Voted one of the most beautiful islands in Asia, Con Dao is gradually becoming a destination attracting a lot of tourists' annual arrival at home and abroad. The charming natural scene, with its idyllic beauty, is memorable in the hearts of those who have been here. For your trip to be full of fun, do not forget to have 4 interesting experiences in Con Dao right below.
An experience in Con Dao that is extremely interesting that you should not miss is diving to see the coral. Located off the southern coast of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, Con Dao will make you ecstatic not only by the dreamy blue sea water, peaceful natural scenery, wonderful pristine but also by "secrets" hidden deep under the sea water.
The wild beauty of Con Dao. Photo: znews
The corals in Con Dao are quite plentiful with many types from: branches, slab corals, cubes, tables with different colors and shapes, many of which are recorded. name in the red list of Vietnam. You can enjoy swimming, watching coral reefs of all colors, colorful and attractive on the sea floor.
The corals in Con Dao are quite plentiful. Photo: youvivu
On the other hand, Con Dao is a place where the sea level is not too deep, so diving and watching the corals in Con Dao is not too difficult. Even for those of you who can't swim, scuba diving is easy with guidance.
Experience diving watching coral extremely interesting in Con Dao. Photo: luhanhvietnam
However, to explore the world under the sea, you need to prepare for the best health and spirit. And especially note to preserve the landscape, absolutely do not accidentally touch or break corals to protect the natural landscape.
Some places for you to snorkel to watch the corals in Con Dao are Hon Tai, Hon Bay Canh, Con Son Bay, Hon Tai, Hon Cau. The most appropriate time is from around March to September.
The most appropriate time is from around March to September. Photo: bestprice
The summer days of July every year are the time when sea turtles spawn, in which there are about hundreds of individuals including Sea turtles live around Con Dao and some individuals moved from neighboring waters such as Phu Quy, Phu Quoc, Truong Sa, Palawan Island (Philippines), Pahang Island (Malaysia), Nautura Island (Indonesia).
The summer days of July every year are the season when sea turtles lay eggs. Photo: mytourcdn
On the ideal large white sandy beach in Bay Canh and a few in Hon Tre Lon, Cau Hon, Hon Tai, Duong beach, Bang beach, Ong Dung beach, Ong Cuong beach, Dat Tham beach, the uncle Sea turtles begin to lay eggs when it's completely dark and the tide begins to rise.
On the large white sand, it is ideal for sea turtles to start laying eggs. Photo: travel
Amidst the dim, dim space of flashlights, you may have to stay up all night to see the mother turtle slowly approach the sandblower, dig holes to prepare to spawn and then about 2 now they fill nests, then go into the sea.
You may have to stay up all night to see this interesting thing. Photo: traveloka
Tourists to Con Dao will be watching the unique nests of sea turtles. With each turtle in the reproductive period, it can lay from 2 to 5 eggs and each nest has from 50-100 eggs. Besides, visitors can also move with the forest rangers and volunteers to relocate the nest to a safe place and have very interesting experiences in Con Dao .
Tourists visiting Con Dao will be able to see the unique eggs of this sea turtle. Photo: khongsolac
Soft turtle eggs, round like golf balls, will fit in the palm of your hand. Caring for each egg containing the small life of this endangered sea turtle, Con Dao tourists will surely have fun and indescribable emotions.
The turtle eggs are soft, round like golf balls. Photo: zingnews
After a period of incubating eggs in the hole, the small turtles revealed themselves look lovely and lovely and visitors can even release the baby turtles to the sea by themselves. This discovery journey will definitely bring visitors interesting experiences in Con Dao and useful lessons about sea turtles.
After a period of incubation in the hole, the small turtles show up. Photo: khongsolacanglers
Con Dao is located in a rich sea of seafood, so that the "" often say that "coming back from Con Dao, I do not want to go fishing elsewhere" . This experience in Con Dao usually starts from January to October of the solar calendar, the favorite place of Con Dao fishermen is Con Son Bay.
Con Dao is located in a sea of abundant seafood. Photo: fantasea
There are 2 forms of fishing here: professional fishing and fun fishing. You can join a long amateur fishing trip at sea with the end of a few tens to several hundred kilograms of fish.
In contrast, a trip "fishing for fun" only lasts from 1 session to 1 day, but you can still catch grouper more than 4kg, plaice or red grouper more than 2kg because as said, Seafood is an available and always abundant resource of Con Dao.
Fishing experience is chosen by many tourists when coming to Con Dao. Photo: chudu24
This experience in Con Dao always gives you a very different feeling compared to Nha Trang or Phu Quoc: these are often surprisingly large fish.
In addition, some visitors also challenge their courage with shark fishing animals. The ideal place for this fun is Nhat beach, located on the top of Love. The best time to go shark fishing is when night falls.
You will extremely enjoy with your "booty". Photo: phuquocxanh
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One of the experiences in Con Dao that you definitely cannot ignore is sightseeing. attractive tourist attractions in Con Dao.
Con Dao Prison: The first attraction you should visit according to Con Dao tourism experience is Con Dao Prison. At this point, you will understand a lot more about the heroic past of the nation and understand why Con Dao was once called "Hell on earth" instead of "Heavenly Heaven" as today.
Con Dao prison. Photo: izibuk
An Hai Beach: Only 10 minutes walk from the center, surrounded by mountains so the sea is very gentle, calm, small waves, clear blue water and quite warm.
