Thứ Hai, 30 tháng 12, 2019

Dai Nam Park travel guide for a quick escape on the weekend

I. About Dai Nam Park

1. Basic information

Dai Nam Park or Lac Canh Dai Nam Van Hien is known for its breathtaking scenery and great buildings currently located in Thu Dau Mot City – Binh Duong. This is a complex of large works such as temples, walls, hotels, mountains, rivers, zoos, zoos, amusement parks, squares, … with a total area of ​​over 700 hectares.

Dai Nam tourist area is a convergence of national records such as The largest temple, the longest hotel, mountains, rivers, the longest artificial, the largest artificial sea, the largest square, the zoo has many of the rarest and most expensive. There are wooden carvings on each door, depicting the victory against foreign invaders throughout the four thousand years of heroic history.

Address: Hiep An, Thu Dau Mot Town, Binh Duong Province
Entrance tickets are VND 25,000 – VND 50,000 (free for children under 1m).
Opening times: 8.00 – 17.00 (Mon – Fri)/ 8.00 – 18.00 (Sat & Sun)

What makes Dai Nam park special?

  •  Crap and fake theme park
  •  More for families and kids
  •  All in one amusement park, temple, and zoo
  •  Huge, extraordinary, a good place for your spiritual life
  •  Good variety of things to do

2. A first look at Dai Nam Park

Dai Nam park embraces a lot of records in Vietnam including:

  • The tourism area with the largest area in Vietnam (450ha), including mountains, rivers, lakes and the sea covers an entire tourist area. 
  • The enclosing wall is attached to a system of 13.5 km long hotel with 5,000 rooms, now this area is only partially built, and after the construction is completed, it is repaired to be registered Vietnam record. 
  • The flagpole depicting the architecture of Co Loa Thanh is shaped like a 9m high lotus, which can be considered to be the highest flagpole in Vietnam. 
  • Dai Nam Temple with a width of 5,000m² is built according to ancient architecture is regarded as the largest temple today. 
  • Bao Son or Ngu Hanh Son mountain in the Dai Nam tourist area is 250 meters long, including 5 tops: Kim, Moc, Thuy, Hoa, Tho and the central mountain of 65.8 meters high is the largest artificial mountain in Vietnam (up to the time current score). 
  • The 22-hectare artificial sea is considered to be the largest artificial sea in Vietnam with wave-forming equipment and seawater with stable concentrations like real seawater, serving more than 30,000 visitors to have fun. The coastline is 30m long, fine white sand, 1.6m high wave column, and the technology is transferred by Sweden. 
  • The zoo has many white animals in Vietnam: with a rich collection of many kinds of animals, especially rare and precious animals such as white lions, white tigers, white peacocks, etc. 
  • The roller coaster has the longest track in Vietnam.
Dai Nam Park
Source: Dannis Dahl – Flickr

3. How to arrive in Dai Nam Park?

It is about 35km from Saigon to Dai Nam Park, so you can move here by motorbike, car. Starting from Saigon, you go to Binh Trieu Bridge, then follow Highway 13 to Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong, then go a little further to see the road to Dai Nam tourist area.

+ By car/ taxi ( about 600,000VND or 30$)
+ By bus from Ben Thanh Bus Station, take bus No. 616 (VND 25,000/person)

4. Admission fee

Game admission tickets: VND 20,000 – VND 70,000.
Open Zoo entrance tickets: VND 20,000 – VND 40,000
Dai Nam Beach tickets: VND 30,000 – VND 50,000.
This can be reduced to VND 140,000 and VND 75,000 if tourists purchase a ticket combo. 

Transporting in the park includes cars and a bicycle. Cars (which can carry 5 – 15 people) cost VND 200,000 in the first hour and half the price for each next hour. Renting fee for bicycles is VND 60,000 per hour. 

DISCOVER NOW!

II. What to explore in Dai Nam Park?

1. Open Zoo

Dai Nam Zoo is the first open zoo in Vietnam. Here the animals are not confined in the barn but are released in the captive campus, separated from the visitors by streams and trees. Large and cool open zoo with a 12.5-hectare campus, with 100 animals like white lion, white rhino, white tiger, white peacock, zebra, leopard tortoise, giraffe, hippopotamus, Indochinese tiger, South American squirrel monkey, Fire leopard, Nai Coffee tong, Hong Hoang, Antelope horned sword will be amazing. Small zoo is locked and separated by glass panels.

Dai Nam Park
Source: taxisanbaygiare

2. Bao Son mountain 

Bao Son mountain range of 5 continuous mountains of 65.8m high and 250m long, considered to be the highest artificial mountain range in Vietnam. The mountain has a towering stupa towering in a beautiful poem and the stream is murmuring. Inside the Bao Son range, here come a miniature Vietnamese construction and the Bodhisattvas, Maitreya, etc. surrounded by the long golden dragon surrounded in Bao Dinh Giang stream. 

Dai Nam Park
Source: giaoduc.net

3. Dai Nam Amusement Park

This amusement park will be an exciting experience, especially for your kids as it also embraces a lot of records.

