Thac Ba Lake, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
4.5 (10 reviews) Spent Ranking #3 in Yen Bai Bodies of Water
Thac Ba Lake
The water resource developmet of the province is thus entred on artificial the thac ba lake, which was created for hydropower development. the lake has area of 23,400 hectares (234 km2) and has 1,331 islands. the hill catchment has a varied ecology, an interesting feature in the catchment with is beautiful landscaps is thousands of hill and islands which have caves like the thuy tien and xuan long.... there is also a temple on the banks of lake know as thac ba temple. the site that the lake now lies in was the historic scene in 1285 AD during the thu vat battle that took place under the command of tran nhat duat against monglian invaders. thac ba lake is now an ecological tourist centre with entertainment, mountain climbing and hiking faciliti
Address
Yen Binh District, Yen Bai 320000 Vietnam
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 7:37
User Ratings
4.5 based on (10 reviews)
Reviews
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5James Q 5:00 PM Jan 22, 2017
Excellent relaxing retreat
We stayed in Thac Ba Lake as part of our year 9 school trip. The Eco Lodge is amazing, and the entire lake is stunning. Great sunsets, and very very peaceful
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4Too Yi 5:00 PM Aug 26, 2019
Thac Ba Lake - Beautiful, but hard to do alone
Thac Ba Lake is a lake near Yen Bai city, where we stopped over on our way to Sapa. Bravely (or foolishly) we decided to head to Thac Ba Lake after 6 hours of riding (Hanoi - Ba Vi National Park - Yen Bai), trusting only in Google Maps for directions. Google maps led the way for the one hour long trip, which brought us to some really really terrible roads... it went from nicely paved tarmac, to concrete, to crumbly concrete, to dirt path and rocks... it wound us through many tiny tiny villages where the villages were all shocked to see a random tourist on a bike... past quarries and massive trucks hauling rocks... past wood veneer processing areas with thousands of sheets of wood airing and drying... We really thought we weren't going to make it, or that our bike would develop punctures. But after 1 hour 15 mins of punishment, our trusty bike brought us to a viewing point next to the power station/dam looking thing. The view was lovely, but we were the only tourists there, with several curious vietnamese peoples looking oddly at us (probably wondering why a tourist is so far off the beaten track). As it turns out, there was a much much easier route there, but its not the one that turns up as first, second or third choice on google maps haha. We took it back to Yen Bai and it saved us much pain. Would not really recommend going there yourself, unless you're brave and really trust your bike. Go with a tour agent who knows whats going on and you'll probably see more and enjoy it more than we did :)
