Hang Trong Cave also known as Drum Cave – The most beautiful cave in Ha Long Bay.

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Hang Trong

Halong Bay


Hang Trong has wide-arched entrances on either side and a ceiling clustered with stalactites. It's so named because when the wind blows through its stalactites, the effect resembles the sound of distant drumbeats.


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