during their trips can hire a small boat with their group of friends, and enjoy the relaxing time floating on the lagoon and fishing.
Lang Co and Lap An lagoon region is considered one of the most beautiful destinations in Southeast Asia. There are about 11.000 local people, which live mainly by fishing, aquaculture, and tourism. Every afternoon, you can get a chance to see a flock of storks flying just above the water to find a nesting place. That’s why this place used to be called “Lang Co” (Stork village),
Lang Co was formerly chosen by the French as a resort. King Khai Dinh on his first year on the throne, had traveled through the land to discover it.
The delicious dish of seafood in Lap An lagoon
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Nowadays, Lap An lagoon is the largest oyster market in Lang Co bay, with a huge amount of oysters being exported and sold in other places every day. This food is highly recommended among seafood dishes for its nutrition values.
There is a variety of different seafood that you can find here such as lobster, black tiger shrimp, silver shrimp, white shrimp, zebra shrimp, land shrimp, crab, mackerel, oyster, etc, with a delicious taste of the meat that nowhere else has. Tourists also have the opportunity to visit, enjoy or buy oysters with sour shrimp paste and other special sauces to eat with boiled pork and fresh vegetables.
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The seafood in Lap An – Lang Co is well-known for being surprisingly cheap and delicious with the fresh, soft, sweet, and rich meat.
Nothing is better than enjoying your plates of cooked oysters while watching the dawn and dusk on Lap An lagoon with the clear water, and the dimly majestic sight of Bach Ma mountain behind the veil of fog creates a beautiful Instagram check in background for young tourists.
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There are many ways to get to this beautiful lagoon. If you stay in Hue city and would like to Da Nang, it is perfect, you can book Hue to Da Nang by private car. Along the way from Hue to Hoi An or Hoi An to Hue, you can stop to enjoy the beauty of Lap An Lagoon!
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