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Co To Island |
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Co To Island
is about 3 hours by boat from Cai Rong
Town , Van Don Island District, 150km
from Halong City . The Quang Ninh
province’s tourism sector has surveyed
potential to develop tourism on the
island,
especially eco-tourism. Co To Island
includes 40 large and small islands, of
which the three largest are large Co To,
Thanh Lan and Tran.
Co To Sea is beautiful both day and
night, sunrise and sunset, bright moon
and dim moon. Beaches in the large Co To
Island are deserted and not polluted by
modern industrial society. Trinh Sat
Beach is typical with white sands and
blue water as clear as crystal.
The forest is also appropriate for
ecotourism tours. You can walk or catch
"xe om" (motorbike taxi) to visit a
lighthouse on a high hill. It’s about
10 minutes by "xe om" from centre of
island to the foot of hill, and then
you’d better walk along a path to the
lighthouse. This path is about 1km and
lies among pine tree forest together
with thousands of violet wild flowers.
The light house is on the highest peak
of the CoTo island, 70 metres above sea
level.
Large Co To Island has an abundance of
seafood such as shrimp, cuttle fish...,
price is very cheap. You can bring gas
cooker and cook your own meal or hire a
native to cook.
From large Co To Island, hiring a boat
to the islands around, you will discover
things such as kinds of water sports:
snorkeling, fish stabbing... on Thanh
Lan Island, oranges are a special
harvested fruit. During harvest time,
the island turns a splendid
orange-yellow colour.
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