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Chua Chan Mountain in Dong Nai Province

Thursday, January 17th, 2013 - 9:02 AM

Location: Chua Chan Mountain (so-called Gia Ray Mountain or Gia Lao Mountain) is a charming famous landscape in Xuan Loc District, Dong Nai Province.

Characteristic: Chua Chan Mountain is the second highest mountain of the South region and the Mekong Delta, with an altitude of 836 meters above sea level.

Although it is not very high in comparison with other mountains in Vietnam, it is a rather charming and potential tourist attraction. Chua Chan Mountain is famous for the imposing shape, majestic scenery, and beautiful natural cave. Also, it has high, dangerous and sheer rocks and thick forest with thousands of plants and animals, waterfall pouring down all year round. Specially, at an altitude of 600 meters, Chua Chan Mountain has a holly pagoda- Buu Quang Pagoda (so-called Gia Lao Pagoda), which was built a long time ago. Every year, on Tet holiday or the full moon days of the lunar January, April, and July large crowds of pilgrims travel to the Pagoda, and Chua Chan Mountain has been chosen as a tourist destination by lots of people. Approximately, there are more than 100,000 guests visiting to this mountain every year. Besides spiritual purpose, pilgrims choose Gia Lao Pagoda because there are beautiful landscapes here. Standing on Chua Chan Mountain on sunny days, tourists can clap their eyes far to Phan Thiet Sea (in Binh Thuan Province) and Vung Tau Sea (Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province).

 In addition, Chua Chan Mountain is a historical location and revolutionary sits in two wars against France and America. On August 8, 2009 morning, Xuan Loc District solemnly held a ceremony to receive the decision of Chairperson of the provincial People’s Committee on provincial-level relics acknowledgment for Chua Chan mountain –a historical relics-famous landscape.