  • Speeding train: the fastest version of the roller coaster with the longest tracks in Vietnam. 
  • F1 Racing: the only racing game of Vietnam similar to that of Thailand. Unlike conventional electric racing, it has difficulty and the slope and speed are quite high, causing thrills and fun like the real thing.
  • Dinosaur egg game
  • The Decentralized Zone is a newly opened construction of a tourist area that simulates 12 periods of national construction in Vietnam, built majestic and large. Guests will be adventurous in cases with lifelike dolls.
  • 4D cinema: Just like Suoi Tien’s cosmic bag, the movie 4D of Lac Canh Dai Nam is built bigger inside the capital. The fourth dimension is the feeling to help guests feel real. The program you choose: Journey to explore the ancient world, Visiting the galaxy, Saving the princess in the magic lamp, etc.
  • Boat collision: A game where visitors engage in fighting by boat crashing, surfing on the water and controlling their boat. The crash boat was built on a rather strange fog lake. On the lake, there is also a fog cafe for visitors to sip coffee and watch the boat touch and watch the ancient castle.
  • Snow world: Vietnam’s only snow game model at 3-5 degrees to enjoy some games such as skiing, snowmaking, and playing in the snowy space.
  • Ngu Lan palace – 18 floors of hell: This is a Buddhist imitative work on reincarnation, bringing visitors to explore hell through 18 gates. 
  • Cable-stayed Ferris wheel: Cable carousel has two types: Single swinging rope swing and swinging on its beast, these two games are similar to Vinpearland – Nha Trang.
  • Explore the Amazon jungle
  • Train upside down
  • Horizontal roller coaster – the similar game of Dam Sen, sleds across square tracks.
Dai Nam Park
Source: Celeb.vn

DISCOVER NOW!

III. Nearby attractions

1. Phu An Bamboo Village

Phu An bamboo village was started in 2004 in Phu An commune, Ben Cat district, Binh Duong and put into tourism since 2008. This is the first green bamboo ecosystem reserve in Vietnam and Southeast Asia with about 1,500 bamboo bushes with many different species, promising to bring nature lovers a lot of interesting things.

Dai Nam Park
Source: Oivietnam

Phu An Bamboo Village is a gathering place of more than 300 bamboo samples of 17 varieties, accounting for 90% of Vietnam’s special bamboo varieties. Among them are extremely rare varieties such as: Phyllostachys, Bambusa, Teinostachyum, spaghetti, yellow stripes, bamboo, etc.

Address: No. 124, Street 774, Phu An commune, Ben Cat district, Binh Duong province.
Phone: 0650-3 58 07 17
Website: ecobambou-phuan.org
Ticket price: 20,000 VND / person.

2. Phu Cuong Cathedral 

Phu Cuong Cathedral is considered to be the most beautiful architecture church and the largest holy buildings in a unique Gothic style in Binh Duong province, located on a high mound in the center of Thu Dau Mot city.

With the large campus, elegant colors, beautiful and fancy architecture, Phu Cuong Cathedral is not only a place for religious worshipers but also attracts many people to visit and take photos. 

Dai Nam Park
Source: nangluongsachvietnam

Discovering the beauty of Phu Cuong church, visitors can admire the architectural details and the spacious church campus with many small scenes and impressive greenery. Visitors can easily find a sense of peace when walking along the wide corridor, or the path to the cathedral winding in a charming atmosphere.

The auditorium surrounding the cathedral is equally impressive by the colorful doorways, refracting light as more shimmering and fanciful. In addition to the cathedral space, Phu Cuong church also has a row of houses with many different functions, serving the religious activities of the diocese including community study places, diocesan offices, libraries, rooms, etc.

Address: 104 Lac Long Quan Street, Phu Cuong Ward, Thu Dau Mot City.
Ticket: Free.

DISCOVER NOW!

3. Thuy Chau Tourism Park

With an area covering over 18 hectares, Thuy Chau Tourism Park with forests, rivers, artificial falls will help you temporarily escape the bustling space of the city and immerse yourself in a pure natural space.

Thuy Chau ecotourism area attracts both domestic and foreign tourists not only for their youthfulness, dynamism and also for exciting outdoor activities. The landscape includes many natural ecosystems like lifelike peaceful forests and rivers. Green space and poetic streams make you feel like you are in Dalat.

Dai Nam Park
Source: blog.adayroi

Thuy Chau Tourism Park also has a clean, spacious, and airy landscape so you can bring food and drinks to take an outdoor picnic, or organize a birthday party with your family or friends.

Not too far and not too expensive like many other tourist destinations in Saigon, Thuy Chau Park will be an appropriate choice for young people who love nature, like waving the area in cool water. Especially it is pretty cheap.

Address: 55 DT743C, Binh Thang Ward, Di An Town, Binh Duong.
Hotline: 0965 101 510 – 0948 447 262
Opening time: 8.00 – 16.00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Ticket: VND 80,000 / adult – 40,000 VND/ child from 1.2m to 1.4 m high.

IV. Some popular tours to explore Dai Nam Park by Luxury Travel

If you are still interested in Dai Nam Park Trip, contact us to design an adventure for yourself with useful advice from our enthusiastic local tourist guides or our tourism experts with years of experience.

We are proud that by choosing Luxury Travel LTD accompanied with your travels, you not only enjoy the perfect trips with the luxury quality but also have the opportunity to explore all the most outstanding of the Southeast Asian countries. 

For particular, if you are looking for Ho Chi Minh city tours and Dai Nam Park, please have a look here.

Half Day HCMC City Tour

Southern Highlights 8 days

Full Day HCMC City Tour

Exotic Southern Vietnam Tour in 12 days

It is sure that you will enjoy a good time with Luxury Travel LTD.

Contact Us:

Address: No.456, Lac Long Quan Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: (+84) 4 3927 4120
Email: sales@luxurytravelvietnam.com
Hotline: (+84) 1234 68 69 96
Website: https://luxurytravelvietnam.com

PLAN YOUR TRIP HERE!

The post Dai Nam Park travel guide for a quick escape on the weekend appeared first on Luxury Travel's Blog.

