Dong Nai is not only a main financial hub identified for its industrial power, but in addition boasts vibrant tradition and scenic landscapes, together with forests, waterfalls, and lakes, located about 91 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh Metropolis.
The 48-hour journey is beneficial with insights from Ngoc Tram, an area tour information.
DAY 1
Start your journey from Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, a mere 30-minute drive alongside the Hanoi Freeway and Nationwide Freeway 1K, to succeed in the capital of Dong Nai Province, Bien Hoa Metropolis, located alongside the Dong Nai River.
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Cu Lao Pho Island within the central a part of Bien Hoa Metropolis. Picture by VnExpress/Phuoc Tuan |
For breakfast, strive native favorites like bun bo (beef noodle soup) at Sen Vang, hu tieu (pork and prawn clear noodle soup) at Phuoc Nguyen, pho at Tu Hai, banh canh (thick noodle soup) at Xuan Hoa, or bun moc (pork ball noodle soup) at Ho Nai, priced from VND30,000 to VND60,000 ($1.20 to $2.50).
Alternatively, get pleasure from breakfast and occasional by the Dong Nai River on Cach Mang Thang Tam Avenue, the place you would possibly catch fishermen casting nets underneath Ghenh Bridge.
Vacationers can begin exploring Cu Lao Pho Island within the middle of Bien Hoa Metropolis, which homes historic relics just like the Nguyen Huu Canh Temple, Ong Pagoda, and Dai Giac Pagoda, every with a historical past of over 300 years. These websites are linked to the area’s historic beginnings.
Subsequent on the journey is the Tran Bien Temple of Literature, acknowledged because the oldest Confucian temple in Dong Nai Province.
Following that, there’s the Buu Lengthy Vacationer Space, also known as “Ha Lengthy Bay on land.” Lastly, uncover the historic Buu Phong Pagoda, with a historical past spanning almost 400 years.
Transfer upstream to Dong Nai, and discover Tan Trieu Island in Tan Binh Commune, Vinh Cuu District, situated roughly 8 kilometers from Bien Hoa. Tan Trieu is understood for its pomelo village.
At Tan Trieu Island, there are quite a few riverside eating places the place guests can go for lunch. Moreover, guests have the choice to pick a leaf hut located beside Tan Trieu Canal. This permits them to get pleasure from lunch in a picturesque setting and discover the close by pomelo backyard.
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A serving of pomelo salad contains pomelo fruit mixed with prawns, accompanied by prawn crackers. Picture by VnExpress/Dang Ninh |
The favored dishes amongst vacationers embody pomelo salad, steamed rooster with pomelo, and fried sticky rice. The pomelo salad options ripe pomelo, river shrimp, pork stomach, roasted peanuts, coriander, with a mix of candy, bitter, and salty flavors from spices.
The fried sticky rice is ready by pounding the rice, stuffing it with sugar and inexperienced beans, after which frying it.
One other lunch choice prompt by Tram is Tan Mai rafting village, which presents fish salad and goby hotpot that includes freshwater prawns from the Dong Nai River.
After having lunch at Tan Trieu Island, guests can discover the Dong Nai Cultural Nature Reserve, which incorporates Struggle Zone D – a navy base space used in the course of the Vietnam Struggle – in Ma Da Forest. Actions corresponding to strolling underneath the forest cover or biking are beneficial.
Noteworthy websites throughout the reserve embody the leaders’ workplace constructing, adorned with a roof lined in leaves, a tunnel system, and an underground bamboo vent range. This range, referred to as Hoang Cam, was utilized to disperse cooking smoke, making it tough for enemy planes to detect troopers’ positions.
Relics from the Jap Area Get together Committee and the Central Committee of the Central Workplace for South Vietnam are vital historic websites located on the battlefield of Struggle Zone D. These relics bear witness to the 2 intervals of resistance towards the French and the Individuals.
Guests have the choice to camp in a single day by Tri An Lake, with companies priced between VND800,000 to VND1.8 million ($32 to $74) per individual, inclusive of dinner and a tenting BBQ.
