About Pac Bo Cave
Pac Bo Cave or many tourists still know the name Coc Bo, these two names have the same meaning, “Head of the Source”. Pac Bo Cave is located in Pac Bo tourist area located in Pac Bo village, Truong Ha commune, Ha Quang district of Cao Bang province, where this is the stopover of President Ho Chi Minh after more than 30 activities in the country. abroad and then returned to the country to lead the Vietnamese revolution.
Besides being a historical relic, Pac Bo cave also possesses a poetic beauty like escaping from the fairy scene outside Pac Bo cave. Other names such as Lenin stream, Mount Mack, monument to President Ho Chi Minh…. This will be a stop that you cannot miss when coming to Cao Bang.
Coming here, you will witness the resting and working place of President Ho Chi Minh during the days when Uncle Ho lived and worked here. With the scene with the precarious stone table, he used to work as well as command the military along with the leading soldiers of our army and people. Today, it is still preserved intact with important historical documents kept in the cave
Guide to Pac Bo Cave
Located about more than 50 km from the center of Cao Bang city and takes more than 1 hour you can come here, first to Pac Bo cave you need to move to Cao Bang city area.
From the center of Hanoi capital, you can choose to travel by bus or motorbike, if you travel by passenger car, you can go to My Dinh bus station, Giap Bat bus station, Nuoc bus station. Underground to catch a car to Cao Bang city, in addition, you can also choose a motorbike to move to Cao Bang city as well as Pac Bo cave tourist destination. However, when traveling by motorbike, you must be sure to have a firm handle on the handlebars, because the road is relatively long and zigzag.
Coming to Cao Bang city, for tourists traveling by bus to Cao Bang, they can choose to travel by motorbike by renting at some car rental locations in Cao Bang city.
From Cao Bang city, you move north to reach Pac Bo tourist area, then you turn right to enter National Highway 4A and then turn left to National Highway 3 to the roundabout, you go straight to the city route. Ho Chi Minh City, then follow the signposts, then turn right for more than 200 meters and you will come to this tourist destination.
Along the way, you can see the scenery around luxuriant trees, valleys and wild forests that have added to the attraction for visitors. You can also take pictures while walking to save memories on the way.
When should we go to Pac Bo cave?
Many tourists still wonder what time to come to Pac Bo cave to be able to fully feel the charming beauty of this place, so that you can come to Pac Bo cave in at any time because each season gives you a different beauty, no season is the same.
However, tourists often choose to come to Cao Bang the most in the period from October to May next year, which is the time when tourists come to Pac Bo cave a lot of swimming when the weather is dry at this time. With rain, the roads are extremely convenient as well as easy to go, in addition to visiting Pac Bo cave tourist site, you can also watch the Lenin stream flowing gently along with a characteristic jade green color of the water. Along with that is a very quiet space.
The time from June to September is the time when tourists come to Pac Bo cave less because this time coincides with the rainy season, the road is relatively slippery, so when you come here, prepare yourself for long boats. has extremely good grip, but coming to Pac Bo cave at this time you can see the majesty of the water as well as the scenery here, along with the verdant trees.
It can be said that you can come to Pac Bo cave at any time of the year, depending on your needs and time arrangement so that you can come to Pac Bo cave.
The beauty of Pac Bo tourist area
Pac Bo tourist area is a special national relic site of our country where it was once the residence and working place of President Ho Chi Minh after 30 years of foreign fathers leaving and finding a way to save the country.
Pac Bo Cave is not only the residence of the President but also a place of training and military command of the Party and the state during the resistance war. As for the peace, this place is still a place to maintain business activities as well as preserve and promote the relic, which is increasingly interested and attracts a lot of tourists both domestically and internationally.
If you come to Pac Bo cave relic tourist site, do not forget to visit the tourist attractions located now in the relic area such as Lenin stream, Mount Mac, Lan Khuoi Nam, Bai Co Rac, milestone No. 108.
1. Explore Pac Bo cave – Coc Bo cave
Pac Bo Cave is the place where President Ho Chi Minh lived. This cave is located on the slopes of Mount Mac and is also close to the headwaters of the Lenin stream. The cave also opens a large road to the other side of the border, this is also an address for Uncle Ho to “hide” when discovered by the enemy.
