LookAtVietnam – From HCMC to Highway 1A, over My Thuan bridge, turning towards Sa Dec to Highway 80, onto the Vam Cong ferry to Rach Gia and continuing on Highway 80, we come to the land of Ha Tien after 320 kilometers.

Tourists swim in Mui Nai beach in Ha Tien town.

Mui Nai, with its many peaceful hamlets and villages leaning against the mountain and shaded by rows of coconut trees, has become a popular eco-tourism site of the South. Visitors should rent a room in Ha Tien with rates ranging from VND100,000 to VND200,000 per night. This is a room type with quite good facilities for 3 people.

Then, visitors should rent a motorbike priced at VND60,000/ day or VND30,000/ half day to go to Mui Nai or go sightseeing

There’s a 1 kilometer sand-bank in Mui Nai in fresh water. In summer, tourists from everywhere come to bathe in the sea or to go sightseeing. The sand here is dark brown mixed with black mud, soft and ideal for mud bathing.

The price of cooking and drink and services is reasonable, such as VND25,000 for seafood rice, VND6,000 for coffee or VND10,000 for a soft drink. Tourists can find many booths selling both fresh and cooked seafood but you should try grilled cuttle, the specialty of Mui Nai. While enjoying seafood, tourists should drink Mo qua, a local wine made from herbs good for the blood, tendons and bones. If you want to buy souvenirs for friends and family, there are a number of tortoise-shell necklaces, strings of shellfish, precious pearls from Phu Quoc or astray and flower vases made from famous Ha Tien marble for you to choose from.

Mui Nai has a tourism zone named Doi Nai Vang, or Golden Deer Hill. This is a construction combining both natural and man-made landscapes. Trees cast shadows on the path sloping gently to Doi Nai Vang. Nui Den, or Light Mountain, has a lighthouse belonging to the system of Phu Quoc-Mui Nai-Hon Khoai sea light. At sunset, or after a rain, Mui Nai looks so romantic with its sluggish waves spreading bubbles gently on the sand.

Mui Nai’s waves, wind and sand are waiting for you to enjoy. So, hurry up when summer is calling!

VietNamNet/SGT