What Attractions in Con Dao Island to visit? Referring to Con Dao Island, in the eyes of Vietnamese and foreign tourists, this place is not only a natural paradise for relaxation but also carries out significant historical values related to Vietnamese wars presented by many historical landmarks where Vietnamese residents and soldiers sacrificed for the national independence. Let’s discover such the amazing beauty and mysterious historical stories behind these landmarks!
Con Dao Prison

The first place and most popular of Attractions in Con Dao Island is Con Dao prison. This is where the French colonialists and American imperialists built hundreds of exile and detention rooms for Vietnamese patriots and political prisoners. Especially the tiger cage system is famous tyranny shocked the whole world when it was discovered.

Island God’s Palace

Island God’s Palace is the headquarters of the Con Dao prison system and served as the working place for 53 Island Gods in 113 years from 1862-1975. There are dozens of prisoners who had to work hard for the lives of these gods. The Island God’s Palace expresses the lavish life of the enemy that dominated this area opposite with the suffering, hunger and thirst of prisoners.

Phi Yen Temple

Also known as An Son Pagoda, this is one of must-see Attractions in Con Dao Island, where worshiping Ms. Phi Yen, the queen of the king Nguyen Anh, Phi Yen temple is the spiritual destination for tourists visiting Con Dao to learn more about her signature virtue through many interesting legendary stories and pray for their wishes.

Nui Mot Pagoda

Nui Mot Pagoda in Con Dao built on a beautiful location looking to the east of Con Dao island will be the great ideal for tourists’ relaxation. From the Nui Mot Pagoda, tourists will have opportunities to admire the overall scenes of Con Dao nature, especially the charming and elegant Cong Son bay and An Hai lake.

Nhat Island

Nhat island is considered as one of the most beautiful beaches in Con Dao. Situated near the center of Con Son town and the main roads with a very spectacular position, the Nhat island impresses tourists with the very wild natural landscape less affected by the presence of people, especially the crystal-clear blue sea with sandy coastal line. It is worth mentioning that the Nhat island only appears a few hours a day. Other times the Nhat island was submerged in water.

Dam Trau beach

Dam Trau beach is located outside the National Park, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, about 14km from the city center and about 12km from Co Ong airport. This is an ideal place for outdoor picnics, adventure journeys, and discoveries the new lands in Con Dao. Coming to Dam Trau beach, tourists can immerse in the clear and blue water, witness the very beautiful and special coral reefs with different shapes and colors. Otherwise, Dam Trau beach is also the soul of wild primitive forests, promising tourists unforgettable experiences about the nature in here.

Seven-sided island

The seven-sided island, the second largest one among 16 islands of the Con Dao, is the home to the number of sea turtle in Vietnam, up to 20 individuals per night in breeding season. Especially, coming to the seven-sided island, tourists will have the opportunity to explore the ecology of mangroves and diverse coral reefs.

Ba Island

Ba island, the third largest island in the Con Son with the natural area of 576 hectares, is connected to Con Son by Cua Tu, forming Ben Dam bay. Forest resources on Ba island are diverse and abundant with precious and rare timber species such as long-tailed macaque, black-winged Con Dao, wild boar and bird. When arriving at the Hon Ba Forest Protection Station, tourists walk about 20 minutes to the west of the forest to Dam Quoc Island, explore the pristine mangrove forest, swim in the coral sea, then climb the mountain to conquer the Love Peak, with the height of 352m and observe the whole Ben Dam bay.

Tai Island

Tai island is located on the southeastern side of Con Son with an area of 34 hectares, taking 5.3 km from Con Dao Tourist Pier. Tai island has the beautiful natural scenery, attracting tourists coming here to relax and discover the very special nature on the island. Especially, there are two small sandy beaches for the breeding season with hundreds of mother tortoises nesting on the nest, laying eggs, and returning to the ocean from April to September annually. The marine resources around Tai island are rich and diverse with many marine species such as coral, fish, clams, marine turtles, which will be the great ideal destination to explore the island nature’s mysteries.

Con Dao National Park

When telling about Attractions in Con Dao Island, we should not miss to visit Con Dao National park. With an area of 15.043 ha, Con Dao national park is the home of abundant and diverse vegetation types, from terrestrial to aquatic species, more than 370 species of wood, 100 species of vines, and 200 species of beneficial plants along with 30 various orchids scattered on the island. The flora of Con Dao national park creates the full of vitality for the island. Particularly, on the island there are some rare plants such as crochet, red toad, melon, and white toad, which will be the great natural treasures for tourists to discover. The number of animals living in the Con Dao national park is also remarkable. Con Dao has 69 species, of which 39 species are reptiles. Especially, the diverse and magical system of coral reefs contributes to the mysterious beauty of this area.

Con Dao Museum

Con Dao museum is one of the famous attractions in Con Dao Island, Con Dao museum is the historical relic preserving significant values to Vietnamese people about the Vietnam dire wars. At the Con Dao Museum, visitors will have opportunities to listen the introduction on the general room of Con Dao, then turn to visit the images, and artifacts denounced barbaric crimes through two regimes of the colonial government France and the American Empire and their henchmen. The images, portraits of political prisoners in Con Dao, images of the resilient fight of the revolutionary, the prisoners are imprisoned in a very harsh prison system. The artifacts exhibited here primarily depict the crimes of colonialism and empire. At the same time, it is clear that Con Dao is a battlefield, a revolutionary school of Communist soldiers and Vietnamese patriots during the colonial process of invasion. Con Dao Museum is the truly must-visited address associated with the preservation, embellishment and promotion of the Vietnam historical value of the special revolutionary.

Ong Beach

Bai Don Beach is a beautiful and ideal destination for relaxation located in Con Dao National Park about 4 km from west of the center. From there to the garden, tourists will walk for about an hour on the trail through the forest going to Ong Beach. Coming to Ong beach, tourists will able to take a rest under the crystal-clear and fresh water, and witness the beautiful organism in here.

Cau Island

Cau island is about 8km from northeast of Con Son (Phu Hai), one of 16 islands in Con Dao. This place is not only associated with the Con Dao history but also contributes to the unique and unspoiled beauty of this area. Currently, Cau island is the home for many rare marine species in Vietnam such as sea turtle, swallow’s nests, and so on. Coming to Cau island, tourists not only enjoy the beautiful beach with white sand under the sunshine, immerse in fresh air, witness the urban flower and the coconut forests laying down to the sea. On Cau island, fresh water is available throughout the year to nurture many fruit trees such as papaya, banana, custard for tourists’ refreshment. The most attractive thing here is probably the extremely diverse and rich coral reefs. Every night, tourists can take a rest and explore the place where turtles lay eggs from April to September annually, and try some typical dishes of the land like snail, lobster or jelly beans ….

Other attractions in Con Dao: White Stone Lighthouse, Con Son Bay, Phu Tuong camp (French Tiger case), Con Dao museum, Con Dao prison