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Ghenh Da Dia
With natural stones, strangely structured rocks, columns or obliques of frozen mineral flows, Ghenh Da Dia (Rapids of Stone Plates) is considered as a masterpiece of stone gifted by the nature.

 

Located in An Ninh Dong Commune , Tuy An District, Phu Yen Province, Ghenh Da Dia is strangely structured rocks include large upright stones equally arranged in a star pattern. Beinga riddle of nature, like a giant jigsaw, the rapids is irritatinglymade of the same shaped pieces, and forms a solidified structure thathas proved more than just a curiosity for thousands.

A strange geological phenomenon

Millionsof years ago, during volcano eruption, mineral flows melting will befrozen when they encounter water and then the solid breaks into columnsor obliques. That created the beautiful landscape of Ghenh Da Dia forthe present time. Time over time, the landscape is rearranged as anartistic work by the hand of nature. Ghenh Da Dia is about 1km2 large,half in the sea and half above sea level.

Lookingdown on it, visitors often liken it to a gigantic beehive, others as apile of stone plates. For despite a lengthy series of historical,archeological and scientific probes of the cliff’s square kilometer,its formation remains a mystery.

Thestones in Ghenh Da Dia are bazan stones of dark black and light yellow.There exists large stones of tons and small stones with differentshapes: round, pentagon, polygon and so on. The stones take the rightcolumn or a settlement close to each other like disks arranged oncouples together. Even counting the stone columns has failed to yieldan exact figure as exhausted researchers usually call a halt at around35,000. The stones are 60-80cm in visible height and 20-30cm across andcluster round a small fresh water pond that is fed by undergroundrivers and never dries up.

and a wild beauty...

In Ghenh Da Dia, there only remains the unique scenery of the sea andstones, so everything is still primary, environment is so pure, air isfresh and comfortable.

Besides Ghenh Da Dia is Bang beach, with rocks “lie” quiet under theshadow of trees. This is quite ideal for relaxation, camping and extraactivities. Ghenh Da Dia and the beach are closed with a famous touristattraction which is "Hòn đá lực lượng" - a deep and wide grotto thatsaves the legendary people in a war period. In the war, our main forcesheltered in the cave at night, waiting to the day to go on a sortieand dealt enemy thunderstruck blows.

Visiting Ghenh Da Dia, you have a chance to view many species of marinecreatures, especially “Mứt” seaweed - a type of kelp which is salty andsticks to the stones, looking like a network.

Havebeen listed as a National Heritage Site by the Ministry of Culture andInformation, Ghenh Da Dia is a potential tourist attraction to bothdomestic and foreign visitors. And a visit to the rapids, you will becertainly worth it...

 

 

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