As soon as you enter Pac Bo cave you need to cross a stream. Along the stream there is a wooden bridge that will help you go to the cave entrance, when you reach the cave entrance you need to continue to conquer about 300 more steps and go along the mountainside with a width only enough for 1 or 2 people to go. . With a relatively difficult road, these places are always crowded with tourists because everyone wants to visit once to visit the place of work and work of people.
This cave is only about 15m2 wide enough for Uncle Ho to live in the cave, in the cave there are still traces of Uncle Ho written on the rock with the words February 8, 1941 – this is also the day Uncle started moving to the cave. and live.
Up to now, in the cave, there is still the old bed that Uncle Uncle used to use, this was also the place to rest as well as work. The conditions in the cave are dark and narrow and very cold due to being located deep in the inner area of the rocky mountain, with such difficult and extremely different conditions, people still live and work during the operation. revolutionary action to protect the nation.
2. Mount Mack
Mount Mack is an attractive tourist destination that you cannot miss during your Pac Bo trip, where Uncle Ho used to blow rice to make a fire. Around the mountain are large rocky cliffs, the outside is covered with a green color of moss.
This place has a fresh atmosphere because of ancient trees as well as luxuriant shady mountains and forests, there is also a bamboo garden, a guava garden where Uncle used to live, making the scene here really poetic.
In addition to the unspoiled scenery, this place is also a place with an extremely favorable location, luxuriant forests can easily see the whole outside but inside is like a secret cave.
3. Lenin Stream
This is a tourist destination that many tourists love, especially for young people. Because this place will be a check-in place that many young people love because of the clear blue water, with a jade green color that everyone wants to touch to feel the freshness of nature, even you You can see fish swimming in this stream. Anyone looking at it can see peace and tranquility.
Lenin stream is beautiful in every season and always wears a fresh green color, but in July – August, the water of Lenin spring is a bit cloudy due to the relatively heavy rain at this time, the water is slightly cloudy and the water flows relatively. Tightening makes the rocks here relatively slippery, which is not a guarantee for your sightseeing.
Not only that, the Lenin stream tourist destination is also the place where after stressful working days Uncle Uncle came here to sit and fish, even here visitors can also see the cliff where Uncle used to sit to fish. relaxing fish. Currently, this stream is always released by the management board all year round so that visitors can feel more alive when they see the fish swimming and jumping in this stream.
4. Column 108
This is one of the landmarks of the Vietnam-China border in the past, on this pristine stone pillar there is an engraving in both Chinese and French. This is a place marked with history as Uncle Ho’s place.
For the Vietnamese people, especially the people of Cao Bang, the 108 wooden column has a very important historical significance, during the period of the border war in 1979, the people in the region always tried to keep the border line as well as the border. wooden columns affirm the national sovereignty of Vietnam.
5. Khuoi Nam Shack
Khuoi Nam shack is the space where Uncle Ho lived the longest during his time in Pac Bo. This place is nestled quietly hidden under the ravine or the trees. Therefore, Lan Khuoi Nam is also considered as a convenient place for secret work.
Khuoi Nam shack has a very cool architecture and space, the living space here is also extremely romantic and immersed in the space of nature. Previously, there was only one shack for Uncle Ho to live in, but then two more shacks were built for officers and soldiers.
Note when visiting Pac Bo
Pac Bo tourist area is both a tourist destination with extremely important historical significance for the Vietnamese people and a place with many scenic spots along with charming landscapes. Therefore, when visiting, you also need to pay attention to important things to protect this relic!
Coming to Pac Bo tourist area, not only Pac Bo tourist destination but also other tourist places you should protect, maintain general hygiene, should not throw garbage indiscriminately! To always preserve the beautiful and extremely dreamy natural landscape here. If you stop to eat and drink during the tour, please clean up and throw your trash in the right place
Before traveling to Pac Bo cave, you also check the weather to be more favorable for your trip. You should also prepare yourself with sports shoes to move, which will be easier and more convenient to visit.
You should also not arbitrarily touch the artifacts, pictures to keep intact the remaining historical evidence.
Please follow the guidelines of the management board of the relic site.
In addition, traveling to Cao Bang in the winter, you need to prepare yourself with warm clothes because Cao Bang is a mountainous area, so the temperature is relatively low, not only that when moving deep inside. temperature drops even more sharply.
If you travel by self-sufficient motorbike to travel to Cao Bang before you go, you need to take care of the vehicle once, also prepare yourself with sturdy protective clothing, and especially you must firmly believe in the vehicle. your steering wheel to be able to move more smoothly.