Cua Van Fishing Village

When coming to Cua Van fishing village, you will be immersed in a peaceful, charming space with a beautiful natural landscape. Besides, the activities to experience and explore the livelihood of fishermen here will make you extremely excited. Let’s explore this special fishing village with Origin Vietnam.

1. Where is Cua Van fishing village?

Cua Van fishing village is located in Hung Thang ward, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. About 20 km from the nearest Ha Long Bay tourist wharf, about 30 km north of Ha Long city center and about 172 km east of Hanoi capital.

2. How is Cua Van fishing village unique?

The original origin comes from two ancient fishing villages in Ha Long Bay called Truc Vong and Giang Vong. One of the most famous travel magazines in the world – Journeyetc.com voted Cua Van as one of the 16 most beautiful ancient villages in the world in 2012.

Cua Van fishing village is a complex of houses and rafts floating on the sea surface built by fishermen to live and avoid storms. Located discreetly and completely separate from the bustling, bustling Ha Long city. The floating houses in the middle of the bay are often quite small, only about 30m2. Linked together to form a village, becoming a stopover for fishermen and anchoring sailboats.

The highlight of this village is that it has existed for a long time. Surrounded by majestic limestone mountains. It creates a wild and beautiful natural landscape like a painting. In particular, Cua Van is quite sheltered from the wind, very suitable for fishing boats to anchor before going out to sea or avoiding storms.

Thanks to that, the population here is increasingly developing and becoming more crowded. The perfect combination of people and nature here is also the main reason that attracts many tourists to visit this ancient fishing village.

3. When is the best time to visit Cua Van fishing village?

For tours on the sea in Ha Long, the ideal time you should choose is from February to June. Because at this time the weather is very cool, often sunny and beautiful, but not too harsh and there is little rain.

In particular, at this time, Cua Van fishing village organizes many cultural exchange activities and night seafood fishing. Very suitable for you to travel and experience the life of Vietnamese fishermen.

4. How to get to Cua Van fishing village?

Cua Van fishing village is a famous tourist destination in Ha Long, quite far from shore. Therefore, to fully explore this ancient village, please refer to the following means:

• By boat: If you go in a large group, you can choose to go by boat, a boat trip can carry from 30 to 50 people.
• By Canoe: The advantage of this means of transport is that it moves quite quickly, helping you save travel time. Going by canoe will only take about half the time compared to going by boat. Therefore, you will have more time to explore the village.
• Cruise: This means of transport will have more amenities and services than boats and canoes. When traveling by cruise, you will experience all the high-class services including: eating, resting and enjoying the beautiful natural scenery.

5. Discovering the beauty of Cua Van fishing village

5.1 The beauty of wild nature in Cua Van fishing village

When coming to Cua Van fishing village, the first thing you will experience is the natural scenery and fresh air. The wild beauty of the mountains and forests, the vastness of the ocean is the biggest attraction of the fishing village.

A place where you can comfortably enjoy the cool air, smell the salty new sunshine coming from the bay. Admire the majestic mountain ranges that humans cannot reach.

Floating houses, made of simple wood, connected together on the bay also decorate, creating a unique cultural feature for the fishermen here. Looking further away, you will see the anchored boats to the end of the horizon.

You can also hear the sound of the waves lapping, extremely peaceful, and this is also a unique feature, creating a poetic beauty, bringing a charming and affectionate charm. It leaves in the heart of every visitor who sets foot here an unforgettable feeling and experience.

5.2 The beauty of people in Cua Van fishing village

When visiting the fishing village, it is not simply a trip that brings you closer to nature. But this is also an opportunity for you to learn about the lifestyle and living style of the local fishermen.

You also experience and witness the real life of hundreds of households in floating houses. Every day and every hour, they are struggling with the harsh weather at sea to make a living.

Although life in Cua Van fishing village is so hard, every person here is very hospitable and friendly. They live simply, but always enthusiastically and brightly welcome tourists with special dishes. Therefore, it can be said that this is one of the most unique and meaningful tourist destinations in Vietnam.

6. Activities and experiences in Cua Van fishing village

6.1 Visiting the simple beauty of Cua Van fishing village Ha Long

When visiting Cua Van fishing village, you will be amazed by the beauty and life here. There is a wild and ancient beauty, the charm of the houses built at the foot of the mountain, life imbued with traditional coastal culture.

Not only that, the beauty of this village also has the presence of the poetic and charming natural scenery of Ha Long Bay. There is no sound of vehicles here, only the sound of oars of small boats or the echoing calls of fishermen.

When you come to Cua Van fishing village, you will witness the lives of more than 300 households living there, in front of each house there will be a boat, a sampan moored. The houses floating on the river, extremely simple but have fought with them against the harsh life of the sea. The people of the fishing village are quite friendly, everyone is very happy and welcoming when tourists visit.

After fully exploring the peace and simple, rustic life of fishermen in Cua Van fishing village, visitors can also combine visiting many other fishing village tourist areas in Quang Ninh such as: Cong Dam fishing village, Cuu Van fishing village, …

6.2 Participating in exciting activities

In the itinerary to explore Cua Van fishing village, don’t forget to enjoy the famous Quang Ninh specialties here. The seafood specialties will be caught and sold by the people on the same day, so they are very delicious and fresh.

In addition, you can also immerse yourself in the life of the people in the fishing village by experiencing night fishing. The fish and squid caught and processed by your own hands will be an unforgettable memory when coming to this ancient village. In Cua Van fishing village, from dusk to evening is the busiest time, this is the time when people return to their homes after a day of work. At that time, you can row a boat and stroll through the fishing village to admire the life of the people here.

