Cam Ranh Bay was voted as one of the ten most beautiful bays in Vietnam. Located 60km south of Nha Trang city (Khanh Hoa), Cam Ranh Bay stretches like a enchantingly beautiful strip of deep blue silk. When traveling to Cam Ranh, in addition to admiring the beautiful wild beauty of nature, immersing yourself in beaches such as Bai Dai, Binh Hung Beach, Binh Tien or traveling to Binh Ba Island, Binh Hung can also Enjoy fresh seafood, especially the famous lobster dish from all over the world.
During the journey to Cam Ranh, tourists should visit Bai Dai. The beach is about 25km from Nha Trang, located between Cam Ranh airport and Nha Trang city, so it is very convenient for people to visit. Visitors can follow Highway 1A, turn onto the road to Cam Ranh airport, continue about 12km, you will meet a dirt road and go about 200m further you will see the beach. Although it is called Bai Dai, the length of the beach is only about 1km. The sand here is smooth, the sea is very clean and especially there is not much impact from human hands.
VEHICLES
To get to Cam Ranh you can choose many means of transport such as bus, train or plane. When traveling by bus, you should choose reputable bus companies such as Phuong Trang and Mai Linh that have very comfortable and convenient beds, especially when you travel at night. If you go by train, you should choose the TN2 train to Nga Ba Station (Cam Ranh) then get off. From here to the center about 5km, you can call a Mai Linh taxi to get to the hotel. When choosing air transportation, you should book early to get good prices and save costs. You should register for emails with airlines to receive emails about good prices or promotional ticket sales hours. From Cam Ranh airport to the center is about 17km.
From Hanoi and Da Nang, you should choose to travel by plane to save time, while in the Western region you must travel to Ho Chi Minh City first, then connect to Cam Ranh.
Which season should you go to Cam Ranh?
The ideal time to go to Cam Ranh is from February to August, because during this time the waves are calm, the sea is calm, there is no rain, and the sky is especially clear and sunny, so diving to see coral will be great.
ATTRACTIONS WHEN TRAVELING TO CAM RANH
1. Binh Ba Island – Not only LOBSTER
With fresh sea views, Binh Ba has become a reliable stopover for many young people to avoid the heat during this holiday and summer. The island is located offshore, so you have to buy a boat ticket to dock at this lobster island. Currently, Binh Ba is considered a military island. Therefore, when traveling here, you need to prepare complete identification documents in case of strict control.
Binh Ba not only has clear seascapes with colorful coral reefs at the bottom. Coming here, you can freely enjoy the beautiful scenery from mausoleums, Guanyin Buddha statues to natural beaches stretching in succession such as Nom beach, Chuong beach, Nha Cu beach,... You can visit Check out the Binh Ba tour, one of the tours you should join when coming to Cam Ranh.
Bai Nom is the most accessible beach on Binh Ba island because of its location near the residential area. The beach is nestled between two separating mountains that block the wind, giving the beach a peaceful beauty, suitable for relaxation and fun activities on the beach. Besides, if you want to scuba dive to see corals and other marine creatures, Chuong beach will be the perfect answer for this trip to Binh Ba. And if you want to enjoy a specialty called sea urchin along with sea views and long white sand beaches, Nha Cu beach promises to satisfy even the most demanding "gods".
2. Bai Dai - Paradise stopover
Bai Dai is located in Cam Hai Dong commune, Cam Lam district, go along Highway 1A and turn towards Cam Ranh airport for more than 10km and you will encounter this fresh natural beach. Quite contrary to its name, Long beach is not long at all, with a length of only about 1km. However, this place is still trusted by tourists every time they come to Cam Ranh because of the white sand sea and undulating sand dunes that look like scenes in a painting, making visitors freely enjoy the beautiful scenery.
