Capital
🏙️ Cao Bằng City
Known For
⭐ Bản Giốc Waterfall, limestone karst, ethnic minorities
Best Time
📅 Sep – Nov (post-monsoon, rice harvest golden season)
Locations in Cao Bằng — 7 found
⛰️ Angel Eye Mountain (God Eye Mountain)
Angel Eye Mountain - also known as God Eye Mountain or Núi Thủng - is a limeston…
🌿 Ban Gioc Waterfall
Bản Giốc is the largest waterfall on any national border in Southeast Asia - a 3…
🌿 Khau Cóc Chà Pass
Khau Cóc Chà Pass is one of the most dramatic mountain roads in Cao Bằng - a hig…
🌿 Nguom Ngao Cave
Nguom Ngao Cave - 'Tiger Cave' in the Tày language - is one of Vietnam's most sp…
📜 Pác Bó Historic Site
Pác Bó is where Hồ Chí Minh secretly returned to Vietnam from exile on February …
🌿 Phong Nặm Valley
Phong Nậm Valley is one of Cao Bằng's most beautiful hidden gems - a wide agricu…
🏞️ Thang Hen Lake
Thang Hen is a cluster of 36 interconnected karst lakes on a plateau 30km from C…
Local Food You Must Try
Vịt quay bảy vị
Whole roast duck marinated in seven spices including mắc mật, star anise, and galangal - the skin lacquers to a deep mahogany and shatters on bite, a Cao Bằng specialty distinct from any other Vietnamese roast duck
Bánh cóong phù
Steamed rice flour cakes filled with pork and fragrant herbs, wrapped in banana leaf - a Tày breakfast staple sold at Cao Bằng morning markets, eaten with chilli sauce and pickled vegetables
Bánh trứng kiến
Sticky rice cakes filled with black ant eggs harvested in spring - the eggs pop with a subtle sourness and rich flavour, a Tày seasonal delicacy eaten only in April and May when ant colonies are full
Lạp sườn
Air-dried highland sausage seasoned with mắc khén pepper, wild garlic, and rice wine - hung above the hearth for weeks until deeply smoky and chewy, sliced thin and eaten with sticky rice
Explore the region
🏔️ North Vietnam