Monday, March 3, 2008

Travelling to Halong Bay >> Famous islands and caves >> Route 2 >>

Sungsot Cave
- Is located on Bohon Island where there is a group of famous caves, 15km away from Baichay Tourist Wharf. - Sungsot is one of the largest and most beautiful caves in Halong Bay and covers over 10,000sq. meters and is divided into three chambers. Each chamber has its own beauty which surprises tourists, especially the third chamber, which suddenly widens into a large, curved, vault like, monumental palace, with a variety of great sculptural works. In “Halong Tourism”, a book published in 1938 by the French, it was referred to as Surprise Cave’ (Grotto de Surprise).

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