Cao Bang Town :
The town lies in a valley some 150 above sea level and 317 km from Hanoi. It is where the rivers of Mang Hieu and Tra Vinh converge.

Pac Bo :
Some 60 km from Cao Bang Town is Pac Bo, a small hamlet in Truong Ha commune, Ha Quang district, close to the Vietnamese-Chinese border. Pac Bo in the local dialect means watershed, where springs of clear water run. Behind Pac Bo hamlet is a range of stone mountain which houses the Coc Bo Grotto where Ho Chi Minh returned in February 1941 from 30 years of difficult living abroad in search of a way to liberate the country.
Coc Bo Grotto is about one kilometer from the hamlet. The trek leading to the small entrance of the grotto is covered by thick bushes. Its chamber is about 30m² dotted with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. President Ho made a statue of Karl Marx out of one of the stalagmites, and named the spring running in front of the grotto entrance after Lenin and the highest mountain peak after Karl Marx again.
In this grotto President Ho presided over many important meetings to discuss ways to bring the Vietnamese revolution to final victory.

Ba Be lake :
From Thai Nguyen City, capital of Bac Thai province, you drive along Highway 3 to the towns of Bac Can and Phu Thong. After another 16 km you will arrive at Ba Be Lake which is about 225 km from Hanoi. Ba Be is some 145m above sea level, 8 km long, 3 km wide and about 20-30m deep. The lakes actually consists of three lakes called Pe Lam, Pe Lu and Pe Leng, and derives its name Ba Be (which in Vietnamese means three seas) from this, Lake Ba Be is surrounded by limestone mountains and thick forest, home to many species of rare birds and animals.
The best time to visit Ba Be is in spring. You can take a dugout canoe to visit the small islands of Po Ga Mai and An Ma, and Puong Grotto. The Grotto, is about 300m long, and 30-40m in height and width. The stalagmites and stalagmites inside the grotto are beautiful and diverse in forms. Some of them look like a reclining Buddha, a sitting tiger, climbing monkeys and so on.
If you have time, you can travel one hour by boat to visit Dau Dang Fall. The 100-m, three-level waterfall makes the scenery even more magnificent.  

Ban Gioc Fall :
Travelling 20 km from the district town of Trung Khanh you arrive at Dam Thuy commune. From a distance you can hear the number of water falling and see mist shrouding part of mountain and Qui Son river near by the Vietnamese-Chinese border. This is the Ban Gioc fall some 30m high.
At the foot of Ban Gioc is a large river of smooth, clear water. On the banks of the river are lust green pastures dotted by wild flowers. Ban Gioc looks best during the rainy season from June to October. Inside the fall live well-known delicious fish called tram huong.

Ban Gioc Fall :
Ban Gioc Fall is situated in Trung Khanh district in Cao Bang province nears the Sino-Vietnamese border. The echo of the falls can be heard kilometers away from Trung Khanh.
Water from Quy Xuan River falling down on the stone creates water droplets columns that can be seen from a distance. The temperature near the waterfall is remarkably cool, due to the water mist in the air.
At the foot of the waterfall is a large river, as calm as glass, surrounded by many precious kinds of flowers. Ban Gioc Fall is famous for a famous fish named tram huong. In the early 1920s, French people started building cottages on the river banks. They would come here to relax, fish for tram huong, and hunt deer.

Pac Bo Cave :
Pac Bo is a small mountainous village in Trung Hoa commune, Ha Quang district, Cao Bang province, 350 km north of Hanoi.
Pac Bo is known nationwide as a revolutionary resistance base. The famous Coc Bo cave is where President Ho Chi Minh established his residence and worked on Vietnam’s revolutionary course after returning from 30 years abroad.
The main historical relics in this area consists of Coc Bo cave, Lenin stream, Cac Mac mountain, Bo Bam cave, Co Rac ground, and Khuoi Nam-where President Ho Chi Minh directly trained cadres and held many tactical meetings.
Riding 272 km by car from Hanoi along National Highway 3, you will arrive at Cao Bang Town. Sleeping through the night in open air and a cool and quiet atmosphere of this mountainous area, your tiredness will disappear. The next morning you will ride through Hoa An to reach Ha Quang area. Through the windows of your car, you can see golden rice fields lying amid green mountains, small hamlets with dozens of houses on-stilts under the shade of towering clusters of peach trees, and the winding streams with thatch-roofed bridges. You will certainly be very interested in enjoying the picturesque scenery, endowed by the nature.