Alternatively, they will take a canoe to O Dong Truong Island in the course of the lake for VND150,000 per individual spherical journey. The world presents varied leisure companies, together with bicycle and electrical automotive leases across the island.
For these preferring in a single day rooms, costs vary from VND900,000 to VND1.5 million for a 3-star normal room. This lodging permits guests to get pleasure from nature amid cool forests and lakes.
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Guests cross a stream at a backyard home in Lengthy Khanh Metropolis, carrying bunches of rambutan, a Dong Nai specialty. Picture by VnExpress/Lo Van Hop |
DAY 2
Vacationers can get up to the fantastic thing about a lakeside dawn in crisp climate. The campsite gives a pot of rooster porridge as a substitute for the standard metropolis breakfast. Alternatively, guests have the choice to enterprise into Vinh An City for a style of snakehead fish thick noodle soup banh canh ca loc.
After breakfast, vacationers drive north to discover fruit gardens in Lengthy Khanh Metropolis, identified for its inexperienced growth and fruit gardens supporting eco-tourism. Touring to Xuan Lap Commune in Binh Loc in the course of the fruit season permits guests to choose and luxuriate in quite a lot of fruits like rambutan, mangosteen, durian, jackfruit, and guava.
In Lengthy Khanh, sights embody the Cu Thach Grasp Gon Tomb , Suoi Tre Park, villas, and websites reflecting the leisurely way of life of the Southeast area. The Cu Thach Grasp Gon Tomb stands out as an distinctive relic, showcasing the creative and technical prowess of historic Vietnamese individuals.
Between November and March gives a scenic journey by means of vibrant rubber forests with leaves altering to vivid purple hues, particularly in places like Grasp Gon, Suoi Tre, and Xuan Que.
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The winter and spring seasons in Lengthy Khanh Metropolis are marked by the altering shade of rubber tree leaves. Picture by VnExpress/Lo Van Hop |
Round midday, guests can get pleasure from lunch at Nui Le Lake in Gia Ray City, Xuan Loc District, after which discover Chua Chan Mountain.
They’ll attain the mountain both by cable automotive or on foot, with round-trip cable automotive tickets priced at VND160,000 ($6), a handy choice for these with restricted time.
Climbing actively takes roughly 2 hours. Chua Chan Mountain, the second-highest peak within the southeast area after Ba Den Mountain. The mountain has an arc form with three peaks, masking 1,400 hectares. It serves because the supply for 4 streams, sustaining cool water year-round.
On Chua Chan Mountain, notable options embody the well-known banyan tree with three roots, together with Buu Quang Pagoda, Lam Son Pagoda, Linh Son Pagoda, the previous trip home of the French governor, and King Bao Dai’s tea backyard, forming a picturesque advanced.
If guests select to journey by street, they will take pleasure in specialty dishes like banh xeo – crispy pancakes and cassava desserts, bought by locals at cheap costs.
Within the afternoon, vacationers return to Ho Chi Minh Metropolis by way of Phan Thiet – Dau Giay and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis – Lengthy Thanh – Dau Giay expressways, taking about an hour.
For alternate options, these heading to Chua Chan Mountain can discover further sights like Ba Chong Rock in Dinh Quan District, Cat Tien Nationwide Park, and the most important bat collapse Southeast Asia bordering Dinh Quan and Tan Phu districts.
Cat Tien Nationwide Park presents sights such because the sky waterfall, alternatives to interact in wildlife commentary in the course of the nighttime, and discover Ta Lai Longhouse, the primary eco-tourism mission by the World Broad Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam. Situated in Ta Lai Commune, Tan Phu District, the home is product of wooden and bamboo, with a leafy roof and wood ground, mimicking houses of the Chau Ma ethnic group.
Different appropriate vacationer areas embody mango backyard in Bien Hoa Metropolis, Giang Dien Waterfall in Trang Bom District, Mo River in Dinh Quan District, and the Golden Scorpion Ecological Vacationer Space in Nhon Trach District. These excited about exploring Bien Hoa at night time can stroll round Bien Hung night time market and Nguyen Van Tri riverbank park.
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Fried sticky rice is usually eaten with grilled rooster. Picture by VnExpress/Dang Ninh |