Dai Nam Park travel guide for a quick escape on the weekend

I. About Dai Nam Park

1. Basic information

Dai Nam Park or Lac Canh Dai Nam Van Hien is known for its breathtaking scenery and great buildings currently located in Thu Dau Mot City – Binh Duong. This is a complex of large works such as temples, walls, hotels, mountains, rivers, zoos, zoos, amusement parks, squares, … with a total area of ​​over 700 hectares.

Dai Nam tourist area is a convergence of national records such as The largest temple, the longest hotel, mountains, rivers, the longest artificial, the largest artificial sea, the largest square, the zoo has many of the rarest and most expensive. There are wooden carvings on each door, depicting the victory against foreign invaders throughout the four thousand years of heroic history.

Address: Hiep An, Thu Dau Mot Town, Binh Duong Province
Entrance tickets are VND 25,000 – VND 50,000 (free for children under 1m).
Opening times: 8.00 – 17.00 (Mon – Fri)/ 8.00 – 18.00 (Sat & Sun)

What makes Dai Nam park special?

  •  Crap and fake theme park
  •  More for families and kids
  •  All in one amusement park, temple, and zoo
  •  Huge, extraordinary, a good place for your spiritual life
  •  Good variety of things to do

2. A first look at Dai Nam Park

Dai Nam park embraces a lot of records in Vietnam including:

  • The tourism area with the largest area in Vietnam (450ha), including mountains, rivers, lakes and the sea covers an entire tourist area. 
  • The enclosing wall is attached to a system of 13.5 km long hotel with 5,000 rooms, now this area is only partially built, and after the construction is completed, it is repaired to be registered Vietnam record. 
  • The flagpole depicting the architecture of Co Loa Thanh is shaped like a 9m high lotus, which can be considered to be the highest flagpole in Vietnam. 
  • Dai Nam Temple with a width of 5,000m² is built according to ancient architecture is regarded as the largest temple today. 
  • Bao Son or Ngu Hanh Son mountain in the Dai Nam tourist area is 250 meters long, including 5 tops: Kim, Moc, Thuy, Hoa, Tho and the central mountain of 65.8 meters high is the largest artificial mountain in Vietnam (up to the time current score). 
  • The 22-hectare artificial sea is considered to be the largest artificial sea in Vietnam with wave-forming equipment and seawater with stable concentrations like real seawater, serving more than 30,000 visitors to have fun. The coastline is 30m long, fine white sand, 1.6m high wave column, and the technology is transferred by Sweden. 
  • The zoo has many white animals in Vietnam: with a rich collection of many kinds of animals, especially rare and precious animals such as white lions, white tigers, white peacocks, etc. 
  • The roller coaster has the longest track in Vietnam.
Dai Nam Park
Source: Dannis Dahl – Flickr

3. How to arrive in Dai Nam Park?

It is about 35km from Saigon to Dai Nam Park, so you can move here by motorbike, car. Starting from Saigon, you go to Binh Trieu Bridge, then follow Highway 13 to Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong, then go a little further to see the road to Dai Nam tourist area.

+ By car/ taxi ( about 600,000VND or 30$)
+ By bus from Ben Thanh Bus Station, take bus No. 616 (VND 25,000/person)

4. Admission fee

Game admission tickets: VND 20,000 – VND 70,000.
Open Zoo entrance tickets: VND 20,000 – VND 40,000
Dai Nam Beach tickets: VND 30,000 – VND 50,000.
This can be reduced to VND 140,000 and VND 75,000 if tourists purchase a ticket combo. 

Transporting in the park includes cars and a bicycle. Cars (which can carry 5 – 15 people) cost VND 200,000 in the first hour and half the price for each next hour. Renting fee for bicycles is VND 60,000 per hour. 

DISCOVER NOW!

II. What to explore in Dai Nam Park?

1. Open Zoo

Dai Nam Zoo is the first open zoo in Vietnam. Here the animals are not confined in the barn but are released in the captive campus, separated from the visitors by streams and trees. Large and cool open zoo with a 12.5-hectare campus, with 100 animals like white lion, white rhino, white tiger, white peacock, zebra, leopard tortoise, giraffe, hippopotamus, Indochinese tiger, South American squirrel monkey, Fire leopard, Nai Coffee tong, Hong Hoang, Antelope horned sword will be amazing. Small zoo is locked and separated by glass panels.

Dai Nam Park
Source: taxisanbaygiare

2. Bao Son mountain 

Bao Son mountain range of 5 continuous mountains of 65.8m high and 250m long, considered to be the highest artificial mountain range in Vietnam. The mountain has a towering stupa towering in a beautiful poem and the stream is murmuring. Inside the Bao Son range, here come a miniature Vietnamese construction and the Bodhisattvas, Maitreya, etc. surrounded by the long golden dragon surrounded in Bao Dinh Giang stream. 

Dai Nam Park
Source: giaoduc.net

3. Dai Nam Amusement Park

This amusement park will be an exciting experience, especially for your kids as it also embraces a lot of records.

