Nodes in Ben Beo Harbour

Located in the sleepy harbor town of Ben Beo overlooking the harbor.

Diverse climbing with multiple cruxes.

Tough start (consider stick-clipping). Then comes the hard stuff.

Small holds lead to a great rest in a cave. Then the tough stuff begins.

A paucity of small holds leads to a nice rest, though well before the cruxy dynamic roof!

Crux passing the third bolt, as well as through the roof. Climbing to the lower anchors goes at 6b+.

6a+ climbing to the lower anchors before a powerful roof.

Furthest right route. Begin on a sharp slab and work towards a rest before a powerful roof.

Rock Climbing in this area is more tolerated than actually allowed, for this reason we ask everyone to treat the situation with a large amount of respect.

Climbing on the Island: Apart from needing passes from the local climbing companies, or paying a small fee to the local land owners apon arrival to climb, there is no other large access issues on land.

Climbing or DWS within Ha Long / Lan Ha Bay: This brings many more difficulties. climbing within Ha Long Bay remains illegal, and the harbour police do enforce often, this means climbing at 'The Face' or DWS at 'Le MeKong' is a challenge, and although someclimbers have managed to get there with no issues, others have been swiftly moved on by the harbour police in the bay. Boat drivers leaving Cat Ba island to go to Ha Long Bay (The Face etc.) also risk loosing their boats.

Please respect that this is a situation that local people are working on changing, and also please DO NOT BRIBE officials, some have tried this in the past, and it sets a bad president that will lead to more complications as time goes on.