Dragon Eye Island is a strange name to many people. Search on Google and you will easily see the question “Where is Dragon Eye Island?” is the most common question. Dragon Eye Island is an island in Ha Long Bay, adjacent to Bai Tu Long and is often called Bai Dong.
Dragon Eye Island is named so because from above, there is a body of water hidden among the surrounding cliffs that looks like a dragon’s eye. Nature has truly bestowed Dragon Eye Island with a unique landscape that seems to be nowhere else to be found.
Dragon Eye Island has an area of about 30 hectares, because tourism has not been developed, not much has been exploited, so it still retains its wild beauty with large, towering cliffs surrounding it, with a velvety white sand beach stretching 300 – 400 m. Setting foot on the island, your first feeling will probably be a lush green color, from the green trees to the blue water, truly magical, truly impressive.
To get inside Dragon Eye, you have to follow the system of stairs to the top of the mountain and then walk down. Inside Dragon Eye is an entire ecosystem with rich flora and fauna, so in addition to coming here to see the sea, you will also have the opportunity to see unique natural landscapes that are nowhere else to be seen.
First, if you are in Hanoi, you will have to go from the Capital to Ha Long. It takes about 4-5 hours by motorbike, and about 3 hours by car.
If you go by motorbike, you have 2 routes you can take::
* Route Hanoi – Bac Ninh – Ha Long: 155 km. This is the shortest road route from Hanoi to Ha Long, it takes about 3 hours by car, the itinerary is as follows:
– Hanoi on route 5 – Sai Dong intersection: 10 km.
– Sai Dong via Highway 1 – Bac Ninh: 23 km.
– From Bac Ninh, follow Highway 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) via Noi Bai – Bac Ninh road (32km) to Bac Ninh.
– Connect to National Highway 18A via Pha Lai, Sao Do, Dong Trieu, Uong Bi to Ha Long.
Coach
If you go by bus, you can go to Luong Yen or My Dinh bus stations to catch a bus to Ha Long. Just sit on the bus for about 3 hours and you will be in Ha Long. The bus ticket price ranges from 100,000 VND/seat passenger to 200,000 VND/sleeper passenger.
In addition to motorbikes or buses, you can also take the train. You can buy tickets for the HALONG EXPRESS train departing from Gia Lam station. The train departs at 7:05 a.m. and takes about 5 hours to get to Ha Long. The ticket price is 5 USD/way/passenger (for Vietnamese guests) and 15 USD/way/passenger (for foreign guests).
– To get to Bai Dong, from Bai Chay Port or Ben Doan, it only takes about 2 hours – 2 hours and 30 minutes by boat 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, the price ranges from 2 million to 6 million depending on the number of people. And the fee to get to the island is 150,000/person.
In general, to travel to Dragon Eye Island, you still have to be self-sufficient in food, drinks and transportation because the tourism services here are still under construction and have not been put into operation. It is expected that when the services are available, you will experience activities such as kayaking, canoeing, inflatable boats, life jackets, seafood fishing, outdoor barbecues, etc. Hopefully in the near future, this place will attract more tourists.
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