Hac Hai lagoon, an attractive lagoon tourism destination of Quang Binh

Hac Hai Lagoon, spanning Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts, is a famous lagoon area in Quang Binh. Hac Hai Lagoon is known as “Dau Mau vi pen/ Hac Hai vi nghien”. This place contains many cultural and historical values, along with shimmering and poetic scenery. Hac Hai Lagoon is gradually becoming an ideal tourist destination, attracting those who love to explore and experience.

Hac Hai Lagoon – New Destination of Quang Binh Tourism

Hac Hai Lagoon is about 20 kilometers from Dong Hoi town center next to National Highway 1A. There are many ways to approach this lagoon. However, to fully experience it, you should rent a boat to go along the lagoon as well as enjoy the cuisine and sleep in the tents in the lagoon.

Hac Hai lagoon has an area of ​​about 12km2, depth of 1.5-3m. Hac Hai lagoon is a brackish water area, with a salinity of 15-20%, so there are many aquatic species. Famous such as: shrimp, crab, goby, bream, Australian fish, fatty and sweet climbing fish, famous crab… Hundreds of households around Hac Hai lagoon specialize in fishing, providing Dong Hoi market with a large volume of aquatic products. Many aquatic products are transported to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Since 1991, when the My Trung saltwater dam was built downstream of Hac Hai, the lagoon was “sweetened” so aquatic products, moss, and sedge plants gradually decreased. Many households living on fishing here gradually left for the South to make a living.

Around Pha Hac Hai, there are many households growing rice, raising shrimp as well as other aquatic products. Especially, there are many species of birds coming to live and breed. Creating an attractive tourism chain for visitors to experience.

Video exploring Pha Hac Hai – Quang Binh Newspaper

In Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi of the Nguyen Dynasty, Hac Hai lagoon was described as follows: “14 miles north of Le Thuy district, there is a name called Thien Hai, also called Binh Ho… hundreds of rivers converge, all branches flow into it, called Hac Hai, to the northeast are overlapping sand dunes, to the northwest are thousands of mountains blocking the way, some places are deep and some are shallow, there is a very deep channel, boats traveling need to be careful of wind and waves; downstream joins My Huong river and flows into the sea”.

An Nam Chi records: “Thien Hai in Nha Nghi district, with vast blue waves, dense reeds, floating and sinking water birds, and gathering and scattering fishing boats, can be a place for sightseeing for a region.”

Le Thuy, Quang Ninh has “Mau Son as a pen, Hac Hai as an inkstone”. Being a land of learning, Quang Ninh district has 4 literary villages “literature, martial arts, ancient and modern”. Le Thuy also has many learning villages, and in every period there have been many famous scholars.

Currently, with the development of the tourism industry. Especially when Quang Binh has identified tourism as a key economic sector. Many households on the lagoons and travel companies in Quang Binh are starting to introduce Hac Hai lagoon experience tourism into tourism exploitation. The tourism products created create more jobs for people living on both sides of the lagoon, also creating many diverse products to develop Quang Binh tourism. In particular, it will develop a tourism chain in the South of the province. Combined with Suoi Bang, Hang Cha Loi, General Memorial House, Hoang Phuc Pagoda, cold water stream.