I-Resort in Nha Trang

Located closed to Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, I-Resort Nha Trang is a peaceful space with mineral mud bath services that help tourists eliminate stress from their daily lives and feel a deep sense of calm and total relaxation.

• I-Resort Nha Trang, located 4 km from Nha Trang, is surrounded by high mountains and the winding Cai River that forms a beautiful scenic complex. The first impression of the resort is its Vietnamese traditional-style design with Nipa leaf roofed houses, ponds of water-lilies, stone walls and vegetable gardens. The resort, covering about 6ha, was built with a lounge, a family mineral mud bath area, an outdoor mineral mud bath area, a spa, a swimming pool and a restaurant.

Panoramic view of I-Resort Nha Trang.

The artificial mineral streams fascinate tourists.

The resort is well known for its mineral mud bath services which claim to have many advantages for health care, health treatment and beauty. Here, the mineral mud bath services are diversified, from popular to high-class. After having a mud bath, visitors can relax in the beautiful swimming pool with shade created by Nipa leafed eaves or enjoy services at the spa using Eastern and Western style therapies or try traditional foods at the resort’s restaurant.

Tran Dang Quang, Executive Director of I-resort said: “We not only provide mineral mud bath services, but also focus on the convalescence demands of clients. By the end of 2012, we will have finished building bungalows on the hill near the Cai River to complete the resort to meet the demand of tourists.”

Water pipes made of bamboo trees help create a rustic space.

Part of the spa at I- Resort Nha Trang.

Relaxing in a mineral mud bath-tub.

Although, the resort was only put into operation a few moths ago, it has welcomed thousands of domestic and international visitors. It is expected that in the future the resort will have a considerable contribution to the development of Khanh Hoa Province’s tourism sector.

Swallow Island in Binh Dinh

Phuong Mai Island, which local people usually call Swallow Island (Yen Island), is located near Quy Nhon city, eastern Binh Dinh. It contains a mountain which looks like a dinosaur standing imposingly to defend strong winds and big waves.

Not only creating a wonderful aquarelle picture, the nature also awards people here with a treasure that is swallow – an extremely specious specialty wanted worldwide.

Swallow Island has an interesting, fascinating landscape thank to ancient caves with hundreds - of - meters - high rock canopies, high and dangerous cave inner space which are suitable living places for swallows to build their nests

Come to Swallow Island in spring, people will have a chance to see flocks of swallow flying crowdedly in the sky and chirping to call each other. This kind of bird lives in flock but usually live in a couple.

According to document of researchers, there are two main types of swallow in the Quy Nhon Swallow Island: yen co (yến cỏ) và yen sao (yến sào). Yen co is bigger than yen sao, build their nests by using grass, junk from top of mountain. Yen sao is specious one which has small bodies like sparrow but flies strongly. They find the food by flying as well as catching the food on sea; they can fly continuously in ten hours without stopping.

The nests of yen sao are not made of grass but their saliva; each day they generate a little of saliva, pull this to make threads, crank threads to form nests. After a period, the nests are dry, looks like ears sticking to cave ceiling and cliffs. When finishing the nests to fit the body entirely, swallow starts to breed.

Visit Swallow Island, besides contemplating the charming scenery outside, tourists can also go further inside the cave to enjoy the majestic beauty created by the nature. On the cliffs, interfering with water drops, there are tiny white points; the scene looks like a summer night sky having a plenty of stars. The swallow nests are arranged tightly, making a long string; somewhere the swallows spread their wings and blow their breath to warm their children; sometimes there is a voice of young birds calling mothers to feed. The sound of waves, water dropping, wings flapping, swallow voice… all mix together, making up a strange rhythm that lets people feel like they are lost in a fairy place.

Duong Long Cham Tower - the most beautiful and unique Cham Tower

Duong Long Cham Tower is one of the most beautiful in Central Vietnam.This towner is a group of 3 biggest towers. It was built in the 12th century with very beautiful architecture.

