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Summer trip in Dong Nai, Vietnam

Dong Nai is a province near Ho Chi Minh City, attracting many tourists for short summer trips. You can travel by private vehicle or bus to come here and participate in activities such as cycling through Ma Da forest, camping on Fiery Cross Phu Dien mountain, and trekking at Chua Chan mountain.

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Climb Chua Chan Mountain

Chua Chan Mountain is a friendly camping and picnic place for many devotees who love trekking, hunting clouds or chilling with sunrise and sunset. After overcoming the long journey to conquer the mountain top, you will be fully absorbed in the eyes of nature's majestic forests at an altitude of 837m.

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This route is short and suitable for visitors to go and return during the day or camp at the top of the mountain. The climb time is about 3.5 hours, and the descent is about 2 hours. To ensure safety when travelling, you should go with someone well-versed in the road and pay close attention to the group. Before the trip, you should check the weather and avoid dangerous rainy days. Because the camping area is free, the group needs to prepare necessary items such as tents, sleeping bags, flashlights, insect sprays, raincoats, food and drinks.

Bicycling through My Da forest

Ma Da Forest is only far from the city centre. Ho Chi Minh City is 80km, and you can choose a bicycle or trekking tour to challenge yourself when experiencing the road in this forest. Ma Da, with its immense green colour, overflowing with the life of old bushes, of ancient trees standing tall by dozens of people. The more you look at it, the more you will be surprised and overwhelmed by the beauty of this place, as if you were lost in the magical blue world.

This is a worthy choice for families with young children and groups of friends who love activities close to nature to come to relax on the weekend. The two sides of the road are green forests, so the air is still cool even though it is sunny above. The deeper you go into the forest, the denser the trees, the narrower the road, and it quickly gets dark because of the thick trees overhead.

Night camp in Tri An Lake

Tri An Lake is an artificial lake on the Dong Nai River in Vinh Cuu, Dinh Quan, Thong Nhat and Trang Bom districts, Dong Nai province, Vietnam. The lake is a place to store water to supply Tri An Hydropower Plant.
Only about 70 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Tri An Lake, is a name both familiar and strange to those who love backpacking. As an artificial lake located on the Dong Nai River in Dong Nai province, Tri An Lake is the main reservoir of the Tri An hydroelectric dam. The calm lake surface with clear water and the shady lakeside of green trees are ideal for backpackers' trips on hot summer days.
Many people visit Tri An Lake area because of its natural ecosystem with unspoiled beauty. Camping overnight and enjoying the peaceful, green scenery of the forest, and the big lake, is always a great idea.

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Travellers can set up camp at the campsites at the lakeside campsite. The rental price is about 100k/person, including the service of using tap water and toilet and parking. The fee for renting extra tents, sleeping bags, and lights ranges from 30-300k.
Suppose you want to rest in a more comfortable but natural space. In that case, you should choose a package service at Napy Garden, Tropical EGlamping, with prices from one million VND/person. Destinations serve sleeping in high-class tents, dinner, drinks, shampoo, shower gel, and hot water for free. Some places also have air conditioning inside the tent, bringing a new feeling.

Check-in Phu Dien rice fields 

Phu Dien rice field is famous as the largest rice granary in Dong Nai province. This place has layers of geological tectonics from hundreds of millions of years ago that created volcanoes, rocky mountains, waterfalls, and hot springs with new climates and majestic natural landscapes. Coming here, visitors not only have the opportunity to experience Sup rowing, cycling, mountain climbing, and waterfall bathing but also have the opportunity to explore the cultural life of the Vietnamese countryside.

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The most prominent is the experience of climbing Cross Mountain to admire the rice fields and the sunset. Locals also know Dong Nai Cross Rock as Elephant Stone because its shape resembles a giant elephant sleeping in the middle of a field. From a distance, you can see a large monolith appearing, a characteristic grey colour that stands out from the green colour of the surrounding rice fields. To reach the mountain, about 150 m high, visitors need to cross 2 km of field roads.

Visiting Nam Cat Tien National Forest

Cat Tien Forest, only 150km from Saigon, has long become famous for adventure enthusiasts because of the rich and diverse tropical forest ecosystem.

Experience cycling, pass through the Cat Tien conservation forest, enjoy the fresh air, and enjoy the "harmony" of birds and animals in the forest. Explore the diverse and rich tropical forest ecosystem.
This is also one of the forests that successfully preserve rare and precious animals such as elephants, bears, gaurs, etc. It is the diversity of environment and landscape. UNESCO has recognized the Cat Tien forest as the world's biosphere reserve.
Coming to Cat Tien, you can immerse yourself in beautiful nature and participate in many activities, experience camping, cycling through the forest, and trekking.

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