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Luồn Grotto
Situated
on Bồ Hòn Island, 14 km
south of Bãi Cháy Beach
is the Luồn Grotto. In front of the grotto is Con Rùa Islet, and
the Sky Gate is on the right. Here the cliffs stretch vertically
out of the pure blue and smooth water. At the water-level, an
arched entrance leads to the grotto, just at the base of the
island. Passing through the pretty entrance, you come across a
tranquil round lake, surrounded by luxuriant trees and high
dangerous stone walls. Monkeys run to and fro in groups, benjamin
fig trees shade the landscape and many orchids hang their
sweet-scented flowers. In the lake, many species abound: shrimp,
fish, crab and cuttle-fish.
This
is an enclosed group of islands. It connects with the sea via a
4-meter-wide, 100-meter-long, and 3-meter-high mouth. Inside the
grotto, the 1-km2 brackish lake is surrounded by
mountains. On the cliff one still find traces of fossils of
fresh-water snails, which prove that men used to live there and
this must have been a deep valley then.
The
beauty of the site, is the mingling of a number of factors: the
mountain's size and form, the colour of the water and the clouds.
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