Location: Duong Long Cham Tower is located at Go Dang, Binh Hoa Commune, Tay Son District, Binh Dinh Province.
Characteristics: This towner is a group of 3 biggest towers. It was built in the 12th century with very beautiful architecture.

Duong Long Cham Tower

Duong Long Cham Tower, also called Thap Nga meaning "ivory tower," is located 40km from Quy Nhon and 270km from Da Nang City. It is a group of 3 towers; the highest tower, 35m high, is in the middle, and the two others are 22m.

motifs with stone carvings of sacred animals

The tower’s body is built of bricks. The corners have got motifs with stone carvings of sacred animals such as Garuda birds, elephants, and eagles. Its gate faces the east and is rather high (about 1.5m) and the gate’s frame is made of big stones. Its upper part is built of big stones, which are skillfully superimposed on each other. Many big, body leaf-shaped bas embossments describing monks, dancers and singers are found on the walls. These figures with rather big heads wear corner hats. Especially, the top of the tower looks like a great lotus with its rising petals.

All the decorative motifs of the tower are very big and carved on sandstone. They are well-preserved. This tower complex is one of the most beautiful in Central Vietnam.

If tourists in Vietnam travel have chance to visit Binh Dinh province, Duong Long Cham Tower is a must-see place that should not be missed!

Ta Gu Waterfall - the Fairy Smooth Hair

Fascinated by the beautiful stream, the fairies from the sky usually flied down bathing in the stream then went to the mountain top spreading their hair feeling the wind. One day, the smallest fairy busies herself with playing, forgot the restricted time so she had to stay at the human world, finally she became Ta Gu Waterfall.

Ta Gu Waterfall is one of famous tourism destinations in Nha Trang, located in Son Hiep commune, Khanh Son district, Khanh Hoa province. From the centre of Khanh Son district following the opposite direction 15 km further, there is Son Hiep commune. Reach there, visitors can easily recognize the majestic mountains which are about 1,300 m higher than sea level, the pure air in the mountainous region.

Formerly, the waterfall was named Nga waterfall. After that, people changed its name into Ta Gu, the name of the spring flowing to the waterfall.

There are two myths about the waterfall formation. Anciently, there were many pythons in this forest; one was as big as a-hundred-year-old To Hap tree. In a morning of dry season, a flock of pythons went to the top finding food. On the way, they met a small elephant losing its mother which was bewildered. Immediately, the leading python run to hurl the elephant down. The elephant and the pythons fought fiercely. Finally, both two animals fell into the abyss. When the mother elephant came back finding her child dead, she stood on the mountain top crying nights and days, then she turned to rock. Two flows of the mother’s teardrop became two flows of waterfall.

According to another myth, Ta Gu anciently was a transparent, pure stream. Every year in spring, animals bustlingly took part in a festival. Fascinated by the beautiful stream, the fairies from the sky usually flied down bathing in the stream then went to the mountain top spreading their hair feeling the wind. One day, the smallest fairy busies herself with playing, forgot the restricted time so she had to stay at the human world, finally she became Ta Gu Waterfall.

However, in both two myths, Ta Gu waterfall was beautiful, mysterious, majestic with two flows rumblingly pouring from the height of 30-40m, and blue lake which is about 1km wide.  

Especially, despites of being one of the most famous tourism destinations in Nha Trang, the waterfall still remains its wild scenery, being an ideal destination for visitors who are keen on adventure.

The charm of the waterfall is created by not only the beautiful landscape but also forest and stream crossing travel during the way to the waterfall. It’s so interesting that after reaching the waterfall, the adventure still continues. Firstly, people must hold the tree roots to go down, pass a stream, then meet a deep and large lake. After that, they continue to cross the slippery stream in the top right, crowd to the canopies of wild plants keeping moving to the bottom of the waterfall.

There is an extremely excited feeling when stopping near straight cliff, facing with the wonderful waterfall which is rumblingly flowing. All tiredness seems to be left out in the cold water of the wide lake in the waterfall bottom. It will be more interesting to hold a camping party among the mountainous area to connect members in group.   

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