Bau Trang Mui Ne tourist area is one of the prominent destinations recently for many tourists because this place possesses beauty that makes many hearts fall in love. From the extremely sandy deserts to the cool blue lakes and the endless scent of lotus fields and the fascinating games that are hard to ignore when checking-in here.
With many domestic and foreign tourists, Binh Thuan is a very familiar destination with attractive destinations - an invaluable gift from nature such as Cu Lao Cau , Phu Quy island, Co Thach beach, Hong stream, Mui Ne and Bau Trang baseball villages - a place that is very different from the rest of the list.
Because Bau Trang and the tourist resort of the same name not only have a diverse and beautiful landscape, both desert terrain, and a beautiful lotus lake next to the road is considered the most beautiful in Vietnam. Not only that, this famous Binh Thuan tourist destination has shown its charm with its wildness, rare peace, different from places that have been subjected to much intervention by human hands.
Jeep is the way to get to Bau Trang. Photo: metrip
Guide to Bau Trang tourist area
To fully explore Bau Trang area, first, you need to determine where this place is and the way to go. The tourist area is located in Hong Lam village, Hoa Thang commune, Bac Binh district, Phan Thiet province and about 65km northeast of the city center. To get to Bau Trang Mui Ne - Phan Thiet safely, conveniently and quickly, visitors can refer to the following detailed directions:
There are two roads to Bau Trang. One is from Hon Rom to take a jeep and then follow the road to Mui Ne, round the market of Mui Ne, Red Hill. After that, you just run all the way across the beach. The total time it takes to get from Mui Ne to Bau Trang is about one hour.
One of the most beautiful roads in Vietnam. Photo: metrip
The second way is that you depart from the center of Phan Thiet city according to the route passing through National Highway 1A to Luong Son. Keep going straight until you reach the junction, then turn right about 18km. Continue your journey by crossing barren hills. Although the path here is twisted at high, sometimes low, but mixed with flat stretches through the forest of scallops or green coconut forest. These are poetic white sand caves as if from some wonderland appeared. And coming here is also the time to be Bau Trang tourist area .
Long sand slopes. Photo: vntrip
About means of transport to Bau Trang eco-tourism area
If departing from Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet, visitors can book tickets - get on the bus at the East bus station. The road from Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet is about 188km long. If going from Hanoi capital or the northern provinces, it is best to choose by plane to save time and reduce fatigue. After arriving in Phan Thiet, you take a taxi to Bau Trang area will be very fast. For those who want to save money or love the experience by road, you can choose to take a bus or train.
Peaceful scene. Photo: muine-explorer
The ideal time to travel to Bau Trang
According to Phan Thiet travel experience and check in Bau Trang by many tourists, you can come here at any time of the year. This luxurious resort deserves to be included in the list of family entertainment spots on April 30, September 2, weekends or weekdays with its own beauty each season because of its long and wide lakeside, endless sand fields, clear blue sky.
The resort becomes gentle and romantic during the sunset. Photo: bazantrvel
However, if you need to choose the most appropriate and beautiful time to check in at Bau Trang resort, everyone has the same opinion that summer. Because this is the beautiful lotus blooming season with the pink hues of the green and yellow color of the vast lotus field, it is also the time when the whole Bau Trang area shows its most unique and unique feature.
Summer is a good time to travel to Bau Trang. Photo: bazantravel
Another point to note in the journey to explore this place is to choose the best time of day. It was early in the morning (around 5am to 9am) or late in the afternoon (from 16:00 to 18:00). Because these are the two most sunny hours, the weather is cool, convenient and relatively for fun in the lake.
Explore Bau Trang Binh Thuan
Bau Trang tourist area is a land located separate from the city center of Phan Thiet. According to local people, in the past, this place used to be a large freshwater lake formed from a long time ago. Later, in order to serve many different purposes, sand dams were built to run across the lake. Since then, this giant lake is divided into 2 parts: small lake and large lake.
Bau Trang has been formed for a long time. Photo: muine-explorer
Today, when traveling to Phan Thiet and checking in the place known as the 'little desert' of Binh Thuan you will be explained by the people about the name Bau Trang. Accordingly, "Bau" in the local language means "lake". That is why the small lake is also called Bau Ong and the big lake has another name is Bau Ba.
Large space. Photo: metrip
The entire Bau Ba area has an area of 70ha, with the widest place accounting for 500m, the average depth is 5m. Especially in the rainy season, the deepest place of Bau Ba reaches 19m. But in the dry season, less water is needed, and the more the water will dry towards the shore. Another point in terms of shape and geology that is quite interesting to visitors from near and far is that Bau Ong is small and long and Bau Ba is broad and deep, has fresh water, but the lotus grows here also more and more beautiful almost bloom during all 4 seasons.
Bau Ba has an area of 70ha. Photo: muine-explorer
These two pools have in common that they are located in the middle of the pure white sand slopes, so they are also called Bau Trang. Later, when there appeared a lotus lake with wonderful flowers, which often covered the lake surface, especially in the summer, this place had a new name, Bau Sen.
