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Hon Da Bac has one of southern Vietnam’s best seafood restaurants, which specializes in bird’s nest dishes and its trademark oysters.
Travelers have the opportunity to fish out their own oysters.
Visitors dive 1-3m deep to reach the mollusks and use mallets to loosen the oysters from their beds.
It is said that the oysters in Hon Da Bac are the most wholesome and delicious in the country.
Hon Da Bac is also home to several unique tourist attractions, such as a temple that houses a giant whale’s skeleton placed on an altar for worship.
The island’s Hung Tue pagoda attracts Buddhist pilgrims and other visitors for worship every full-moon.
Each year, the Fish Worship Festival takes over the island on the 23rd of the fifth lunar month.
Tourism on the island has become popular enough that the Ca Mau Municipal Travel and Service Company has built a road around the island to facilitate tours.
Many popular legends are set on the island, including stories of whales saving people, as well as a tale about a mystic lagoon where fairies go to bathe.
From the provincial capital of Ca Mau, it takes one and a half hours by motorbike to travel the 60 km to the island, which is linked to the mainland by a bridge.
Travelers can also reach Hon Da Bac by canoe or ferry.
Local hotels or guesthouses offer rooms for around VND200,000 (US$12.40) a night.
Reported by Diem Thu - Thanhniennews
