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Source: vietnam-beauty - 2009/12/22, 04:22 GMT+7 - Total view: 1085
A visit to Dau Tieng Lake, the first choice travel...
Located on the way to Tay Ninh, Cao Dai Great Temple, and Ba Den Mountain, Dau Tieng Lake with beautiful landscape of mountains, its mysterious islets, and its fresh and pure atmosphere give visitors an agreeable feeling...
Thelake is the largest irrigation reservoir in Vietnam with a capacity of1.6 billion cubic meters, supplying sufficient water for crops in TayNinh as well neighbouring provinces. Especially, Dau Tieng Lake is alsoa frequent place for sightseeing. Being far away from the residentialarea, the lake has crystal like, clean water and on sunny days, thewater reflects the blue color of the sky.

 

Stretchingalong the lake is the Cau Mountain and a valley next to a primevalforest close to its bank, and scattered here and there in the lake aresmall islets. The lake's bank with its green grass coverage could be anideal place for camping and visitors coming there could go fishing orwatching the locals catch fish in the lake.

CauMountain has a height of 198 meters with a diverse floristiccomposition and protective forest extending to 1,600 hectares. At thetop of the mountain is Thai Son Pagoda, which attracts many pilgrims inthe 15th day of the first lunar month. Next to Cau Mountain in therubber plantation is Cau Nom Lake, which also has very pure and cleanwater with fresh air and tranquilizing atmosphere. There is also Tha Lapeninsula with an area of 57 hectares next to the lake. On thepeninsula, locals grow many tropical fruit trees such as mango andlongan. Visitors will surely appreciate the food specialties of thelocality.

Toreach the lake, you can follow the National Highway No.13 to Thu DauMot Town in Binh Duong Province. When reaching the second highway tollstation on Binh Duong Boulevard, tourists turn right Nguyen Chi ThanhStreet (744 Street) and run through this street for about 30 kilometersand turn right at the T-junction of Thanh Tuyen Commune in Ben CatDistrict. You then come to the center of Dau Tieng Town of Dau TiengDistrict and follow this street to Dau Tieng Lake.

 
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