  • Speeding train: the fastest version of the roller coaster with the longest tracks in Vietnam. 
  • F1 Racing: the only racing game of Vietnam similar to that of Thailand. Unlike conventional electric racing, it has difficulty and the slope and speed are quite high, causing thrills and fun like the real thing.
  • Dinosaur egg game
  • The Decentralized Zone is a newly opened construction of a tourist area that simulates 12 periods of national construction in Vietnam, built majestic and large. Guests will be adventurous in cases with lifelike dolls.
  • 4D cinema: Just like Suoi Tien’s cosmic bag, the movie 4D of Lac Canh Dai Nam is built bigger inside the capital. The fourth dimension is the feeling to help guests feel real. The program you choose: Journey to explore the ancient world, Visiting the galaxy, Saving the princess in the magic lamp, etc.
  • Boat collision: A game where visitors engage in fighting by boat crashing, surfing on the water and controlling their boat. The crash boat was built on a rather strange fog lake. On the lake, there is also a fog cafe for visitors to sip coffee and watch the boat touch and watch the ancient castle.
  • Snow world: Vietnam’s only snow game model at 3-5 degrees to enjoy some games such as skiing, snowmaking, and playing in the snowy space.
  • Ngu Lan palace – 18 floors of hell: This is a Buddhist imitative work on reincarnation, bringing visitors to explore hell through 18 gates. 
  • Cable-stayed Ferris wheel: Cable carousel has two types: Single swinging rope swing and swinging on its beast, these two games are similar to Vinpearland – Nha Trang.
  • Explore the Amazon jungle
  • Train upside down
  • Horizontal roller coaster – the similar game of Dam Sen, sleds across square tracks.
Dai Nam Park
Source: Celeb.vn

DISCOVER NOW!

III. Nearby attractions

1. Phu An Bamboo Village

Phu An bamboo village was started in 2004 in Phu An commune, Ben Cat district, Binh Duong and put into tourism since 2008. This is the first green bamboo ecosystem reserve in Vietnam and Southeast Asia with about 1,500 bamboo bushes with many different species, promising to bring nature lovers a lot of interesting things.

Dai Nam Park
Source: Oivietnam

Phu An Bamboo Village is a gathering place of more than 300 bamboo samples of 17 varieties, accounting for 90% of Vietnam’s special bamboo varieties. Among them are extremely rare varieties such as: Phyllostachys, Bambusa, Teinostachyum, spaghetti, yellow stripes, bamboo, etc.

Address: No. 124, Street 774, Phu An commune, Ben Cat district, Binh Duong province.
Phone: 0650-3 58 07 17
Website: ecobambou-phuan.org
Ticket price: 20,000 VND / person.

2. Phu Cuong Cathedral 

Phu Cuong Cathedral is considered to be the most beautiful architecture church and the largest holy buildings in a unique Gothic style in Binh Duong province, located on a high mound in the center of Thu Dau Mot city.

With the large campus, elegant colors, beautiful and fancy architecture, Phu Cuong Cathedral is not only a place for religious worshipers but also attracts many people to visit and take photos. 

Dai Nam Park
Source: nangluongsachvietnam

Discovering the beauty of Phu Cuong church, visitors can admire the architectural details and the spacious church campus with many small scenes and impressive greenery. Visitors can easily find a sense of peace when walking along the wide corridor, or the path to the cathedral winding in a charming atmosphere.

The auditorium surrounding the cathedral is equally impressive by the colorful doorways, refracting light as more shimmering and fanciful. In addition to the cathedral space, Phu Cuong church also has a row of houses with many different functions, serving the religious activities of the diocese including community study places, diocesan offices, libraries, rooms, etc.

Address: 104 Lac Long Quan Street, Phu Cuong Ward, Thu Dau Mot City.
Ticket: Free.

DISCOVER NOW!

3. Thuy Chau Tourism Park

With an area covering over 18 hectares, Thuy Chau Tourism Park with forests, rivers, artificial falls will help you temporarily escape the bustling space of the city and immerse yourself in a pure natural space.

Thuy Chau ecotourism area attracts both domestic and foreign tourists not only for their youthfulness, dynamism and also for exciting outdoor activities. The landscape includes many natural ecosystems like lifelike peaceful forests and rivers. Green space and poetic streams make you feel like you are in Dalat.

Dai Nam Park
Source: blog.adayroi

Thuy Chau Tourism Park also has a clean, spacious, and airy landscape so you can bring food and drinks to take an outdoor picnic, or organize a birthday party with your family or friends.

Not too far and not too expensive like many other tourist destinations in Saigon, Thuy Chau Park will be an appropriate choice for young people who love nature, like waving the area in cool water. Especially it is pretty cheap.

Address: 55 DT743C, Binh Thang Ward, Di An Town, Binh Duong.
Hotline: 0965 101 510 – 0948 447 262
Opening time: 8.00 – 16.00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Ticket: VND 80,000 / adult – 40,000 VND/ child from 1.2m to 1.4 m high.

IV. Some popular tours to explore Dai Nam Park by Luxury Travel

If you are still interested in Dai Nam Park Trip, contact us to design an adventure for yourself with useful advice from our enthusiastic local tourist guides or our tourism experts with years of experience.

We are proud that by choosing Luxury Travel LTD accompanied with your travels, you not only enjoy the perfect trips with the luxury quality but also have the opportunity to explore all the most outstanding of the Southeast Asian countries. 

For particular, if you are looking for Ho Chi Minh city tours and Dai Nam Park, please have a look here.

Half Day HCMC City Tour

Southern Highlights 8 days

Full Day HCMC City Tour

Exotic Southern Vietnam Tour in 12 days

It is sure that you will enjoy a good time with Luxury Travel LTD.

Contact Us:

Address: No.456, Lac Long Quan Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: (+84) 4 3927 4120
Email: sales@luxurytravelvietnam.com
Hotline: (+84) 1234 68 69 96
Website: https://luxurytravelvietnam.com

PLAN YOUR TRIP HERE!

The post Dai Nam Park travel guide for a quick escape on the weekend appeared first on Luxury Travel's Blog.