3. Binh Lap - Dreamy mornings watching the sea and sky
Binh Lap is a new name that has been mentioned quite often recently and is also compared to a miniature Maldives paradise of Vietnam. Unlike Binh Ba lobster island, where you have to take a boat to dock, to Binh Lap you just need to ride a motorbike or rent a car to go to the place to travel and visit. The beach still retains its wild nature because not many tourists know about it. At the end of the road leading to Binh Lap will be Tau Be village - where the largest concentration of fishermen lives in this area.
4. Binh Hung - Rough jade is gradually becoming brighter
Binh Hung is located in the deep water port area of Cam Ranh, Cam Binh commune. Coming here in the summer or the first 6 months of the year is the best time, because in the last months of the year the sea is rough and there are storms. If you depart from Binh Ba beach, it only takes about 1 hour by train to get to Binh Hung beach. Egg Beach, San Beach, Ong Gia Beach, Hon Chuoi,... are beaches that you should try to visit once if you come to Binh Hung.
Binh Hung is also known as Chut island or Ty island depending on the local people. In addition to the sea view, you can also conquer the towering lighthouse to get a panoramic view of Binh Hung's sea and sky in one glance. If you are a follower of Buddha, you will probably enjoy the peaceful scenery at Ba Temple, Binh Hung Pagoda, and Mr. Nam Hai's mausoleum. Binh Hung beach is clear, some parts have challenging cliffs, giving visitors the feeling of wanting to be conquered.
WHERE TO STAY WHEN GOING TO TRAVEL TO CAM RANH?
Cam Ranh town is quite small, so finding a place to stay is not very difficult. On Street No. 2 right in the center of Cam Ranh, there are two large, airy hotels with quiet premises and prices from 80,000 VND - 140,000 VND/double room/day, air-conditioned. You can also find hotels located along National Highway 1. If your budget is smaller, you can visit other motels or motels, priced from 40,000 VND - 50,000 VND/room. Although there is no air conditioning, it is clean and has an electric fan.
CUISINE IN CAM RANH
Snails + sweet soup + grilled spring rolls: The dining area located opposite the martyrs' monument right in the center of town has many delicious and cheap dishes. Cam Ranh has a few very unique dishes such as pork intestine cake (many shops along 22/8 street and a famous shop near coffee 61. Price: 4,000 VND/plate); rice flour soup about 2,000 VND/bowl…
Late night snack: banh can filled with squid, shrimp, beef, eggs, served with Cam Ranh's own fish sauce or fish sauce. Price is 5,000 VND/plate of 10 pieces, you can find them on every sidewalk.
Seafood is at Ngoc Suong restaurant, Nhuan restaurant, Hai Chau restaurant or Linh Anh restaurant (if you go to the above restaurants, you should enjoy the green banana eel dish, very delicious).
In addition, Cam Ranh is also famous for many other specialties.
Tidal blood cockle
Blood cockles are classified into 6 famous specialties of Khanh Hoa: "Hon Noi bird's nest, Ninh Hoa wading duck, Binh Ba lobster, Dien Khanh dried deer, Vo Canh fish, Thuy Trieu blood cockles".
Thuy Trieu Lagoon is a large lagoon located in the north of Cam Ranh Bay. In this lagoon, there is a famous blood cockle, ranked on par with O Loan lagoon blood cockle (Phu Yen) and Tam Giang blood cockle (Thua Thien Hue).
As soon as the tide fell, people living around the lagoon gathered to catch blood cockles. Just wade through the newly drained mud, step on the oyster, use two toes to grip it and pick it up and put it in the hole. To catch faster, people often use a small hand rake to gently scratch the mud on the surface to catch blood cockles. In just over an hour, you will have the necessary amount of clams to prepare delicious dishes.
Chicken only Cam Ranh
“Cam Ranh chicken” is also known as chicken of choice. There are many shops selling this form of chicken buffet, but if you only eat chicken in Cam Ranh, you must go to the shops in Cam Thuan ward. The garden house is spacious and airy, the trees are green and cool, and guests can even lie down in hammocks that swing between the trees in the garden. Depending on the experience and taste of the restaurant owner, delicious chicken is different from restaurant to restaurant, but in general, delicious chicken is soft, fresh, and richly sweet.
