Ta Cu Mountain

Ta Cu Mountain is located about 30km from the center of Phan Thiet city, the mountain is located in Thuan Nam town, Ham Thuan Nam district, Binh Thuan province. This mountain has an area of about 250,000 square meters, including tropical forests, and is home to many rare and precious wildlife named in the world's red book such as the lizard Cyrtodactylus takouensis, the black-footed langur; limestone caves and Buddhist structures.

Legend has it that in 1872, monk - physician Tran Huu Duc (legal name Thong An) went to Ta Cu mountain to practice in a cave that today is called Hang To. Later, he led a group of Buddhist followers to build a temple and practice there until his death.

In the third year of Tu Duc, the Queen Mother was seriously ill, although she was invited by the King to return to the court to take her pulse and take medicine for the Queen Mother, the monk Tran Huu Duc decided not to go, but only sent someone to replace him. Hoang Thai Hau recovered from his illness after taking his medicine, so the king gave the temple the name Linh Son Truong Tho. Later, people built a new temple at the bottom called Under Pagoda or Long Doan Pagoda.

Besides legend and sacredness, Linh Son Truong Tho pagoda is also famous for its 49m-long, 7m-high statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, which is cast in reinforced concrete. Not far away is a group of Amitabha Tam Ton statues including the 7m high Amitabha statue in the middle, the Avalokitesvara statue on the left and the right side is the Dai The Chi statue with a height of 6.5m.

Visitors can reach the top of the mountain in two ways:

Climbing by following the trail, for this way, visitors need to have good health and skills.

Take the cable car with only 15 minutes, the cable car system of Ta Cu mountain is 1,600m long, 505m high, with 35 automatic opening and closing compartments. If you choose this way, you will enjoy the scenery from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain with green forests.

Website : www. ttcworld.vn/tacu

Phone : 1900 55 88 55

Tickets to visit and visit the temple :

Adults: 45,000 won

Children: 25,000 VND

Cable car ticket :

Adults: Round trip ticket: 100,000 VND / person and one way ticket: 60,000 VND / person.

Children: Round trip ticket: 60,000 VND / person and one way ticket: 40,000 VND / person.