Hanoi: Nui Coc Lake Boat Tour with Amusement Park

Highlights

• Discover the natural beauty of Nui Coc Lake on a boat tour from Thai Nguyen
• Admire the terraced tea fields and learn about the local tea culture
• Explore the amusement park and see the Thuyet Nhan Qua complex
• Learn about the legend of Cong and Coc and the origins of the lake
• Visit the Thieng Thac Vang Pagoda and see the 45-meter-high Buddha statue

Description

Begin your journey by heading along the winding roads from Thai Nguyen city’s center to Tan Cuong Commune, where you can admire the immense terraced tea fields. Arrive at Nui Coc Lake Tourism Area, which was built in a total area of 19,000 hectares.

The lake, covering 25 square kilometers, was built in 1993 on the Cong River, a tributary of the Red River with a main dam, 480 meters long, and six supporting dams. It is surrounded by mountains and green tea hills.

Explore the natural beauty of the lake, amazing islets, and giant mountains. Learn about a romantic love story of a girl named Cong and a man named Coc. Legend has it that there was a couple who loved each other very much, but their families did not allow them to get married. Coc returned to his homeland and waited for his sweetheart until he turned into the present Coc Mountain. Receiving the bad news, Cong was broken-hearted and bewailed her lover until she died. Her tears flowed and changed into a river, the present Cong River, soaking deep into the soil to raise tea plants, thereby creating a specialty of Thai Nguyen-Tan Cuong Tea.

Enjoy traveling by boat on the lake for a panorama of the whole lake and discover the wild beauty of the islets. The water surface is like a giant mirror reflecting mountains and trees. All create marvelous and splendid scenery, charming any visitor.

After finishing the boat trip, visit the amusement park in the tourism area. One of the highlights of the park is the complex of “Thuyet Nhan Qua” (causality) which was built according to the style of “Thieng Thac Vang Pagoda in the Buddha’s Heart”.

Visiting the pagoda, tourists are amazed by the sculptural art of relievoes on the walls, each showing the Buddhist philosophy of the causality. The whole area of the pagoda, including the central chamber, three-door gate, the hall worshiping Three Refuges (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) and the ancestor worshipping hall in the pagoda, was built under the Buddha’s throne that faces the lake and looks magnificent amidst the forests and mountains. The Buddha statue is 45m high and the Buddha’s throne has a horizontal diameter of 37m.

Visitors to Nui Coc Lake can take a trip to other favourite stops, including Huyen Thoai Cung (Palace of Legends), a fairy tale house, an artificial cave system and a light music stage that was built in an area of 1ha with a 40m-high water fountain. It is one of the most modern ones in Vietnam.

Includes

• Boat trip on Nui Coc Lake
• Visit to amusement park
• Visit to Thuyet Nhan Qua complex
• Visit to Thieng Thac Vang Pagoda
• Visit to Huyen Thoai Cung
• Visit to fairy tale house
• Visit to artificial cave system
• Visit to light music stage
• Car
• Tour guide
• Tickets
• Water

Important Information

• The activity involves walking and a boat trip The area is surrounded by mountains and green tea hills The Buddha statue in the pagoda is 45m high The light music stage features a 40m-high water fountain

Easy cancellation

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