Boiled hens become soft quickly, while roosters are heavy and have hard bones, so they are often eaten grilled. Whichever fish the customer points out, the shop owner catches. The kitchen quickly cut the blood and hair on the spot. The chicken is already delicious because it is "fresh" after many selections, so it doesn't need to be complicated to prepare and it's still delicious. Just a few simple dishes such as steamed chicken, grilled, cooked with giang leaves, boiled, squeezed salad, fried with fish sauce, cooked porridge...
After grilled chicken, there is usually boiled chicken and finally hot pot. The gas stove is waiting with the pot. The waiter will open bottles of carbonated mineral water and pour it into the pot to cook the chicken because cooking with mineral water makes the meat softer and more delicious. A tray of chicken and a basket of giang leaves are also available, guests can cook it themselves or be served by restaurant staff. Fried chicken with fish sauce is also a special delicacy. The chicken pieces are crispy yet soft, rich in the sweet aroma of meat and spices! Stir-fried chicken with lemongrass and chili is also another rich rustic dish.
With its delicious reputation spreading far and wide, Cam Ranh chicken has now become a local brand.
Cam Ranh sand worm
Sea worms, which are sea worms, are larger than earth worms, more beautiful and live in coastal sand dunes (where the river and sea meet). The discovery of sea worms as a dish for the coastal people of Cam Ranh, Khanh Hoa started just for the purpose of drinking for fun. Unexpectedly, after that, this dish was rumored far and wide by drinkers, and restaurants came to find places to order it. So up to now, the price of each kilogram of sea worms has reached 70,000 VND, and a plate of sea worms is also 30,000 VND.
Mango Cake
This type of cake is prepared very simply. People choose ripe mangoes, wash them, peel them off, rub them vigorously in a basket with small holes, catch the mango juice flowing into the barrel, and remove the seeds. Next, they take mango juice and put it in a pot on the stove. Boil it while stirring regularly to avoid burning. Cook until boiling, the mixture is thick. Then they spread a piece of plastic on a steamer, sieve or sieve, add the mango juice mixture, and coat thinly. Finally, let it dry in the sun until it's not sticky to the touch. Mango rice paper is one of the specialties not to be missed when traveling to Cam Ranh
Try coming to Cam Ranh once to feel the unforgettable impressions of a bay that is strongly rising in the sun and wind of Khanh Hoa.
In the evening, you can visit the dining area located opposite the martyrs' monument to enjoy delicious and cheap dishes such as snails, sweet soup, and grilled spring rolls. And when taking a tour to visit Binh Ba or Binh Hung islands, you should not miss the famous lobster dish because of its freshness, firm meat and fragrant aroma when grilled or steamed. The dishes are equally unique that rafters on the island often make such as grilled sea urchins with eggs, rice paper rolls with squid, fish, pork, cobia hotpot or ta pi lu hotpot and snails.
WHAT TO BUY AS GIFTS FROM CAM RANHTOURISM?
Mango cake is considered a specialty in Cam Ranh that not every region can make. The sour and sweet taste of mango combined with the aroma and spicy taste of ginger has created an extremely attractive dish. In addition, you can buy dried fish and squid as gifts for relatives when coming to this beautiful sea.
Things to note:
If you go to Binh Ba Island, please note that this place does not allow foreign guests and overseas Vietnamese to enter the island. In Binh Hung, foreigners and overseas Vietnamese are not allowed to visit the Light Tower. You should not go to Binh Ba during the stormy months in the Central region (September - December) because at this time the waves and winds are strong, the border guards do not allow canoes, only boats, so the time to get to the island is quite far and tiring. , especially uncomfortable for those who are seasick. If it rains heavily, the boat may not be allowed to sail, so if you go during this time, change direction to Binh Hung Island.
Hopefully some of the above sharing about traveling to Cam Ranh will help you plan for yourself the most perfect trip to Cam Ranh. Wishing you a vacation filled with joy!!!
