Dai Nam Wonderland: A Beautiful Tourist Area Near Ho Chi Minh

Located about 40km from the center of Ho Chi Minh City, Dai Nam Wonderland is a large tourist destination suitable for people who want to escape Saigon on weekends.

Dai Nam Wonderland is a tourist area in Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. Construction started in 1999 and officially opened to guests in 2008.

This place has many records, such as the most prominent tourist area in Vietnam, the longest wall, the largest temple, the highest artificial mountain, the immense artificial sea, and the first opening-designed garden in Vietnam.

Entrance fare to visit Dai Nam Wonderland:

Entrance ticket	Adult	Child
Sightseeing gate	100,000 VND	50,000 VND
Beach gate	200,000 VND	100,000 VND
Zoo gate	200,000 VND	100, 000 VND

Note: The above is a reference price list. To learn the exact price, you can see the map available at the ticket booth to select the area where you want to choose tickets that match each zone.

What is in Dai Nam Wonderland?

1. Temple area

This temple is the largest one in Vietnam. It was built in the ancient architecture of the Ly Dynasty (1009 – 1225) with a round-square motif (symbol of Yin-Yang). The temple area has many unique architectural works, but the highlight is two buildings: Thanh Van Gate and Kim Dien Gate.

>> Please check out a temple tour from Ho Chi Minh City, including visits to the temples in Dai Nam.

a. Thanh Van Gate (Three-door Gate of Green Cloud)

Thanh Van Gate is located opposite Dai Nam Quoc Tu. Above the gate are parallel sentences praising the Vietnamese river by author Huynh Ngu Cong.

The architecture of Thanh Van Gate is made of wood. In front of the gate are a tram station and ancient-style communal houses covered with green tiles on both sides. Behind the doors is a series of corridors depicting 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups.

From the main entrance, you will cross the Ngoc Bich Bridge and Ngoc Bich Lake. After crossing these, you will reach the gate of Dai Nam Quoc pagoda.

The temple campus is expansive 5,000m², and the stairs go up with nine levels. You have to climb these steps to get to Dai Tu (a central temple) in a high position. Luckily, behind the temple is an elevator for people with disabilities and older people.

The hallway surrounding the pagoda is paved with large stones imported from Spain. Besides, 28 sets of doors are made of precious wood. The doors are engraved with images of Vietnam’s founding periods. All the above carvings are inlaid with real gold. In the gilded area, visitors can not touch the preserved artifacts.

In front of the main hall is a large lake with 54 water sprays, presenting 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam. The large part of the lake in front has a water music system used for festivals and important shows.

b. Kim Dien (Golden Temple)

Kim Dien is designed as an ancient Vietnamese architecture. It has an area of ​​5,000 square meters and is made of wood, stone, and gold.

The three-storey main temple is dedicated to the Buddha, King Hung, and King Tran Nhan Tong.

The two sides are statues of President Ho Chi Minh, General Tran Hung Dao, and Mother Au Co, all gilded. Below is a table of 54 ethnic groups and more than 2,000 Vietnamese families. Also, the temple doors are carved with historical and folk tales of the country.

The two sides outside the temple are statues of Thanh Giong and the famous general Ly Thuong Kiet riding the gilded horse. To enter the temple, tourists must wear socks without shoes.

2. Racecourse

The racetrack area in the Dai Nam tourist area is the first complex project in the sports field in Vietnam. The racecourse has a combination of 5 types: horse racing, motorcycle racing, go-kart, jet-ski, and fly-board performance.

The racetrack’s infrastructure is built according to safety standards. Typically, going karting is the primary step in participating in professional F1 racing, which first appeared in Vietnam. This place attracts many tourists because of its uniqueness and novelty.

3. Zoo

Although Thao Cam Vien in Saigon is the first site to feed the animals in Vietnam, Dai Nam Zoo is the first opening zoo. Here, the animals are not locked in barns but freely released in the captive grounds, separated from tourists by streams and trees.

The spacious zoo, which covers 12.5 hectares, has about 100 species of animals, including White Lions, White Rhinos, White Tigers, White Peacocks, Zebras, Turtles, Giraffes, Hippopotamuses, Indochina Tigers, South American Monkeys, Fire Panthers, Deer, and Sword-Horned Antelopes. However, the small animal gardens are locked and separated by glass panels.

4. Artificial sea

Dai Nam Wonderland also has an impressive artificial beach, attracting many families. Their children come here for fun and immerse themselves in the clear blue water on holidays.

This sea is the largest man-made one in Vietnam, with an area of ​​nearly 2.3 hectares, a total water surface area of ​​20,000 square meters, and the length of the coast is 1.4km. The waveform systems can create waves up to 1.6m high, giving visitors the most genuine feeling, like in the natural sea.

In addition to the sea area, castles are surrounded by water and small islands.

5. Amusement park

At the Dai Nam tourist area, you can spend time at the amusement park area, with more than 40 games at many different levels, such as super-speed roaster, crash boats, snow world, cable swinging, five-lion palace, Phoenix palace, and 4D movie. All meet the fun needs of all ages.

The large gaming area and its various game types promise to bring you the best moments when you visit Dai Nam Wonderland.

What should you eat in the Dai Nam tourist area?

In Dai Nam Wonderland, you can eat by yourself (bring food) or at the restaurant system.

Here, it serves nearly 100 dishes that are very diverse and attractive, from simple, fast food, such as grilled sausages, fried fish balls, and fried beef balls, to specialties and high-quality seafood.

This note will give you a little experience; if you want to avoid eating at restaurants inside the wonderland, you can explore delicious local dishes in Binh Duong City nearby.

In Binh Duong Province, you can enjoy famous specialties, such as Banh Beo Bi, puffy sticky rice with chicken, grilled-on-tile beef, shrimp vermicelli, mangosteen salad, and fish sauce dipping beef.

When is the best time to travel to Dai Nam in Binh Duong?

Because Dai Nam in Binh Duong is huge, traveling and sightseeing will consume a lot of energy in hot weather. Therefore, the best time to travel to Dai Nam is from September to the end of the year.

Besides, you should avoid going on public holidays, such as 30 April (Reunification Day), 1 May (International Labor Day), and 2 September (Independence Day). At these times, people all over the country are off, so the place is very crowded, which sometimes leads to overload and makes your fun less enjoyable.

>> You may want to check the daily city tour in Ho Chi Minh City.

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The terrain of Dai Nam Wonderland is huge and monumental, so it is not good to walk from one area to another. To be less tired and more convenient, you can rent bicycles or electric bikes or take a train.

Finally, you can move from the center of Ho Chi Minh City to the Dai Nam Van Hien Tourist area by many different means. Renting a private car in Saigon to travel there is much easier and more comfortable for international guests.

Now, you know what to play in Dai Nam Wonderland in Binh Duong. Then, range time to travel with all members of your family to this tourist area.