Ca Mau is not only famous for its vast mangroves or the coordinates of Dat Mui in the southernmost area, but also the Silver Stone dating back to millions of years, all year round, making the scene captivating.
Silver Stone is a tourist attraction that attracts many tourists from Ca Mau to visit. Because this place not only has unspoiled landscape, immense sea and islands, but also has the advantages of geographical location, located quite close to the shore. If you want to have a trip to the West and stop by famous tourist destinations in the West, don’t miss this place. Because you will definitely have a meaningful and enjoyable experience. Here are the simple but attractive Ca Mau Ca Mau Da Bac travel experiences waiting for you to explore.
Where is the Silver Stone located?
Silver Stone is located in Kinh Hon hamlet, Khanh Binh Tay commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province. Along with Ca Mau Floating Market, Thi Tuong Lagoon and Ca Mau Cape, … Silver Stone is one of the 6most famous tourist destinations in Ca Mau , ‘holding the foot’ of visitors from far away.
Pristine Silver Stone but extremely attractive.
The island is located 50km from the center of Ca Mau city.
As one of three high-rise rock clusters, along with Troi and Ong Ngo islands, this place becomes an interesting destination, attracting many young people who want to experience new tourism or challenge the itself, especially in the western trips in general and Ca Mau in particular
The best time to travel to Silver Stone
Ca Mau is a region with typical Southern weather with two distinct rainy and dry seasons. So the best time to visit Silver Stone Island is in the dry months, that is, from December to April each year. At this time, the weather will be dry and no rain, creating extremely favorable and ideal conditions for sea tourists in general and to explore Da Bac Island in particular.
The choice could not be more suitable for the summer tourist season.
According to the experience of many tourists and the advice of locals, if you want to avoid crowded days (peak tourism) of the dry season, you should not go on weekends or holidays – the time of travel. Customers flock here so many, so choose between a week or a normal day.
Guide to the Silver Stone
Da Bac tourist destination is just 50km from the center of Ca Mau city. This is one of the advantages ofthis western tourist destination because whether traveling by private vehicle is self-driving car or motorbike, the way is fast and easy. Indeed, with the location not too far away, to travel to this place you can move in many specific ways:
Traveling by road
+ By private vehicle: If you ride a motorbike or a self-driving car, you only need to follow Ngo Quyen Street until the intersection with Provincial Highway 961 then turn left. Then continue to follow this road until you reach Khanh Binh Tay commune, then cross the bridge connecting the mainland with the Silver Stone to reach the desired destination.
One of the most beautiful tourist attractions of Ca Mau.
+ By passenger car: If you choose to go to Da Bac island by passenger car, you can catch the bus at the bus station of Ward 7. From here, it only takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes to move to the point near the attraction. Because it is not convenient, the bus does not take you to the place, but you only need to note a little that when you reach Da Bac bus station, continue to take a motorbike taxi or taxi to get into the resort, it takes about 10 minutes Just more.
Impressive scenery of the southernmost land of the country.
Move by water
In addition to traveling by road, visitors visiting Ca Mau tourist destination can also choose to go by water. This is also a quite interesting experience because you will enjoy the feeling of leisurely on the waves of Ca Mau. If you go by canoe to Silver Stone, you go down the Tac Thu Sutra which is adjacent to the Dong Thanh Sutra, go west for about 40km to reach the famous scenery of the land at the end of the sky.
Wild beauty of the Silver Stone landscape
Da Bac tourist spot is divided into 2 main clusters. If the first cluster hides pristine, pristine beauty dating back about 180 million years (mid-Jurassic period), the other cluster has a poetic beauty like a fairyland with many shapes as being created. Chemical installation with famous landmarks such as fairy hand, fairy well, fairy yard, fairy feet …
Silver stone is up to 180 million years old.
Hon includes many small rocks such as Ong Ngo, San Tien and Da Bac with the highest peak up to 22.7 m.
When visiting this cluster of rocks, visitors can admire a myriad of granite stones (also called marble) that are stacked by the hands of the creator with very unique shapes. In addition, this place is also preserved quite well the primary forest and vegetation.
Interesting experiences in Silver Stone
1. Enjoy the natural scenery
Da Bac has an area of about 6.43 ha. This place is originally a cluster of many large and small adjacent rocks including: Ong Ngo island, Da Le stone and Silver stone. In which, the tallest island is only about 50m above sea level.
Panoramic view of Silver Stone from afar.
Currently, people have built more bridges between 3 islands, so visitors can shorten the time to visit from one place to another compared to before. In addition, the roads around the island now are concreted very safely and firmly, increasing the convenience of visiting and taking pictures, checking in the beautiful scenery here. So, along with Hon Khoai Island , Silver Stone is more and more tourists visiting.
