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Lac Canh – Dai Nam tourist area
Ba Den mountain
Nam Cat Tien National Park as a World Biosphere Reserve by
UNESCO.
Cat Tien is the name of a the roughly
71,350ha of land located within a Dai Nam Paradise Resort
winding section of the Dong Nai
river through three provinces: Dong Dai Nam Van Hien is the largest
Nam, Binh Phuoc and Lam Dong. recreation and tourist resort in
It is a tropical primeval forest area Vietnam covering an area of 450ha.
with many ancient trees such as It is located within the town Thu
banaba, red wood as well as unique Dau Mot, Binh Duong Province and
species of mammals and birds such is about 40km from Ho Chi Minh
as the red feather pheasant, ibis, City. Main attractions include: Dai
one-horn rhino and elephants. Nam temple, also known as Kim
Dien, famous for gold-inlaid statues,
Nam Cat Tien National Park embossment and worshipping
often attracts researchers, items; Bao Son mountain; temples
archaeologists, explorers and for Mountain God, Farming God,
tourists. At the head of Dong Nai White Tiger God; zoo with many
river, archaeologists found a relic species enlisted in Red Book such
temple from Phu Nam culture. as: white lion, white tiger, white
This is a valuable archaeological rhino, giraffe and zebra.
work that reveals origin of a
forgotten kingdom. In November There is also an artificial sea, a water
2001, Cat Tien was recognized park and a dolphin training center.
Nam Cat Tien National Park
