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Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 - 1:00 PM

Location: Away from Ho Chi Minh city about 106km, the Ba Den Mountain is located at Thanh Tan commune, Hoa Thanh district, Tay Ninh province, is very famous for its poetic landscape.

Characteristics: The Ba Den Mountain with 996 meter height, one part of the imposing Ba mountain range, is known as the highest mountain of the south region. With ancient grottoes, pagodas and trees, she attracts hundreds of tourists and pilgrims every day.

From the foot of the mountain, tourists can enjoy the romantic beauty of the mountain and Tay Ninh town center by cable car system. Also, trekkers can easily go hiking on stone stairs. However, these stairs are only available to the Buddhist Temple. If you love to conquer the peak of the mountain, you have to climb along the zigzag path.

At the Buddhist Temple, travelers can explore the historical cultural and religious monuments around such as: Thanh Long grotto, Huyen Mon grotto, Kim Quang grotto, Wind Cave.

This place often welcomes a large number of people in spring time, the first and second lunar months, especially on the festivals of Ba Den Mountain. There are two main festivals occurring at Ba Den Mountain annually: Spring Festival, from the 15th to the 18th day of the first lunar month, and Via Ba Festival lasting from the 5th to the 6th day of the fifth lunar month.

Towards the top of the mountain, tourists are surely impressed by the dignity as well as beauty of the lying giant white Buddha statue. When reaching the roof of the southern, tourists will hardly forget the feeling of conquering this majestic mountain. At this point, you not only enjoy the whole view of the mountain as well as the vast Dau Tieng lake , but also touch the floating cloud at the dawn.

Down to the foot of the mountain, tourists can take a grass slider trip. It is a soft adventure activity as the slope is gentle and tourists can control the brake of the slide.