To explore this route, the best way is a motorbike. Large buses usually do not run through this road but go in the direction of National Highway 1. Ca Pass is about 333 m high, about 12 km long, crossing the Dai Lanh mountain range at the border between Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces on National Highway 1. The top of the pass is located in Vung Ro village, Hoa Xuan Nam commune, Dong Hoa town.
From the top of Deo Ca Pass, looking down to the east is Vung Ro Bay located in the middle of an arc-shaped mountain range. Vung Ro Bay is a natural boundary on the sea between Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa, with an area of about 16.4k m2 and is surrounded by 3 mountain ranges including Ca Pass (in the north), Da Bia (in the east), Hon Ba (in the west) and is protected by Hon Nua Island in the south.
Vung Ro Bay was once chosen as the landing point many times of the "Numberless Train" to support the Southern battlefield. Vung Ro Bay is named in the top 10 most beautiful bays in Vietnam announced by the Vietnam Records Organization in 2013. The bay has a total of 12 small beaches with wild and peaceful scenery for visitors to experience and explore.
Passing through Ca Pass, to the Mui Dien area - Dai Lanh lighthouse. You should come to this place and in the early morning, walk up to the Dai Lanh lighthouse. The rays of the light yellow early morning sun gradually covered the blue sea, the yellow-brown rocky slopes, the white sand strip at the foot of the mountain and the grass on the top. In the distance is the Dai Lanh lighthouse, the place to welcome the first sunrise in Phu Yen.
The beautiful time to watch the sunrise here is around 5:30 - 7 in summer. If you arrive later than the sun, the photo will be backlit. In the afternoon, from about 4 p.m. onwards, the sky is sunny to watch the sunset.
The next destination is Bai Mon, along with Mui Dien and Dai Lanh lighthouse in Mui Dien tourist area. The entrance ticket for out-of-province tourists is 20,000 VND, and for intra-provincial tourists is 10,000 VND. Bai Mon has a large, spacious sand area, fine sand and a stream flowing down from the mountain, making it an ideal place for swimming and camping overnight.
Dong Hoa town is the place where the mouth of the Da Nong River flows into the sea with strips of sand rising up running all the way to the middle of the riverbed. Opposite the estuary is Da Bia mountain, the highest mountain in the Dai Lanh mountain mass in the Deo Ca mountain range. At the top of the mountain, there is a huge stele rock about 80 m high that can be seen from a distance. Coming here, visitors can also experience trekking to the top of Da Bia mountain to see the East Sea and the surrounding scenery. Steep cliffs, sedimentary rocks jutting out into the vast bay, fine white sand embracing turquoise waters, ships sailing and returning to the dock, idyllic fishing villages create a natural masterpiece in the heart of the country.
Phu Yen province belongs to the central coastal climate zone, the climate is divided into two distinct seasons: the dry season and the rainy season. The rainy season is from September to December. Around October and November, there are usually storms. The dry season is from January to August. The right time to go to Phu Yen beach is around February - August. The sea is most beautiful around March and April, the water is blue, clear, the sea surface is calm and the waves are not too big, creating a peaceful look for the scenery here.
The coastal road from Tuy Hoa city to Dai Lanh lighthouse winds along the sea, spacious, flat, clean and beautiful, there is not much traffic because this is not the main road, suitable for sightseeing experiences by motorbike or self-driving car.
Photo: Hoang Minh Duc
According to VnE