Full-Day Cao Dai Temple and Black Lady Mountain from Ho Chi Minh

Escape the big city to spend a day in Tay Ninh-a mountainous area near the Vietnamese-Cambodian border. Visit Black Lady Mountain for stunning views and intriguing Buddhist temples and caves, followed by Cao Dai Holy Temple to learn first-hand about the unique fusion religion of the Cao Dai sect.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Cao Dai Temple, Long Thanh Bac Commune Hoa Thanh District, Tay Ninh 730000 Vietnam

We will then proceed to Cao Dai Holy Temple. This temple includes complex houses, administrative offices, and residences for officials and adepts and also a hospital of traditional Vietnamese herbal medicine that attracts people from all over the south for treatments. The temple is home to Cao Dai sects who practice a unique hybrid of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity. Up near the altar are barely discernible portraits of six figures important to Cao Daism: Sakyamuni (Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism), Ly Thai Bach (Li Taibai, a fairy from Chinese mythology), Khuong Tu Nha (Jiang Taigong, a Chinese saint), Laotse (the founder of Taoism), Quan Cong (Guangong, Chinese God of War) and Quan Am (Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy).

Their patron saints include Sun Yat-Sen, Victor Hugo and Nguyen Binh Khiem.


Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Black Virgin Mountain, Vòng quanh khu du lịch Núi Bà, Thạnh Tân, Tây Ninh, Vietnam

We will visit Black Lady Mountain, approximately 11 kilometers to the Northeast of Tay Ninh. We will take an exhilarating cable car ride to the mountain for a panoramic view of this beautiful region. Black Lady Mountain consists of three major mountains covering an area of 24 kilometers and reaching an altitude of 986 meters. Here the beautiful temples and caves that are used to house Buddhist monks and nuns remain largely undisturbed

Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Hoi An Express, Tien Giang Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam

This tour is not offered in January of the Lunar Year