🏞️ Lake📸 Tourist Attraction

Hoàn Kiếm Lake

Hanoi, Vietnam

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Overview

Water area in Hoàn Kiếm Ward. It lies in northern Vietnam, best visited in autumn or spring.

Why visit: City lakes that are the social heart of Hanoi and Da Lat, and forest lakes in the northern karst.

Things to do

›Walk or cycle the shoreline loop in the early morning
›Take a rowing boat out where they are offered
›Come at sunset for the light
›Look for the lakeside temples and pagodas

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Travel Information

Best time

October – April

Weather

Four distinct seasons — hot, wet summers of 30–35°C, a cool and damp winter dropping to 12–17°C that catches out visitors expecting the tropics, and a typhoon risk between July and September.

Entry fee

Usually free; boats ~₹200 – 800

Hours

Open access

Est. budget

₹200 – ₹1,500

Duration

1 – 3 hours

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