Nui Coc Lake - The watercolor painting landscape of the lake

The famous song of Pho Duc Phuong, which many Vietnamese know by heart, is the legend of Nui Coc Lake. A sweet song tells about the mysterious legend of a romantic but tragic love story between a girl named Cong and a boy named Coc. Besides the legendary beauty, Nui Coc Lake is well known for its picturesque scenery. Nui Coc Lake, the man-made lake with the area of 25km2, 23m in depth, located in Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen and it lies in magnificent landscapes of a northern area. The lake is surrounded by mountains and includes 89 islands. The tourism Zone of Nui Coc Lake covers a large mountainous area with natural landscape and exciting entertainment areas. Nui Coc tourism area is divided into two parts: the north and the south of the lake. Visiting the north of the lake, tourists can explore natural beauty of the lake, islands, and mountains as well as enjoy the region’s specialties and take part in entertainment activities.

Many beautiful caves are waiting to be explored such as Legendary Palace, Three Pine Trees and Fairy Tale World. Some parks such as water park, Crocodile Park. A special highlight is the water music display. Visitors are very interested in seeing waters from fountains in the lake dance to melodies of the songs. Besides, visitors can choose to purchase thousands of products of over 90 traditional villages in the country.
Other activity, which attracts a larger number of visitors, is Island travel. Tourism can visit Co Island where many kinds of birds and storks live. Especially, exploring overall Nui Coc Lake on a boat will give tourists many new feelings. Visitor can refresh with entertainment or go fishing on the lake.

The southern zone of Nui Coc Lake shows all kinds of services and a busy tourism zone which can meet diverse needs of tourists. From here, you can see the varsity of the lake. These are also the famous tea regions of Thai Nguyen with the immense green tea hills stretching from Tan Cuong to Phuc Triu, Thinh Đan. The sweet flavor of Thai Nguyen tea makes anyone who has tasted will never forget it. What should not be missed is the region’s specialties such as shrimp, trench bream, bamboo rats…. They have become an indispensable part of Nui Coc tourism area.
Currently, infrastructure facilities in Nui Coc tourism area have been built to diverse needs of tourists. There are many hotels and guesthouses for tourists who want to stay overnight such as Huong Co, Thai Duong hotels. Restaurants with the best services and the abundant menu will give delicious meals in the fresh atmosphere.
It is hard to find a place which has both natural beauty of mountain and lake, and modern beauty of entertainment zone. Because of this reason, Nui Coc tourism zone is an attractive destination that tourists could not miss.