Cong Dam fishing village

Cong Dam area offers some of the most breathtaking views of Halong Bay, with majestic mountains and glorious beaches and also houses a fishing village with a population of 120.

Having the deep-routed tradition of fishing culture, Cong Dam is a great place for tourists to talk with fishermen and listen to their interesting stories about daily life. Kayaking, boat rowing, and fishing with fishermen are all thrilling experiences that you should not miss when visiting the village.

With karsts formed as long as 340 millions years ago, Cong Dam Area is considered as an ‘outdoor geological museum’. Not only owning beautiful beaches such as Tra Gioi, Cay Bang and Cat Oan, Cong Dam is also the place to discover impressive coral reefs and admire the natural beauty of numerous mountains formed by a stack of huge rock.

Here a lot of coral reefs are concentrated, with underground lakes inside the limestone mountain and underwater caves. It is also an area of many large beaches, Tra Gioi, Cay Bang and Cat Oan, with smooth, white sand and clear, blue water.

In Cong Dam area is an old, small village, which has retained largely intact its traditional fishing culture with a population of about 120 people. Tourists visit Cong Dam to chat with the friendly locals, hear their stories and sit in awe of their daily trials and triumphs on halong bay junk cruise. They speak of their livelihoods and their families and the local women will even take you on a personal bamboo boat tour along the water to explore the magnificent mountains and quaint little homes along the way.

Being quite far inland area, the Cong Dam area is isolated from normal tourist routes so the landscape here still retains many primitive features and a very clean environment. Coming to Cong Dam fishing village, tourists can embark in a guided kayak tour to see stunning seascape on the area around, try fishing with local experienced fishermen or explore its traditional fishing culture as well as participating in planting mangroves to protect the environment.