The traditional chants, songs, and Cheo songs resound with the cool, fresh air, watching the sunset and breathing the fresh air, … It will make your soul feel relaxed, all worries disappear.

In addition, in the fishing village there is also the Cua Van Floating Cultural Center – this is one of the cultural activities, where traditional activities take place, where tourists and fishermen interact.

When you come here, you will learn and admire many historical artifacts of coastal people from ancient times; watch documentary films that realistically recreate the hard-working life of people here from a long time ago.

7. Specialties when traveling to Cua Van fishing village

On the journey to discover the beauty of Cua Van fishing village. Enjoying the delicious, delicious specialties here is an indispensable activity. And for tourists to have the best experience, we will reveal to you some delicious, nutritious, and cheap places to eat very close to the fishing village.

• Restaurants located near the coast offer many delicious seafood dishes. Such as: fresh oysters, grilled squid, grilled mackerel with scallion oil, …
• Experience the specialty snacks of the fishing village: Cua Van sour sausage and Gat Gu cake.
• Walking along Cua Van bay, you can taste traditional yellow sticky rice wine, brewed by Cua Van fishermen.

8. Accommodation when traveling to Cua Van fishing village

When traveling here, you can refer to some hotels in Ha Long city below:

8.1 Staying overnight at the hotels:

• The Watson Premium Ha Long Hotel. Address: Lot 9, Hung Thang New Urban and Tourist Area, Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province.
• DeLaSea HaLong Hotel. Address: A9, Lot 1, Ha Long Marine Boulevard, Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province.
• Vinpearl Resort & Spa Ha Long. Address: Do Si Hoa Street, Dao Reu Ward, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province.
• FLC Grand Hotel Ha Long. Address: Alley 16 Nguyen Van Cu, Ha Trung, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh.
• Harmony Ha Long Hotel. Address: No. A45-MKL- Zone 4, Ward, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh.
• The Secret Ha Long Hotel. Address: Sun Premier Halong Village, Ha Long, Bai Chay, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh.

8.2 Staying oOvernight on a cruises:

A unique experience when coming to Ha Long Bay is staying overnight on a cruise. This brings a feeling of closeness to nature and the ocean. Here are some cruises that you can refer to:

• Scarlet Pearl cruise.
• Azalea cruise.
• Calypso cruise.
• Paradise cruise.
• Au Co cruise.
• Era cruise.

9. Some other famous destinations near Cua Van fishing village

In addition to exploring and enjoying a trip to Cua Van fishing village. You can visit the surrounding tourist attractions and scenic spots to have more new experiences about Ha Long city. And some equally attractive places, located near this ancient village that you should visit, can be referred to below.

9.1 Vung Vieng fishing village is over 200 years old

Vung Vieng fishing village has existed for a long time, around the beginning of the 19th century. The life of the people in this fishing village is quite simple, relying only on fishing. When coming to Vung Vieng fishing village, you will experience traditional cultural activities, visit beautiful scenery, and immerse yourself in the life of fishermen. You will have the opportunity to learn about the history of the village, explore fishing activities yourself and enjoy the extremely famous specialties here.

9.2 Famous Thien Cung Cave

Thien Cung Cave – one of the most beautiful caves in Quang Ninh has an area of ​​over 10,000m2. Inside the cave is a layer of luminescence, capable of emitting very magical light with many impressive colors.

In particular, the cave also has a cave entrance that connects to the sky. When the sun rises high, each brilliant light shining inside will make the scene here shimmering and beautiful. That is the reason why this place attracts so many tourists to visit.

9.3 Mysterious Kim Quy Cave

Another famous tourist destination near Cua Van fishing village that you should not miss. That is Kim Quy Cave, associated with the legend of Kim Quy – Golden Turtle. When entering the gate of Kim Quy Cave, you will be able to admire the beautiful scenery of stalactites that have been deposited over hundreds of years. Natural light from the outside combined with colorful artificial lights makes the scene inside the cave extremely magical and sparkling.

9.4 Quan Lan Island is wild and peaceful

Quan Lan Island, Quang Ninh with a long white sand beach, clear sea water, cool and fresh air. This is an ideal resting place during a trip to Quang Ninh. This island still retains its wild and quiet beauty because tourism has not been developed much.

Experiencing swimming in the sea, watching the sunset, sunrise on the shore, organizing camping and team building activities here will be very attractive. In particular, there are many million-view check-in points here that you can visit and take extremely beautiful souvenir photos.

10. Some important notes when traveling to Cua Van fishing village

To make your trip to Cua Van fishing village safe and complete, you should keep in mind the following notes:

• Preparing personal belongings, comfortable clothes, full hats, shirts, glasses and sunscreen.
• If you get seasick, prepare anti-sickness medicine in advance!
• During the tourist season, Cua Van fishing village will be quite crowded, so you should consult and book a hotel room in advance to avoid running out of rooms.

Cua Van fishing village is a very interesting destination in the HaLong Bay tour itinerary. The peaceful life, overnight fishing activities and beautiful natural scenery will make you “forget the way home”.

Please contact Origin Vietnam – the leading tour operator in Vietnam. We are ready to share more detailed and useful information about other beautiful destinations in Quang Ninh. We will also accompany you on the journey to Halong Bay to explore Cua Van fishing village with many interesting activities and unforgettable memories.