The flora in Bau Sen is very rich. Photo: muine-explorer
Endowed with a landscape of nature with a large lake, stretching sand slopes and a tropical, sunny - windy climate all year round, Bau Trang Binh Thuan resort appears as a wonderful landscape picture. Especially when standing down from the sand hill, you will admire the scene of a flat lake surface like a shining mirror with the pink color of hundreds of lotuses from afar. Along with that are the mixed dark sand hills that make visitors unable to help admire and admire.
It has a tropical climate, sunny and windy all year round. Photo: metrip
Bau Trang also has a number of other small lakes in addition to the two main lakes. Those are the parts that lie among other sand dunes with a huge total area. People consider this place to be the minor Shahara of Vietnam not only because of its large size but also the diversity of sand dunes from yellow sand, red orange sand, but most of it is pure white sand. Among them, the Virgin Mary sand hill is the most famous.
Beautiful check-in point. Photo: ST
Moreover, the flora in Bau Trang Mui Ne is also quite diverse with many kinds of delicious and delicious freshwater fish such as: perch, snakehead fish, catfish, grass carp, ...
Great experiences in Bau Trang tourist area
1. Discover the pristine beauty of the white sand hill
Anyone coming to Bau Trang is also quite impressed with the wild and rustic look of this place. You will be amazed at the scene like a magnificent painting from the hand of the creator. Those are the white sand slopes, the waves rattling the night, the wind singing in the hand, the blue clouds in the same color resonating with the dazzling sunlight of the day and the lake surface is a giant mirror shining everything . All of them contribute to the irresistible magic power, attracting those who have fallen in love with Bau Trang. You will be amazed at the magical and vibrant beauty of this country.
Bau Trang is like a miniature desert. Photo: bazantravel2. Thousand virtual living corners in Bau Trang
Coming to Bau Trang eco-tourism area , you can freely wander around the sand slopes and admire the scenery, take pictures in the vast expanse of nature. A little revelation is that you should choose the time frame from 5 am - 9 am and 16 pm - 18 hours daily to take pictures because this is the best time to produce beautiful art photos on the land of Bau Trang. Please.
Photographed in Bau Trang. Photo: vntrip
3. Bau Trang excursion on boat
Another interesting activity in the sub-desert land of Binh Thuan is boat walking, fishing and discovering the beauty on the cool freshwater lake all year round. This journey promises to bring a lot of fun to visitors because it will help you soothe the hot air from the immense sand hill.
Using boat with 100,000 people. Photo: metrip
4. Off-road racing on sand dunes
In addition to the impressive natural scenery, Bau Trang also offers you to visit an attractive and extremely attractive experience, which is off-road motorcycle. Renting a motorbike from a row of different colors, you can freely surf and conquer attractive high and low sand dunes. Zooming quickly on the far sandy slopes, feeling the heat of the sand, the sun hitting your face, you will have unforgettable moments at Bau Trang tourist attraction , especially the car's tilt embrace fully following the winding slopes of the sand dunes.
Using terrain motorbike to explore Bau Trang. Photo: bazantravel
In addition, in this land known as the "miniature Sahara" of Vietnam, Bau Trang tourists can also skateboard on the bumpy sandy beaches.
Below is the reference price of each type of service in Bau Trang:
- Small terrain motorbike rental: 300,000 VND / 20 minutes, 400,000 VND / 30 minutes.
- Large off-road motorcycles: 40 USD / 20 minutes, 50 USD / 30 minutes
- Boat with rowers: 100,000 VND / person.
A few notes when traveling to Bau Trang
Currently, in Bau Trang tourist area, there are only two stores of business and service, which are drinking water and motorbike rental. So, before coming here, you should bring ready-made food as well as some necessary items for the trip.
Another important note is that the lotus lake area is quite deep, extremely dangerous when bathing, so absolutely do not bathe here to keep it safe, okay?
Next is about off-road motorcycles. If you do not have physical preparation or do less motorbikes, girls limit this driving because the steering wheel is hard and quite heavy, difficult to move.
Car rental service to explore sand dunes. Photo: dulichtrieutrang
Due to the weather characteristics, at noon, temperature in sand dunes in particular and Bau Trang area in general is quite high, with strong sunlight. Therefore, you should choose to wear long-sleeved clothing, bring carefully shielded accessories such as sunglasses, a hat and do not forget to wear sunscreen to ensure your health.
Visitors should wear sunglasses, long clothing, and a scarf. Photo: bazantravel
Visitors can also combine the visit to Bau Trang with Hong Hill - a famous and very beautiful place located nearby to save time and convenience for your Phan Thiet travel itinerary.
With the sharing of Bau Trang travel experiences above, hopefully you can get the necessary and important information for the trip and experience in "sub-Saharan Vietnam" happily and safely Please.