Ba Be Lake (means “three lakes” in Vietnamese) is the largest natural lake in Vietnam, located in Nam Mẫu commune, Bắc Kạn district, Bắc Kạn Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam.

 
The name “Three Lakes” refers to the three parts of the lake named Pe Leng, Pe Lu, and Pe Lam. All these three parts are connected into a single continuous body of water, however. The lake has total area of 500 hectares. Unlike many Karst limestone area, Ba Be Lake never fall dry, with the average depth varying from 17 to 23 meters.

 
Ba Be Lake is located in a imposing area of limestone, therefore, the lake has a very pristine and poetic beauty of water, mountains and forests. The attraction of Ba Be distinguishes from morning to afternoon in a day. In the morning, the lake is covered by dense mist, creating mysterious charm of an immense water area. When the sun comes out, the lake bring out its picturesque beauty under the sunlight, featured with pure water, blue sky and green mountains standing above the lake’s surface. Notably, Ba Be Lake is always highlighted by dugouts rowing by pretty Tay’s girls in indigo.

 
Visiting the lake, you can take a canoe to make a tour around the whole lake, or you can get on traditional dogouts of Tay people to admire the beauty of immense lake, limitless forests and multi-shaped limestone mountains.

 
You can also explore Puong Cave with the length of 300 meters and the height of over 30 meters. The cave has a lot of amazing stalactites, creating magical and stunning scenery.

 
Near Ba Be Lake, you can visit Nang River with imposing Dau Dang Waterfall. The fall has more than 1,000 meters high, divided into 3 parts, making Ba Be Lake more and more pristine and poetic.

 
Visiting Ba Be Lake, you can have chance to discover the normal life, traditions, cultures of ethnic minority groups living surrounding such as Tay, Mong, Dao, etc. You will be invited to their home to drink their traditional wine made by corn and enjoy their traditional foods as well as watch their traditional dances and songs and other unique festivals and customs.