Summer trip in Dong Nai, Vietnam
Summer planning a trip to Dong Nai is a great idea, especially for travellers who like to explore nature,
Visitors can spend a day exploring Stone Cross Mountain, SUP paddle at Nam Tai rock lake, and gazing at the green rice fields.
Phu Dien commune, Dong Nai province is not only famous for the fields of lotus, intercropped rice but also the place where volcanic traces leave, is the 150 m high rocky mountains, located in the middle of the field. If you only have one day to leave Saigon, do not miss the following 24-hour schedule to Dong Nai.
Morning dawn at Phu Dien
5:00 am on the bus to move from Saigon, go through the road about 130 km in the direction of the highway to Phu Dien commune, Tan Phu district. Journey times last more than 2 hours, including rest periods. Depending on your preference, in the morning you can visit Suoi Mo tourist area or go straight to homestay to rest and participate in other activities.
If you want to take advantage of walking right away, at 7:30 you start and prepare to explore the fields in Phu Dien by bicycle. On the scenic cycling track, many sections you have to go on bumpy trails among the fields.
Phu Dien commune is an agricultural commune with high yield rice fields, fish ponds and lotus fields. All year round, the La Nga river provides fresh water and alluvium. People in Phu Dien commune grow rice and lotus intercropping. The intercropping both helps to increase economy and makes use of organic fertilizers. Currently it is the spring-summer rice crop, but the lotus swamps in this season are also in full bloom, typically Tra Co lotus lagoon.
The bicycle trail to visit the rice field and the lotus pond is 7 km long. At 11:30, everyone returned to the homestay to have lunch with Dong Nai specialties such as fried fish, fried chicken hot pot, frog “hiding” …
After lunch, everyone continues to prepare to go to Nam Tai rock lying on Mo river to row SUP. Nam Tai rocky mountain belongs to a group of rocky mountains formed from volcanoes in Dong Nai. You can experience the road by motorbike or self-sufficient car, while you are watching the peaceful scenery of the country life with the canoes returning from fishing, snail catching …
Explore the Cross rocky mountains
Returning to the homestay at 14h, the group has some free time. Or you can relax with fishing at the homestay pond, or hang out to chat.
15 o’clock, the trekking journey to the Cross Rock begins. The length of the road is 3.5 km through the rice fields. Some sections have to wade into the fields to shorten the distance. His limbs were stained with dirt upon arrival, but everyone was full of energy, ready to climb 150 meters of rock.
The rocky mountains in Dong Nai are formed from volcanic eruptions with low viscosity lava stream. The reason that the Cross rock mountain has this name is that when viewed from above, the shape of the rock is similar to the cross. Arriving at the destination, visitors will see a lot of young local people camping, enjoying the coolness, watching the sunset.
It takes about 1 hour and a half to go all the way from the homestay to the top of the rock cross. When you arrive at around 16:30, depending on the weather, you can watch the sunset from the top of the mountain.
It was getting dark, the group returned to personal hygiene and prepared to eat. Dinner dishes include Linh fish, fried perch fish caught from the pond at the homestay and fish hot pot bitter melon. Uncle Dung and his wife, the homestay housekeeper, also treated guests to more lotus tea, cooked from seeds harvested in a lagoon near the house. At the end of dinner, Uncle Dung sat and told the tourists stories about Phu Dien land as well as the piano before parting with everyone. 20h30, the group boarded the bus back to Saigon.
Cost
Suggestions for staying is Homestay Phu Dien, located in the middle of a field surrounded by streams and lakes. Open space, close to nature, cool green trees and fruit gardens. It accommodates up to 15 guests, with a dormitory room and a single room, overlooking the fields. In addition, there is a campsite with a lake view with a capacity of 25 people.
Homestay for rent 2.5 million VND / night for all utilities, customers buy processed food by themselves. Here only for rent from Monday – Friday, welcome guests on a private tour during the day, do not welcome guests. If you go on tour, each person is 150,000 VND / meal. Cost of renting plow motorbike: 1 million VND / trip, can carry 10 people.
In addition to self-experience, you can buy a package tour for 1.09 million VND / person. For groups of guests, families can choose and change activities to suit children and their preferences. Follow vnexpress