Chủ Nhật, 29 tháng 12, 2019

1 day in Ton Duc Thang Museum (Saigon)

I. About Ton Duc Thang museum

1. Basic information

Ho Chi Minh City gives tourists the impression of the hustle and bustle of a new Asian cosmopolitan city, people here seem to be always in a hurry. However, there remains a place that gives you not only peaceful time but the chance to get a closer understanding of one of the most popular Vietnamese national heroes – President Ton Duc Thang – that is Ton Duc Thang Museum.

  • Address: No 5 Ton Duc Thang street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Phone: (08) 38-297-542
  • Hours: 08:00 – 11:30/ 13:30 – 16:30
  • Ticket: Free
  • Official website:https://ift.tt/1T2Q6WA

2. A first look at Ton Duc Thang Museum

Toc Duc Thang or Uncle Ton is the first Social Republic of Vietnam’s President and the first Vietnamese to be awarded the Lenin Peace Award.

Ton Duc Thang Museum
Source: lonelyplanet

To commemorate the dedication of this president to Vietnam’s independence, Ton Duc Thang Museum was established on the occasion of the 100th birthday-anniversary of President Ton Duc Thang (20/08/1888 – 20/08/1988). Born in 1888 in Long Xuyen in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, he died in office in 1980. Photos and exhibits to recognize his dominant role in the Vietnamese Revolution are enhanced by fascinating displays on French colonial brutality. It was formed to foster a stimulating environment for people to study Uncle Ton of the country’s people in general, the Southern people in particular and especially the people in Ho Chi Minh City as they regard Uncle Ton as the eminent son of the Southern people, the excellent worker of the working class and the labor-force of Sai Gon – Cho Lon, and the pride of Southern people. Additionally, Ton Duc Thang Museum represents the struggling movement of Saigonese workers, laboring people in the beginning years of the 20th century.

DISCOVER NOW!

3. Ton Duc Thang Museum history 

As the first President of the Social Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Ton Duc Thang is honored to be the first Vietnamese receiving Lenin Peace Award, and the only Vietnamese active member in the 1917 anti-war activities. 

Ton Duc Thang Museum

Built since 20th August 1988, Ton Duc Thang Museum is located on Ton Duc Thang Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the 100th birthday anniversary of President Ton Duc Thang. The former name was “Galleries on the life and career of President Ton Duc Thang”, but then in 1980, it was officially renamed as Ton Duc Thang Museum as the present. Seven galleries on an area of over 700 m2 with a lot of artifacts, documents, and photographs on display vividly expressed the life and dedication of President Ton Duc Thang to Vietnam. Regarded as one of the well-known museums in Ho Chi Minh City in both historic and cultural values, Ton Duc Thang Museum has been such a must-see destination in Ho Chi Minh city to tourists.

4. How to arrive in Ton Duc Thang Museum

– Bus

Ton Duc Thang Museum is on Ton Duc Thang Street, which is just 500 meters away from Bach Dang Harbor Garden. To save money or enjoy the bus in Vietnam, you can take bus numbers 3, 19, 45 to Cong Tuong Me Linh bus stop or take 56, 88 buses to Ngo Van Nam. After that, you will take a short walk to reach Ton Duc Thang Museum, just for several minutes, don’t worry.

– Walking 

The museum is right from Ham Nghi or Nguyen Hue Street, just 1km from Dragon Wharf House and 500m to Saigon Square Shopping Center. So if you wish to try crossing the roads and admire the crazy traffic in Ho Chi Minh city, walking will be cool.

– Motorbike/ Taxi

You can rent a motorbike in your hostels and use Google Maps to ride to Ton Duc Thang museum by yourself. This will be a very interesting experience to ride in Saigion, believe me. 

Or you can take a taxi or motorbike taxi called “Xe om” to look around Saigon bustle life. It is great as well. To save money, you can download the transport app like Grab with discounts and promotions always available.

II. What to explore in Ton Duc Thang museum?

Currently, Ton Duc Thang Museum has 5 main themes of permanent exhibition rooms and 1 special short-term exhibition one (President Ton Duc Thang’s childhood, Life and career, 15 years in Con Dao prison, Uncle Ton at ATK – Viet Bac and Uncle Ton through works of art) and 01 thematic gallery (presented by President Ton Duc Thang), with an area of ​​over 700m2. The museum vividly presents an overview of Ton Duc Thang’s life and career through many artifacts, documents and images. The museum has a display system with about 1,000 artifacts, documents and images. After many donations, the Museum currently holds more than 16,500 artifacts, documents, and documentaries including valuable documents about the life and revolutionary career of President Ton Duc Thang and his recipients of the Party, the State and the Government of Vietnam through periods. So it plays an important role in Vietnam’s educating tradition, fostering ideal for the working class, rehanding the national pride in the people and the Vietnamese youth with the admiration and honor toward a great but simple man.

Ton Duc Thang Museum
Source: concrete-mixer-for-sale.com

Ton Duc Thang Museum has welcomed over 1,500,000 domestic and foreign tourists since its establishment. Unique thematic exhibitions including Uncle Ton’s Hometown today, Uncle Ton in the heart of the Southern people, Uncle Ton with children and Vietnam Union have been organized as well. Tourists when visiting this museum can watch music programs, documentaries and films about Uncle Ton or talks and forums. Therefore, Ton Duc Thang Museum is not only one of the unique tourist attractions in Ho Chi Minh city, but more importantly be the cultural rendezvous for meetings and forums of revolutionary veterans, the youth and social strata. The lively portrait of a simple but great president is clearly described from how he lived, how he worked, how he struggled to how he’s loved and respected from rooms to rooms. It holds thematic exhibition relating to activities of President Ton Duc Thang such as Con Son Pearl, Uncle Ho and Uncle Ton, daily life of President Ton Duc Thang, etc. “Con Son Pearl” Exhibition Room is worth visiting as it depicts vibrantly where hell-on-Earth Con Dao Prison – in which President Ton Duc Thang spent 15 difficult years. Particularly, works on display recreating the space to work and relax of Uncle Ton along with displaying collections of true artifacts “the daily life of President Ton Duc Thang” clearly portrayed the simplicity, humility and frugal life of the President. Discovering Ton Duc Thang Museum is definitely one of the most meaningful things to do in this busy Ho Chi Minh city.