The island is divided into 2 clusters with different landscapes.
Compared to other destinations such as Dat Mui, Ca Mau floating market and ecotourism areas, Da Bac is special in that its natural landscape is both poetic and majestic but close to the shore.
The check-in level cannot be missed in Ca Mau.
Visitors visiting this place, apart from visiting, can also spend time exploring and learning about the lives of the fishermen as they go out to sea fishing, squid fishing at night, … What is more interesting when you are able to fish your own handcuffs, squid or fish … and then bake them on the fire red charcoal stove in the boat floating in the middle of the sea at night and whistling with the aroma the nose is just enjoyed on the spot.
If you have the opportunity to travel to Silver Stone you miss the moment of enjoying the sunrise here.
Silver Stone is the last gem of the Fatherland.
This unique meal will be even more wonderful if you have a little more alcohol so you will have a good night’s sleep, spend the next morning with friends watching the sunrise on the sea.
2. An inspirational spiritual destination
When traveling to Silver Stone Island , do not miss the spiritual destination worshiped by people in the area is Lang Ong. This spiritual work is not fussy in the architectural style but is only rudimentary but still shows respect and gratitude to the fish he (the whale) had repeatedly saved the seafarers in distress. There are also stories about saving the lives of fishermen and fishing boats of Mr. Fish and there is a display of giant elephant fish bones that today, many days, many people burn incense and worship.
A famous historical, cultural and ecological tourist destination of Ca Mau province.
Lang Ong on Silver Stone.
If you come here on the 23rd of May of the lunar calendar every year, you can also join the Nghinh Ong festival – an opportunity for local fishermen to work in sea fishing to pay thanks and pray for a peaceful trip Security. This is a custom of many coastal areas, with many people engaged in marine professions such as fishing. Later, the Nghinh Ong festival also adds the meaning of gathering loved ones who have not met for a long time, getting together to eat and talk.
The landscape cannot be ignored when coming to the fertile alluvial land of Ca Mau.
3. Monuments bearing bold historical marks
In addition to the romantic natural landscape, the Silver Stone was also the place to go through the heavy war period with many revolutionary traces with the victory of defeating the enemy’s sound of the people of Binh Tay commune in 1971, contributing to Protect independence at the island.
Stele commemorates the merit of the heroic war period of Binh Tay people.
Opportunities to learn about the culture and admire the beautiful destinations in Ca Mau.
4. Enjoy the delicious food from abundant seafood
In addition to the unspoiled landscape with many attractive places and historic and spiritual works, Silver Stone also marks the hearts of tourists by the fresh and delicious dishes made from seafood sources. plentiful here such as squid, mantis shrimp, oysters … aiming with the spicy taste of the famous wine of the raven-shaped wine in the southernmost region of the country.
You can immerse yourself in the lives of fishermen in the Silver Stone Island fishing village.
Release your soul along the murmuring waves on the wild and ancient Silver Stone.
Seafood here is famous for its freshness and abundance that can be caught around the island. Among them, oysters are the best products of this sea and have been included in the book “Old Ca Mau” by two authors Nghe Van Luong and Huynh Minh.
Organizing BBQ parties with friends on the island is an unforgettable culinary experience for visitors.
If you can stay overnight on the island, definitely do not miss the experience of organizing an outdoor barbecue with friends and relatives. Because not only fresh and abundant, but the seafood price here is quite cheap, specifically: oysters are only 1,500-2,000 VND / fish, squid and fish prices are about 2,000 VND / fish, shrimp prices are about 1,500 VND / fish. , …
Ticket price to visit Silver Stone
Currently, the latest updated entrance fee for the Silver Stone tourist resort is 20,000 VND / person for adults, and for children, 10,000 VND / person. With this super affordable price, you will admire the beauty of the romantic near-shore island and visit Ong Fish Temple, historic sites on the island as well as enjoy many delicious dishes of Ca Mau cuisine. from fresh seafood here.
Wild beauty of Ca Mau.
Currently, Ca Mau tours often have schedules that combine the discovery of natural beauty with historical and cultural relics of the Silver Stone with other attractive attractions such as Dam Doi – Thi Tuong Lagoon. – Ca Mau cape land to form a quite unique green tourist route in the southernmost part of the country.
If this summer you have not had any plans to go anywhere, then choose the pristine Silver Stone with endless waves which is both a beautiful landscape and a famous historical-spiritual mark of Ca Mau. You can choose to take short tours of the West for about 2 days 1 night on the occasion of Nghinh Ong festival or at any time to have the opportunity to learn about culture and admire the beautiful destination. Color of Ca Mau.