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Geography : Con Dao Island
Apr 15,2010 12:00:00 AM

 

Con Dao possesses great potential in developing tourism, seafood processing, navigation and petrol. The long coastline with many beautiful beaches like Dat Doc, Bai Canh, Dam Trau, Hon Tre, Hon Cau, etc. and a National Park with many precious species of flora and fauna have  bring about much advantage to this area. For Vietnamese, mentioning Con Dao is mentioning a horrible prison system of the French and American.

 

Con Dao has an all-year-round fresh living environment with the average temperature of 26-27 oC. The beautiful landscape combined with the temperate natural conditions has provided Con Dao with various forms of tourism like biological tourism (fishing, mountain climbing, diving, etc.), historical tourism or bathing and relaxation. Every year, the region welcomes hundred thousands of tourists who come here to seek for relaxation, sightseeing or other activities. In order to meet the increasing demand of tourists, Con Dao provides many well-equipped accommodation places like Phi Yen hotel, Sai Gon Tourist hotel, Con Dao National Park guesthouse.

 

Along with tourism, Con Dao is also an important piscary of southern provinces in general and of Phu Quoc in particular, which receives much attention of the authority. The province has made an investment on the Ben Dam fishing port. Particularly, in Con Dao, there are also big fishing ships, which can bring about 10 000 tons of seafood every year.

 

Con Dao lies within the important transportation junction (about 60km from the North-South international shipping lane). From Con Dao, ships can transfer to north Asian countries like Russia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and to some East Asian countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia.

 

In recent years, the living condition of local people has been improved much. The infrastructure system has been improved including road, airport, and port. The fishing activity here becomes more bustling since there are more and more enclosing services. There is time when thousands of ships from different provinces stay at the port of Con Dao. The number of tourists coming to Con Dao has increased much. Visiting Con Dao, tourists will have chance to travel around the island and enjoy the wonderful landscape that the nature has blessed this area. In addition, it will be a good opportunity to get to know more about the history of Vietnam, especially in the French and American Colinial period.

 

Tourist Activities

 

Option 1: Con Dao Tour

 

Route:

 

 

Duration:

Estimated price:

Depart from:

Con Dao Museum – Phu Son Camp – Hang Duong Cemetery – Tiger cages – Lady Phi Yen Temple – Ma Thien Lanh Bridge – Ben Dam Port – Nhat Beach

2 days/1 night

60 – 80 USD

Con Dao

 

Option 2: Con Dao National Park – Con Dao Island

 

Route:

Duration:

Estimated price:

Depart from:

Con Dao - Con Dao National Park Con Dao island

3 days/2 nights

70 - 85 USD

Con Dao

 

Option 3: Con Dao Island Diving Tour

 

Route:

Duration:

Estimated price:

Depart from:

Con Dao Island

1 day

15 – 25 USD

Con Dao

 

*** Note: The price may vary in different periods of time.

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