Monkey Island, Cat Ba is a famous tourist destination in Cat Ba, Hai Phong. Coming to Monkey Island, visitors can not only immerse themselves in the wild and poetic natural scenery but also meet mischievous and lovely monkeys. Let’s explore with Vietdreamtravel to see what fun things there are on Monkey Island!

Overview of Monkey Island, Cat Ba

Monkey Island is known as a tourist highlight of the city of “red phoenix flowers” – nickname of Hai Phong city. This island is located in the south of Lan Ha Bay, in the Cat Ba archipelago and is only about 2km from Cat Ba town. This place is about 60km from the center of Hai Phong, equivalent to nearly 1 hour by car.

Monkey Island, Cat Ba

Monkey Island has an area of ​​only about 3km in circumference and has a lot of wild pineapples that people use to soak in drinking water, dry them to make medicine, so it is called Cat Dua (wild pineapples) Island.

Monkey Island, Cat Ba

Later, the Hai Phong Forest Protection Department brought more than 20 monkeys to the island to raise and release in the wild, local people gradually called this place Monkey Island. Nowadays, most people know this place as Monkey Island, Cat Ba.

How to get here?

To get to Monkey Island, visitors will have to take a boat from Beo wharf for about 10 minutes through Cai Beo fishing village, pass several small islands and then reach the island. For tourists traveling from Hanoi, visitors will have to book a car from Hanoi to Beo wharf and take a boat to Monkey Island or book a car to the ferry terminal, then take a speedboat for about 5 minutes to Cat Ba town and then move to Beo wharf to take a boat to Monkey Island.

boat to Monkey Island, Cat Ba

Beo wharf – where visit can rent a boat to Monkey island

The way to travel depends on which car company visitors choose or you can book a Cat Ba tour for more convenient travel for tourists traveling in groups or families with small children.

Explore Monkey Island Cat Ba

Monkey Island is only about 3km in circumference, with a mountain-shaped structure with a sandy beach stretching for kilometers in an arc shape. The beach on Monkey Island is divided into 2 beaches: Cat Dua 1 and Cat Dua 2. Cat Dua 1 has a longer beach, there is also a military barracks here, an ideal destination for tourists.

Monkey Island, Cat Ba

When coming to Monkey Island in Cat Ba, the first thing that many tourists love to choose is to swim at Cat Dua 1 beach. This is also the main beach on Monkey Island with a long coastline, wide and clear sea like a mirror reflecting the diverse biological world below the ocean.

Monkey Island, Cat Ba

Cat Dua 2 beach is on the right side, hidden behind a tiger-shaped mountain, here there is a large garden with trees such as wild pineapple, white apple tree, banyan tree… and many other types of birds. For tourists who like to explore, they can also climb up the mountain to the top of the mountain to see the whole island, and from afar, to admire Lan Ha Bay and the small islands.

Monkey Island, Cat Ba

On Monkey Island, there are also entertainment services for tourists such as kayaking, organizing BBQ parties… there are also cool huts for tourists to lie in the sun, watch the sea, eat and rest with family and friends.

diving in Monkey Island, Cat Ba

Another popular activity Monkey Island Cat Ba is diving activities which offer opportunities for tourist to admire the extremely diverse and beautiful ecosystem under the deep sea. 

Source: collected by An

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