Vietnam is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Asia, thanks to its diverse nature and picturesque landscapes. The territory of Vietnam is adorned with hundreds of colorful coral islands, stunning marine caves, and a rich history associated with legends. Particularly, the humid atmosphere reigns in the region, known as "Dry Galong-Bukhta," and the true beauty unfolds when travelers embark on traditional wooden canoes, called sampans, and start to navigate through marine landscapes where they encounter coral mountains, dense tropical forests, and sea caves.
Local guide Khuí Fo noted that the Tràng Am area is not overloaded with tourists, and there are no tourist ships here. After a short walk, the Dìa Linh mountain appears, looking vertical out of the water, reminiscent of a hat, and it is one of the most popular tourist spots in the region. Here, tourists love to take many photographs.
This location has gained fame with the world-renowned director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who used Tràng Am as the filming location for his movie "Kong: Skull Island" in 2017. Visitors can see the famous King Kong but also visit a wooden structure specially built for this fantasy film.
A guide, 34-year-old local resident Neinä Bin, often meets tourists from the capital Khanh, located 100 kilometers away, and brings them about once a week to his native mountainous area for two and a half hours on a bus. Along the way from the noisy capital, where motorcycles roar, tourists cross the endless rice fields, where buffalos lie under the sunny rays. Local residents sit on the streets in front of shops and workshops, trying to get used to the high temperatures and high humidity.
However, when you approach the canoe pier in Tràng Am, located just a few kilometers from the capital of Ninh Binh province, you begin a truly wonderful canoe adventure through coral landscapes. This area was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014. At that time, silence reigned around, the restored sounds are heard when the canoe passes by a Buddhist temple that is built right in the water. The guide shouts, "Duck your heads!" when the canoe heads into a narrow passage between rocks. And then the canoe silently slides into the Háng Tiễn Trùi cave, 320 meters long, the longest among the nine caves accessible for visits in the tour continuing for three hours.
