Dragon Eye Island is a rather strange name for many people, search on Google and you will easily see the question “Where is Dragon Eye Island?” is the most popular question. Dragon Eye Island is an island area in Ha Long Bay, adjacent to Bai Tu Long and often called Bai Dong.
Dragon Eye Island is so named because when viewed from above, there is a body of water nestled between the surrounding cliffs, like a dragon’s eye. Indeed, nature has bestowed Dragon Eye Island with an extremely unique landscape that seems to be found nowhere else.
Dragon’s Eye Island has an area of about 30 hectares. Because tourism has not been developed and has not been explored much, it still retains its wild appearance with large cliffs surrounding it, and a pure, velvety white sand beach stretching 300 meters. 400 m. Setting foot on the island, your first feeling will probably be a lush green color, from green trees to blue water, truly magical, truly impressive.
To get inside the Dragon’s Eye, you have to follow the staircase system to the top of the mountain and then walk down. Inside Dragon Eye is an entire ecosystem with rich plants and animals, so in addition to coming here to see the sea, you will also have the opportunity to see unique natural landscapes like no other place.
Itinerary to visit Dragon Eye Island
First, if you are in Hanoi, you will have to go from the Capital to Ha Long. Going by motorbike takes about 4-5 hours, going by car takes about 3 hours.
If you travel by motorbike, you have 2 possible routes::
* Route Hanoi – Bac Ninh – Ha Long: 155 km. This is the shortest road from Hanoi to Ha Long, about 3 hours by car, the itinerary is as follows:
– Hanoi along route 5 – Sai Dong intersection: 10 km.
– Sai Dong along route 1 – Bac Ninh: 23 km.
– From Bac Ninh along route 18 – Pha Lai – Chi Linh – Dong Trieu – Uong Bi – Ha Long: 122 km.
* Route Hanoi – Bac Ninh – Ha Long: 160 km.
– Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi) along Noi Bai – Bac Ninh road (32km) to Bac Ninh.
– Connect to Highway 18A through Pha Lai, Sao Do, Dong Trieu, Uong Bi to Ha Long.
Coach
If you go by bus, you can go to Luong Yen, My Dinh bus station… to catch a bus to Ha Long, just sit on the bus for about 3 hours and you will be in Ha Long. Bus ticket prices range from 100,000 VND/seat passenger to 200,000 VND/bed passenger.
Besides riding a motorbike or bus, you can also take the train. You can buy HALONG EXPRESS train tickets departing from Gia Lam station. The boat departs at 7:05 a.m., taking about 5 hours to reach Ha Long. Ticket price is 5 USD/way/person (for Vietnamese guests) and 15 USD/way/person (for foreign guests).
After arriving in Ha Long
– To go to Bai Dong, from Bai Chay or Ben Doan Port, it only takes about 2 hours – 2 hours and 30 minutes for the train to run and the price is not high, only 30,000 VND/person.
– To go to Dragon Eye Island, you need to rent a boat in advance, costing from 2 million – 6 million depending on the number of people going. And the fee to get on the island is 150,000/person.
In general, to travel to Dragon Eye Island, you still have to be self-sufficient from food and water to being proactive in travel because the tourism service facilities here are still under construction and have not yet come into operation. waterfall. It is expected that when the services are available, you will experience activities such as kayaking, flying boats, inflatable boats, life jackets, seafood fishing, picnic barbecues… Hopefully one day soon this place will attract get more tourists.
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