The province is famous for Pac Po Cave, Ban Gioc
Waterfall and Lenin Stream.

We came to Cao Bang in the late noon. The highlands
city was not too noisy as the Bac Giang River starts to roar in the early rainy
season. When we were there it was the dry season so there was silence.

Cao Bang  is
about 200 meters high above sea level but some areas of the province reaches
about 600 meters to 1,300 meters near the border.

After taking a lunch of wild pork and wild
vegetables, we headed to Pac Po Cave where we spent an entire day. The cave is
in a rugged rocky mountain, about 55 kilometers north of Cao Bang Township.

Pac Po means a mouth where hundreds of streams flow,
so the cave has many smaller limestone caverns and fresh streams. Uncle Ho
lived in one of the caverns. His cave is eight meters long and five meters wide
with many holes to let in sunlight and fresh air. Lit by one of these rays of
light was a large rock which the tour guide said was the bed and desk of Uncle
Ho.

Near the cave is Karl Marx Mountain and below the
mountain is a perfectly clear spring which the former President named Lenin. In
front of the cave is a 1,000 square meter yard that is shaded by old trees.

Leaving Pac Po Cave to return to Cao Bang Township, we
came to Ban Gioc Waterfall in Dam Thuy Commune early in the morning next day.
The roar of the water hitting the cliffs could be heard kilometers away. We had
heard it in Trung Khanh so we were keen to see it.

Rafts cruised under the thirty meter tall waterfall
that divides into three. At the foot of the falls is a large river, as smooth
as glass, lined by different flowers.

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