Whisper of Nature

Cat Ba Island


Whisper of Nature is a simple place where nature lovers can kick back and enjoy some downtime, or engage in hiking and swimming. Little concrete-and-thatch bungalows are set on the edge of the forest in the centre of Cat Ba Island. Getting here is an adventure in itself, with a boat ride from Ben Beo and then a 4km bicycle ride.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Cat Ba Island attractions

1. Hospital Cave

2.66 MILES

Hospital Cave served both as a secret bomb-proof hospital during the American War and as a safe house for Viet Cong (VC) leaders. Built between 1963 and…

2. Trung Trang Cave

2.94 MILES

Within Cat Ba National Park but accessed from a separate roadside entrance 2km north of Hospital Cave, the multi-chambered Trung Trang Cave is fun to…

3. Cat Ba National Park

3.31 MILES

Cat Ba's beautiful national park is home to 32 species of mammal, including most of the world's 65 remaining golden-headed langurs, the world's most…

4. Hang Sung Sot

4.24 MILES

The popular Hang Sung Sot has three vast chambers – in the second there’s a pink-lit rock phallus unsurprisingly regarded as a fertility symbol. Even less…

5. Lan Ha Bay

4.34 MILES

Lying to the south of Halong Bay off the north-eastern coast of Vietnam, the 300-or-so karst islands and limestone outcrops of Lan Ha are just as…

6. Hang Trong

4.45 MILES

Hang Trong has wide-arched entrances on either side and a ceiling clustered with stalactites. It's so named because when the wind blows through its…

7. Cat Ba Market

5.3 MILES

The market at the northern end of Cat Ba Town's harbour is a scruffy local affair with twitching crabs, jumbo shrimp and pyramids of fresh fruit.

8. Ho Chi Minh Monument

5.45 MILES

This monument stands up on imaginatively named Mountain No 1, the hillock opposite the pier in Cat Ba Town.