Bai An Hai. Photo: bigtravel
Bai Dat Doc: Made up of gorges deep into the coast. The beach is quite small and quiet, suitable for couples or those who like quiet beaches.
Bai Dat Doc. Photo: condaotrip
Ong Dung primary forest: It is home to nearly 300 types of typical flora and fauna from the North and the South with many rare and precious products such as oats, tortoiseshell, turtles, sea cucumbers….
Ong Dung primary forest. Photo: luhanhvietnam
Hon Bay Canh: This is the second largest island out of 16 islands belonging to the Con Dao archipelago. The whole island is covered by primeval rainforests and especially, here you can participate in scuba diving to watch the extremely interesting coral.
Hon Bay Canh. Photo: luhanhvietnam
Dam Tre Bay: Surrounded by mangrove forests, in Dam Tre, visitors can not only go by boat to explore these forests, but also see nesting nests and diving to watch the coral.
Dam Tre Bay. Photo: laodong
Con Dao Museum: Coming to the museum, you have the opportunity to learn the history of Con Dao through artifacts, antiques, images and documents from the French colonial period up to now.
Con Dao Museum. Photo: luhanhvietnam
Ho An Hai: People on this archipelago depend on the main freshwater supply from An Hai Lake. This is also one of the famous tourist spots in Con Dao. Not only serving the daily needs of the people, thanks to the love from nature, An Hai lake also has charming and beautiful scenery. Coming here, visitors have the opportunity to challenge the majestic Holy Mountain.
Ho An Hai. Photo: vetaucondao
It will be a mistake if you ignore this next experience in Con Dao . The dishes here carry bold flavors of the sunny and windy sea, with unforgettable aftertaste in the hearts of visitors.
This crab has been named "the moon" probably because on its back there are characteristic circular spots like the moon. Most of the crabs on the island are caught from the sea and then brought up for sale. So you can rest assured that you will always buy fresh crab when buying crab.
The moon crab in Con Dao is very fresh. Photo: mytourcdn
Moon crab can be cooked in many ways such as boiling, steaming, dropping hot pot, stir-fry tamarind, ... You can enjoy moon crab dishes at many stores in Con Dao. If you want to buy fresh crab, you can buy it at markets, restaurants or hotels for between 270,000 and 400,000 VND per kilogram depending on the size of the crab.
Moon crabs can be cooked in many ways. Photo: Cungphuot
Oyster porridge is cooked from fresh oysters, with authentic home rice seeds, mixed with moderate seasoning, sprinkled with fragrant dried onions, a bowl of thick oyster porridge can stop. anyone's mind with a delicious rich flavor. Not only delicious, oyster porridge is also very beneficial for health, supplementing substances such as zinc, protein, and vitamins.
Oyster porridge is cooked from fresh oysters. Photo: tgdd
Oyster porridge is quite popular in Con Dao because its unforgettable taste makes many tourists "addicted". You can enjoy this specialty of Con Dao at coastal shops with a very soft price: 30,000 VND per bowl.
Mackerels in Con Dao is a special dish, different from other mackerel. Con Dao mackerel is washed with seawater or salt water after catching and then dried in the sun. Therefore, Con Dao mackerel does not smell fishy like fresh fish, not dry due to sun exposure but also has a natural salty taste from the sea.
A sunny mackerel in Con Dao is a special dish. Photo: baobariavungtau
Coming to Con Dao, you will enjoy many delicious dishes made from mackerel. In which, the dish that holds the most customers' feet is stewed mackerel with tomato sauce, served with fragrant white rice. You can buy fish at many markets and supermarkets in Con Dao with prices from 200,000 to 500,000 VND / kg.
Braised mackerel with tomato sauce, served with fragrant white rice. Photo: airtable
This snail is not only attractive in appearance but also has an attractive taste inside. In the past, the dishes made from those snails were only enjoyed by kings. Later, the snail became a daily dish of the people at sea.
This snail is not only attractive in appearance but also has an attractive taste inside. Photo: luhanhvietnam
Having many ways to cook from baking, stir-frying, salad or mixing, but the best thing is still boiled snails. This dish is often eaten with salt and lemon pepper is the best. The snail meat is crispy, sweet, not too fat like other types of snail, not too chewy like clams, scallops, and eaten.
The snail meat is crispy, sweet, not too fat. Photo: chudu24
Red lobster is known as the king of seafood in Con Dao. Unlike other varieties of lobster, Con Dao red lobster is not that big but the meat is very chewy, sweet and firm. It is said that red lobsters cannot be raised, but can only be caught from the wild.
Red lobster is known as the king of seafood in Con Dao. Photo: chudu24
Therefore, to be able to enjoy red lobster, you have to spend a large amount of money not only because this food is nutritious but also because of the catching and processing.
Red lobsters have a lot of nutrients. Photo: chudu24
Lobster meat is not only delicious, but along its spine and head, there is also a layer of golden brick, extremely nutritious. This brick layer is even thicker each winter comes. Red lobster can be processed into many delicious dishes such as sushi, steamed, salad or porridge.
It is true that there is a different Con Dao, so excited through the above activities, right? It is said that going to Con Dao will not be bored forever. Because if a day does not like lightness and relaxation, you can still change the wind with many experiences in Con Dao. Wish you have an interesting trip in this cute land.
