There are two ways to reach Om Beach, by land and by waterway. For the first way, from the center of Tuy Hoa city, National Highway 1A leads to Song Cau Town. From there, ask a local the way to Vung La, a fishing village in Xuan Phuong commune.

By waterway, boats can be hired from local fishermen in Song Cau town or Nhat Tu Son town. The boat ride is about 90 minutes and should cost VND100,000 per hour for a four-seat boat and about VND1 million for a bigger one.

Drifting on the bay and indulging in the primitive surroundings is an amazing experience. Heading to the bay, tourists can learn about shrimp farming as this is home to many shrimp farms.

After riding the open ocean for around 90 minutes, the boat reaches the mouth of the bay where Om Beach lies gently waiting for tourists’ curiosity. Om Beach is actually two beaches separated by an isthmus. The front beach boasts soft sand and the back beach two hills.

There are no houses, residents or tourist services here, just the deserted beaches with their lines of coconut trees standing alone and listening to the waves crash onto the shore and the colorful coral forests that stop just below the surface of the ocean.

Snorkeling through the coral reef with the fish and basking in the tropical sun in this primitive landscape makes for unforgettable memories.

Source:vietnamnet.vn

The Dap Han tourism site in Phu Yen Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Yen province will invest VND 39 billion this year to carry out 11 projects getting ready for activities of the 400th founding anniversary of the province (1611 – 2011) and the national tourism year to be organised in Phu Yen in 2011.

Accordingly, the provincial Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism will be an investor of seven projects, including:

The tourism infrastructure of the route from the north of An Hai bridge to the Ganh Da Dia national beauty spot; the upgrading of the road from the national highway 1A to Ganh Da Dia; the construction of the province’s museum; the repair of the historical relic site ‘Ship Without Number’;

The construction of the memorial house of late lawyer Nguyen Huu Tho in Tuy Hoa city; the upgrading of the historical relic site where the first Party cell of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Phu Yen (Dong Xuan district) was established.

The provincial cities and districts will implement four projects, including:

The lighting and green tree system along the Bang Dang road and the Nhan mountain and the Van Kiep parks; the embellishment of  the relic site of the house of worship of late President Ho and the resistance war base areas in Son Dinh and Son Long communes, Son Hoa district;

The construction of the lake tourism site at the centre of Hai Rieng town and the restoration and the repair of the relic site of the tomb and temple to Luong Van Chanh in Hoa Tri commune, Phu Hoa district.

VietNamNet/Nhan Dan