DISCOVER NOW!

III. Nearby attractions

1. Independence Palace

As the icon of Ho Chi Minh city, Independence Palace or Reunification Palace marks the independence and represents the victory, the peace, and the territorial integrity of the North & the South of Vietnam since 1975. Thanks to its historical importance, Independence Palace is one of the most interesting attractions luring the largest number of tourists in Ho Chi Minh City.

Independence Palace is also great for those preferring art and architecture. Constructed on the site of the former Norodom Palace, the Palace is in the great harmony of traditional philosophy, Oriental rituals and Vietnamese personalities and modern architectures in an area of 120.000m2.

Ton Duc Thang Museum
Source: Luxury Travel Vietnam

It can be found easily when it is limited by four main streets including Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street to the Northeast, Huyen Tran Cong Chua Street to the southwest, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai to the northwest, and Nguyen Du Street to the southeast. Independence Palace is also surrounded by 30-4 Park in the front and Tao Dan Cultural Park in the back. 

When walking on the campus of the Palace, you can see numerous ancient trees with different species from the French empire left as well. 

  • Ticket: 40,000 VND
  • Opening Hours: Daily 08:00 – 11:00 & 13:00 – 16:00
  • Address: 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Ben Thanh, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

2. Saigon Square

Saigon Square is located in the heart of District 1, as a shopping paradise for young people in Saigon and many foreign tourists. People often compare Saigon Square as a high-class market: because the goods here are classified and sold in kiosks like regular markets, but it sells quite high-end goods because the quality of goods here is relatively well, the target customers are young shopaholics and foreign tourists.

As soon as you step into Saigon Square, you will feel the bustling and bustling atmosphere. A special feature is the space here is bright and clean, the clothes are also neatly and eye-catching, plus air-conditioning operates during the opening time like in modern shopping centers. Therefore, it can be said that Saigon Square is a bridge between traditional and modern features of Vietnam.

Ton Duc Thang Museum
Source: Guidevietnam

In particular, goods in Saigon Square are constantly updated with new fashion trends, this is a special attraction to young people in Saigon. You can find here fashionable clothes for both men and women, children and adults, from unique dresses that cannot be found in fashion boutiques. 

Saigon Square, goods here are mainly exported, processed by garment factories in Vietnam and neighboring countries such as Cambodia and Malaysia according to orders; Even T-shirts, dresses … cost several hundred thousand also have labels.

  • Opening Hours: 08:00 – 22:00
  • Add1: Corner of Nam Ky Khoi Nghia and Le Loi, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Add2: 7-9 Ton Duc Thang, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
  • Add3: 179E-181-183-185 Hai Ba Trung, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

3. Notre Dame Cathedral in Saigon

Built in the late 1880s by French colonists, with a prime location, unique architectural design, profound historical and religious significance, Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral has become one of the most prominent attractions in Saigon today.

With a large landscape, clear intersection, surrounded by verdant trees, few high-rise buildings, Notre Dame Cathedral stands out as a monumental and solemn architecture in this area. It can be said that the area of ​​Notre Dame Cathedral is the most beautiful landscape in the city. There are beautiful views from all sides by the open space thanks to the large intersections created. 

Ton Duc Thang Museum
Source: Luxury Travel Vietnam

Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral is highly appreciated as a cultural and spiritual architecture, initially bearing the symbiotic architecture of the Eastern style and the Western architecture, and between the tradition and modernity. Notre Dame Cathedral is an architectural masterpiece, a typical work contributing to the appearance of Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City.

Every year, the church welcomes millions of domestic and foreign visitors to pray and admire. Not only those who are far away, but the people of Saigon who come here are still admiring their beauty and majesty. More than you can imagine, once you come here, you can fully feel the beauty of this unique and great architecture. Notre Dame Cathedral is forever the ruby ​​in the heart of the bustling, beautiful Saigon.

  • Opening Hours: Daily 08:00 – 17:00
  • Address: 1 Cong Xa Paris, Ben Nghe, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

IV. Some popular tours to explore Ton Duc Thang museum by Luxury Travel

Safety, cheapness and friendliness really make Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh city, in particular, be must-see destinations on your list. You can have a look at these most popular tours in Ho Chi Minh city.

Free & Easy in Ho Chi Minh City 4 days

Half Day HCMC City Tour

Full Day HCMC Tour and Cu Chi Tunnels

However, if you need an assistant for your plan, feel free to contact us, just 5 easy steps to get your journey started right now! Just:

  • Send us your inquiry
  • Get the first draft within 24 hours
  • Customize your holiday
  • Make payment through a secure system
  • Get ready for your dream trips

Hope this review can be helpful and assist your amazing experience in Vietnam.

Contact Us:

Address: No.456, Lac Long Quan Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: (+84) 4 3927 4120
Email: sales@luxurytravelvietnam.com
Hotline: (+84) 1234 68 69 96
Website: https://luxurytravelvietnam.com

PLAN YOUR TRIP HERE!

The post 1 day in Ton Duc Thang Museum (Saigon) appeared first on Luxury Travel's Blog.

