Hang Rai Beach is being “awakened” as more and more tourists are determined to stop here during their Ninh Thuan tour. Especially during the rough sea season from November to February, it is the ideal time to visit and a good opportunity to take unique and beautiful photos of the waves and the green moss covering the ancient coral reefs. Here, you will have many wonderful photos.
Looking at the magical and mysterious image of moss and waves blending together in Hang Rai, you will be amazed by the masterpiece of nature. The moss growing on the corals appearing under the clear water, from afar, looks like giant green jade blocks, extremely unique.
The most impressive moment is at dawn, the red sun on the distant horizon begins to awaken the full vitality of Hang Rai. The green moss layer after a night of sleep seems to rise up with the first rays of sunlight. The sea water changes color magically with the sunlight. The steep cliffs stand out against the blue sky. The higher the sun rises, the clearer the sea surface looks like floating clouds.
Below are some indispensable experiences when traveling to Hang Rai - Ninh Thuan:
Explore the stone park
Because this place used to be inhabited by many otters, the name Otter Cave also originates from there. The stone park is a skillful arrangement of hundreds of large and small stones, creating beautiful shapes, caves just enough for one person to crawl through or steep cliffs that test your courage. Exploring the stone park, you will admire the majesty of the sea and mountains, and see the panoramic view of the ancient coral reef from above.
“Check in on Mars coral reef”
In Hang Rai, this will become completely normal. The “Mars” mentioned is the sacred ancient coral reef. Due to geological formations over millions of years, the ancient coral reef has emerged in a large area that tourists often jokingly call “Mars” or “Moon”. With a concave and convex terrain forming many diverse shapes, in some places the rocks are pointed up to 30 cm high, ready to injure any careless tourist, in other places they are concave into round holes, sparkling with interesting salt crystals.
Soak in the natural pools
Right at the foot of the ancient coral reef is another layer of ancient coral reef at sea level. This is also the feature that attracts many tourists to Hang Rai. When waves hit the reef, water overflows inside, the slope of the rock causes the water to flow back down to the sea, creating extremely strange waterfalls. Many people call this strange phenomenon "waterfall on the sea" and Hang Rai is the only place with this phenomenon.
Heart-shaped rock niches are sought after by many young people. (Photo: Minh Triet)
The rock cavities accidentally become natural swimming pools that are both safe and cool for anyone who cannot resist the charm of Hang Rai.
Camping to watch the sunrise and sunset
The best time to see Hang Rai is at dawn, but the sunrise here is quite early, around 5:30 am. So camping overnight in Hang Rai is also an interesting thing that you should try once. When dawn just appears, the horizon turns pink, shining the first rays of sunlight on the "waterfall on the sea", making the scene even more magical.
This is the time that professional photographers and bride and groom couples love.
Visit the sea turtle sanctuary
Photo: Viet Phuong
Hang Rai belongs to Nui Chua National Park, which is also one of the nature reserves of Vietnam. Every year, sea turtles come to reproduce, although not as many as Con Dao, but the number of individuals can be up to dozens. Sea turtles are a rare animal, listed as endangered and currently protected by international nature conservation organizations.
Photo: Minh Triet
Coming to Hang Rai, you will learn more information about sea turtles, about the protection work when turtles reproduce. In addition, if you are lucky, you can also see turtles over 30 years old being rescued here, hand-feed them with seaweed provided by the national park management board. It will be a memorable experience and increase awareness about turtle conservation in particular and wildlife in general.
Lost in Thai An Vineyard
When you come to Hang Rai, you must definitely visit the vineyards along the way. You can visit and take pictures as much as you want, eat ripe grapes right in the garden, try grape wine, grape juice and learn about the grape growing process, all for free. You only pay when you buy grapes to take home at an extremely cheap price.
Photo: Thuy Duong
The price of grapes is usually around 20,000 - 30,000 VND/kg depending on your bargaining skills. Currently, tourism to Hang Rai has many services to meet all the needs of visitors such as accommodation, food, photography, so you do not need to prepare too much in advance.
