With 6 pagodas from the foot to the middle of the mountain and a large spiritual complex on the top, Ba Den Mountain offers countless unique cultural and spiritual experiences. Below is a detailed itinerary if you only have 1 day to explore the 'roof of the South'.
5 - 6 am: Hunting for cloud hats
This is an experience that many people, especially young people, love, because Ba Den Mountain often has very rare cloud phenomena in the world such as lenticular clouds (cloud caps, flying saucer clouds), nacreous clouds, sea of clouds...
"Specialty" of cloud hats on the sacred peak of Ba Den
NGUYEN MINH TU
In particular, Ba Den Mountain is currently in the most beautiful cloud hunting season of the year when Tay Ninh enters the rainy season. The heavier the rain the previous afternoon, the more beautiful the cloud disk is in the early morning. From afar, the highest mountain peak in the South looks like it is wearing a giant, floating cloud hat, extremely magical and beautiful.
6 - 7 am: Take the cable car to Ba Temple area
From the cable car station, there will be two routes to Ba Den Mountain - one route to Ba Temple area, one route to the top of the mountain. If you have never been to Ba Temple, you should take the cable car to the temple. After the pilgrimage, there will be a cable car route from the temple to the top of the mountain. In the Ba Temple area, there are 5 places to worship Linh Son Thanh Mau Bodhisattva - a spiritual symbol in the South, a solid spiritual support for the people of the South to send their wishes for health, wealth, and luck. The temple system includes: Long Chau Phuoc Trung Pagoda, Linh Son Tien Thach Tu with Ba Temple next to it, Hoa Dong Pagoda, Hang Pagoda and Quan Am Pagoda.
Ba Pagoda system on the mountainside
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Here, the important place of worship that you need to visit is Linh Son Tien Thach Tu - the oldest pagoda on Ba Den mountain with a history of 300 years. In front of the pagoda is a statue of Bodhisattva Quan Am wearing a white robe, holding a bottle of nectar. Right next to the pagoda is the Lady's temple built from a stone cave roof, the main temple worships the black-faced Linh Son Thanh Mau. Also right in front of the pagoda grounds is the great bell, where many people choose to sit under the bell to meditate, listen to the bell and pray in the peaceful space of the pagoda.
10:00: Take the cable car to the top of the mountain and worship the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son
From the Ba Temple area, it only takes 5 minutes to take the cable car to the top of the mountain. In the vast space of the cloud-covered mountain top, the tallest bronze statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son in Asia appears majestically with a gentle face, holding a vase of nectar in her left hand symbolizing the bestowal of blessings, and raising her right hand to form the Dharma Seal, symbolizing the protection and blessing of all living beings.
Statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son on the top of the mountain
Nguyen Minh Tu
From the large square, visitors can gaze out over the fertile plains hidden among the sea of clouds. From here, visitors will be lost in the peaceful land of Buddha with a meditative scene and paths filled with flowers blooming all four seasons.
12:00: Diverse culinary experience
On the top of Ba Den Mountain, there are many attractive culinary options. Try fast food such as pho, banh mi, sausage, pizza, chicken rice... right in the cloud-covered yard and watch the flower paradise is an extremely interesting experience. In particular, Ba Den ice cream is a must-try dish here with extremely unique shapes of Ba Mountain such as the cable car station, the 986m milestone, the cable car or lotus, with many flavors of green rice, passion fruit, chocolate, strawberry... cool.
Buffet is an attractive culinary choice on top of Ba Den mountain
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Another popular dining experience is the buffet at Nam Chau restaurant, with hundreds of European and Asian dishes that combine traditional and modern cuisine. If you choose to eat buffet, you should buy a cable car ticket + buffet combo at the cable car station to enjoy a preferential price.
14:00: Explore the Buddhist exhibition
Right at the foot of the Tay Bo Da Son Buddha statue is a large 4-storey Buddhist exhibition center. On the 1st floor, an experience not to be missed is watching a 3D mapping film about the formation of the universe under the Buddhist lens on a 20m diameter dome screen using the world's leading modern technology. On the 2nd floor, there are 16 modern 3D hologram projection devices, where visitors can admire models of 16 famous pagodas in Vietnam. Also here, visitors can visit the special room of the Kinh Luan pillars (prayer wheels).
Paying homage to the Prajnaparamita Sutra pillar in the underground Dharma lecture area
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The third floor is a space for displaying replicas of classic Buddhist artworks, including many Buddha statues adapted from the famous originals of India, Tibet, China, Thailand, Japan, etc. The fourth floor is where the Sakyamuni Buddha relics are kept, which were presented to Vietnam by the World Buddhist Federation in Bodh Gaya, India, in 2014. For Buddhists, being able to worship the Buddha's relics is a rare blessing. In the underground Dharma lecture area, visitors will admire a cluster of 5 black granite pillars, carved with the Heart Sutra in gold letters, of which the largest pillar is 2m in diameter and 19.8m high, rising straight up in the middle of the largest water dish in the large square at the foot of the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son.
17:00: Participate in the lantern offering ceremony
Offering lanterns is a typical spiritual cultural ritual at Ba Den Mountain, held every Saturday evening. From around 4-5 pm, thousands of tourists gathered at the large square at the foot of the Tay Bo Da Son Buddha statue, receiving completely free lanterns from the staff of Sun World Ba Den Mountain tourist area. Pens and writing tables were prepared for tourists to assemble lanterns and write their wishes.
Offering lanterns on top of Ba Den mountain
Nguyen Minh Tu
The lantern offering ceremony will take place when it gets dark, where thousands of people line up solemnly in the square, their minds calmed by the shimmering light of the lanterns, praying for peace and luck, creating an extremely magical space on the sacred peak. If you come to Ba Den Mountain during this Vu Lan season, don't miss the grand lantern offering ceremony held on a very large and sacred scale to express gratitude and pray for peace for parents, taking place on Saturday evening, August 24. This is also an opportunity for visitors to talk with monks about filial piety and watch a meaningful Buddhist art program for the Vu Lan season of filial piety.
8:00 p.m.: Watch the water music show at the Maitreya Bodhisattva statue area
After the lantern offering ceremony, visitors will move down to the area of the Maitreya Bodhisattva statue, watching the water music show using the most modern technology equipment in Vietnam and a magical lighting system of 1,450 lights.
Water music show next to Maitreya Bodhisattva statue
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The show features spectacular scenes centered on the world's largest sandstone statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva. The meditative show will end a day of exploring Ba Den Mountain with a feeling of peace and relaxation.
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