5 minutes for Dak Lak all-in-one guide for wanderlust

I. What is the best time to Dak Lak?

1. The rainy and dry seasons

Buon Me Thuot is the largest city in Dak Lak province, this place is considered as one of the cradles nurturing the Central Highlands Gong Community – an intangible cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO. Therefore, it can be said that Dak Lak – Buon Me Thuot tourism is associated with the culture of the ethnic minorities here.

Also in the Central Highlands climate zone, Dak Lak has two distinct seasons: the dry season and the rainy season. So when you want to travel to Dak Lak at what time, you should carefully consider the following weather:

– The rainy time is from May to November. So when traveling to Dak Lak, you should avoid the rainy season to avoid dirt roads and hills
– The dry season is the first months of the year, the weather is quite cool and not too hot, so the advice for you to travel to Dak Lak in the dry season is the best.

2. What season is for festivals in Dak Lak?

– In December of the solar calendar in the Central Highlands, there are many festivals and the wild season of anemones blooming in the Central Highlands
– At the end of February and beginning of March, the calendar is white flower season.

So the ideal time to visit this place is from December to March with wild Mexican sunflowers, coffee flowers blossoming all over hills and mountains of Dak Lak, as well as large festivals time.

Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: Luxury Travel Vietnam

II. How to travel to Dak Lak?

1. By plan

From Hanoi and Saigon to Buon Ma Thuot, there are many routes of airlines such as Vietnam Airline, VietJetAir, JetStar to Buon Ma Thuot. The round-trip ticket from Hanoi (including taxes and fees) of Vietnam Airline ranges from VND 2,600,000, of VietJetAir about VND 2,500,000. And the round-trip price from Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam Airline is 1,200,000 VND and of JetStar is 1,000,000 VND, VietJetAir is about 1,200,000 VND. It will take about 45 minutes to 1 hour and a half to fly to Buon Ma Thuot.

2. By coach/ bus

From Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, there are direct buses to Buon Ma Thuot and other districts of Dak Lak province, you can buy tickets at Eastern Bus Station or Giap Bat Bus Station. It takes about 8 hours from Ho Chi Minh City and more than 1 day for cars from Hanoi. 

  • From Ho Chi Minh City to Dak Lak: 200,000 – 300,000 VND – 7 hours.
  • From Hanoi to Dak Lak: 600,000 – 700,000 VND – over 24 hours.
  • From Danang to Dak Lak: 250,000 VND – 12 hours.
Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: vexere

3. How to transport in Dak Lak?

Transportation in Dak Lak is mainly taxi and motorbike taxi. Some taxi companies you can refer to your trip.

  • Taxi Mai Linh: 0500 3819819
  • Taxi Ban Me: 0500 3979979
  • Taxi Ban Me Xanh: 0500 6272727
  • Central Highlands Taxi: 0500 3838838
  • Dak Lak Taxi: 0500 3818181

DISCOVER NOW!

III. What are top attractions in Dak Lak?

1. Dak Lak Coffee: Trung Nguyen Coffee Village

Trung Nguyen Coffee Village is not only a famous place to buy coffee but also a miniature park with hundreds of historical artifacts of the Central Highlands ethnic groups. The small landscape is beautifully designed full of large waterfalls, bridges, streams, lakes, and stilt houses. Coming here, you may not need to buy any products, or drink water in the shop and just simply visit the farm.

Coming to Trung Nguyen coffee village, admiring the unique architecture & cultural space, sipping a pure coffee is an extremely attractive experience. If you have the opportunity to travel to Dak Lak, do not miss this place.
The architecture of the coffee village is a unique combination of creative ideas of people and beautiful natural scenery. The old-style houses of Hue with sophisticated carvings also bring a special feeling of enjoyment for visitors.

Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: daklaktoday

The Central Highlands Ethnic Museum is a must-visit place for tourists to visit Trung Nguyen coffee village. This place displays the oldest and most valuable ancient artifacts of the Central Highlands. An outstanding collection of gongs, musical instruments, agricultural tools, and weapons of ethnic minorities are displayed here as well. In addition, visitors will also learn more about the coffee processing tools, learn about the process of making delicious coffee cup through the lively explanation.

Coming to the Coffee Village, visitors will taste the delicious cups of coffee from pure coffee. Enjoying coffee among the poetic space of Coffee village will be much more poetic when drinking coffee in normal shops.
Also sipping a cup of coffee in the mountain town while watching the clear stream and lush mini garden brings a peaceful and rare feeling for visitors.

2. Dray Nur & Dray Sap Waterfalls

These waterfalls belong to the Serepok River, Dray Sap waterfall is the Husband waterfall, Dray Nur waterfall is the Wife waterfall, which are the familiar names called by the locals.
Dray Nur Waterfall is about 25 km from Buon Ma Thuot city, along Highway 14, nearly 3 km through Buon Kop hydroelectricity. Dray Nur is located right next to Dray Sap waterfall and just a distance from the Dray Sap bridge to the Serepok river. Both are beautiful and majestic waterfalls.

3. Yok Don National Park

Yok Don National Park is located in 3 districts: Buon Don district, Ea Sup district (Dak Lak province) and Cu Jut district (Dak Nong province). Yok Don is considered to be one of the largest special-use forests in Vietnam, located in a relatively flat area, with two small mountains to the south of the Serepok river. Forests are mainly natural forests, most of which are dipterocarp forests. Tourists can enjoy the typical types of ecotourism such as elephant riding, walking, mountain biking in the primeval forests. Especially, at night, you can see wild animals, or take a canoe day by day on the romantic Serepok river.

Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: truyenhinhdulich

This is the largest nature reserve in Vietnam with the vast forests of many rare kinds of wood. You can also ride elephants around the village. If you want to have more thrills, you can ride an elephant across Serepok, which is one of the adventure games when traveling to Dak Lak. 

4. Khai Doan Pagoda

With the royal style of Hue imperial palace mixed with modern architecture, Khai Doan Pagoda attracts visitors to visit and worship.
Located in the heart of Buon Ma Thuot, with outstanding sophisticated architectural features, Khai Doan Pagoda is such a sacred place for tourists.
The pagoda was built by skillful hands of Hue artisans, so it has ancient Hue royal court architecture, combined with the style of stilt houses of the Western Highlands, and mixed with modern architectural features.

When coming to Khai Doan pagoda, visitors can not only learn the history of meaningful birth and special architecture of the temple but also discover more “unique & sophisticated” artworks. The Buddha Shakyamuni statue in the middle of the main hall built of bronze with a height of 1.1m, the wooden lotus, and many Buddha statues are really worth admiring.

DISCOVER NOW!

5. Museum of Ethnic Groups in Dak Lak

Also known as Museum of Culture of the Central Highlands on Bao Dai Palace (a historical site of Dak Lak), this museum has about 1,000 artifacts and images categorized into three main display spaces (biodiversity, ethnicity and history). This is a cultural architecture built in modern style combined with national cultural traditions. In particular, Dak Lak Museum is also one of the museums pioneering the use of ethnic languages lacking indigenous numbers in the display.

Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: lingoconnector

6. Don Village (Buon Don)

Not only possesses beautiful landscapes, or from the great forest to the majestic river, Ban Don is also famous for the muscular elephants.
Located 40km from the center of Buon Ma Thuot to the West, Ban Don is located in Krong Na commune, Buon Don district, Dak Lak province.

Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: Luxury Travel Vietnam

Ban Don has become a famous brand of Dak Lak tourism and the Central Highlands in general. The most interesting thing to do that everyone expected to come to Buon Don is elephants riding, you will only spend 300,000 VND ($15 US) to ride a cute elephant in 30 minutes with 3 people, an elephant can take 3-4 people around the village.

Riding an elephant in vast Lak lake will help you discover the mysterious beauty of the Central Highlands landscape.
In the midst of the mountains, the elephants will take you on a walk across Ban Don village, watching coffee gardens, pepper gardens, sniffing the fresh air of the Central Highlands mountains and forests.
After the chaos of urban life, spending time in Ban Don and on the backs of elephants, to cross the lush green canopy or cross the majestic Serepok stream will make you dispel all fatigue and pressure force in life.

IV. What to eat in Dak Lak?

1. Mink Coffee

Mink coffee is Dak Lak’s must-try drink as it is considered as the legendary Dak Lak coffee as well as one of the most expensive drinks in the world. Cafe was introduced to Vietnam quite early (since 1857) and grown in some provinces in the Central Coast region but for a long time, Dak Lak was known as the Mecca of Human Coffee. In recent years, the Dak Lak Coffee industry has also attracted the attention of people by the revival of the legendary Mink Coffee – a drink classified as the rarest and most expensive around the word.

Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: Caphenguyenchat

The value of Mink Coffee is made up of three basic factors including the traditional culture of the place where they were produced, rareness, and process. The Dak Lak mink coffee not only covers all three factors, but each of those factors is associated with the name of Dak Lak is far more special.

2. Red noodles

Red Vermicelli is a specialty of Dak Lak too. The name of the dish comes from a bowl of noodles with the characteristic red broth color. The dish is combined with many ingredients such as crab bricks, quail eggs, vegetables, etc. 

Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: tinmoi

Only with 15,000 VND, you can enjoy this delicious and attractive red noodle. A bowl of red vermicelli consists of crab bricks, quail eggs, a little bit of fat, add a little purple heart shrimp sauce, mauve, ground chili, and celery.
You can enjoy this popular dish at the intersection of Tran Phu & Y Zut, the corner of Phan Dinh Giot – Le Hong Phong street or at the corner of Le Duan – Phan Dinh Giot.

3. Venison

Like goat meat in Ninh Binh, venison is special in Dak Lak. You can enjoy venison with 7 different ways of processing, each dish has its own unique flavor like roasted venison, stir-fried venison, chipped venison, fried venison, vinegar rattled venison, stomach porridge, and dried venison. 

Dak Lak, Vietnam
Source: khamphadisan

4. Hemibagrus Soup

Hemibagrus Soup with lentils is also a must-eat dish that visitors can hardly ignore the specialty of the majestic Serepork river. This dish is delicious and has a good cooling effect on sunny days. You can enjoy this dish at Phuong Dung & My Lan – Hoa Phu.

V. Topmost popular Dak Lak tours by Luxury Travel

With over 15 years of experience in tourism, we offer tailor-made private holiday packages to Indochina and other Southeast Asian countries. Our company is a full-service travel agency with licensed and accredited and inbound and outbound luxury tour operators. The company has won many national and international awards. If you are planning a trip to Dak Lak, contact us and we will suggest where to go and what to do to make your trip full of memorable moments with locals. Here come some suggestions for you.

Unlock Emperor Bao Dai’s Secrets 16 days

Highland Spirit 3 days

Contact Us:

Address: No.456, Lac Long Quan Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: (+84) 4 3927 4120
Email: sales@luxurytravelvietnam.com
Hotline: (+84) 1234 68 69 96
Website: https://luxurytravelvietnam.com

PLAN YOUR TRIP HERE!

The post 5 minutes for Dak Lak all-in-one guide for wanderlust appeared first on Luxury Travel's Blog.