Viet Hai Village - Rustic beauty at Cat Ba Island
Viet Hai Village is an ancient fishing village nestled in Cat Ba National Forest, with an area of about 141 hectares, and is home to 70 households.
Surrounded by mountains, forests, and the sea, Viet Hai Cat Ba is almost isolated from the bustling and busy tourist area on Cat Ba Island.
Thanks to its pristine natural landscapes and friendly and hospitable people, Viet Hai Village Cat Ba has attracted many domestic and international tourists.
If you have the opportunity to set foot here, you will really have an unforgettable experience. Through this article, let's learn about the ancient fishing village of Viet Hai.
How to get to Viet Hai Village Cat Ba?
To go to Viet Hai Village Cat Ba, you have 2 great routes to choose from:
- Take the boat from Beo Wharf to Lan Ha Bay.
- Trek through Cat Ba National Forest.
Viet Hai Pier
To visit Viet Hai fishing village by sea, purchase a ticket to the bay for 80,000 VND at Beo wharf, and then take a boat for 50,000 VND. Alternatively, you can rent a tender for 150,000 VND or a canoe (capacity: 6 people) for 800,000 VND per trip.
Book a day tour to Lan Ha Bay to explore Viet Hai Village with activities like kayaking, swimming, boat slides, bay jumping, cycling, and fish massage.
Book a bus & tour
- Hanoi to Cat Ba
- Cat Ba to Hanoi
- Lan Ha Bay one-day tour
- Lan Ha Bay & Viet Hai Village full-day tour from Hanoi
- Cat Ba 2 days 1-night tour
- Cat Ba 3 days 2 nights tour
- Cat Ba National Park Tours
Serenity Explorer Cruise
Going to Viet Hai by road, you move to the gate of Cat Ba National Park, buy a ticket for 160,000 VND/person, and start trekking through the forest for about 12km.
Trekking in a national forest requires significant experience and good health; otherwise, it can be very dangerous.
Please choose to go on a tour or hire your own tour guide. At the ticket counter, there is support for booking a tour guide.
The 2 routes to Viet Hai fishing village Cat Ba above are both very beautiful, and each route is a completely different experience, so I think you should try both routes.
I had a trip through the forest to Viet Hai village in Cat Ba and back to Cat Ba town by waterway through Lan Ha Bay; it was a wonderful experience for me.
In particular, the sea route is often much simpler than the route through the national forest.
Experiences in Viet Hai Cat Ba Fishing Village
The people of Viet Hai Village in Cat Ba are so friendly, honest, and hospitable that all houses in the village are open day and night, whether there is a homeowner or not.
Coming to Viet Hai Fishing Village and immersing yourself in the peaceful daily life of the people, visitors will definitely have extremely interesting experiences.
Previously, Viet Hai Village Cat Ba was almost isolated from the outside world, this place was a remote, wild mountain forest and pristine landscape like ancient Vietnamese life.
That is also a unique feature that attracts tourists to participate in the journey to explore the Cat Ba tour to the fishing village.
Today, Viet Hai Cat Ba Fishing Village is a famous community ecological attraction and attracts a large number of tourists to Cat Ba island.
Before tourism had not yet developed, people here mainly worked in fishing and agriculture.
As tourism grew, many households embraced homestays, became tour guides, and offered electric vehicle and bicycle rentals for tourists.
Thanks to that, the lives of people here have also changed a lot, and their income is much more stable than before.
Although tourism is developing, local people in Viet Hai Village Cat Ba still maintain their own lives with the same "traditional" characteristics as before.
Notably, there are very few domestic tourists coming to the village, but Viet Hai village increasingly attracts foreign tourists because it still maintains its traditional simplicity.
Along with the friendliness of the people here, Viet Hai Cat Ba is also a place with wonderful scenery like a fairy escape, both peaceful, poetic and very wild.
Or experience being a fisherman
Along with other fishing villages in Lan Ha Bay, Viet Hai Cat Ba also contributes significantly to promoting the tourism image of Lan Ha Bay and Cat Ba deeply into the minds of tourists.
Coming to Viet Hai Village, don't miss the two most unique experiences in Cat Ba tourist area:
- Cycling around the village and admiring the centuries-old acacia forest.
- Relax with a fish massage.
Tourists coming to Viet Hai Fishing Village in Cat Ba will have the opportunity to cycle to admire the peaceful scenery of the village and the shady ancient acacia forest.
In addition, Viet Hai fish massage is also a very famous experience in Cat Ba Island tourist area that is only available here.
Accommodation
To meet the needs of tourists who want to stay overnight, many stilt houses and restaurants serving tourists have also been newly opened in Viet Hai Village.
Visitors can also enjoy home-raised and self-grown rustic dishes of local people such as chicken, duck, or vegetables...
The locals in Viet Hai Cat Ba dream of turning their village into a unique "tourist island" and one of Cat Ba's tourist attractions.
Join Cat Ba Express on the Cat Ba tour to have exciting experiences on this beautiful and friendly island.
Read more →
- Cat Ba Island, Vietnam - an unforgettable holiday
- The top 15 hotels in Cat Ba Island
- Lan Ha Bay – the forgotten paradise
★ Leave a review!
