Tour to Ke Ga Island

Tour to Ke Ga Island – Unforgettable Experience

The one-hundred-year-old lighthouse on Ke Ga Island is the most favourite destination for visitors to Binh Thuan Province. From the top of the lighthouse, visitors can enjoy a fabulous view of the open sea.

25 km from the city of Phan thiet Binh Thuan Province, tourists can travel by bus or motorbike along the coastline to the lighthouse. The lighthouse is called Ke Ga by local people. It is located on a small island of the same name 500m from the coast; people can walk to the island when the tide is out.

There are many international and domestic ships and fishing boats coming and going in the area. As there are reefs in the area, French and local people decided to erect the light house to warn ships of the danger.

Designed by a French architect named Chnavat, construction started in February 1897 and was completed by the end of 1898, and the lighthouse was put in operation in 1900. The lighthouse has now been operating for 108 years.

The light house with its unique architecture is about 60m tall. From that height, visitors can see a vast expanse of sea and sky and enjoy cool ocean winds. The most beautiful moment to visit the lighthouse is at sunset. People can see a fantastic sight with splendid colours. Sometimes they can not distinguish the boundary of the sky and sea.

Visitors can also stay on the island overnight to go fishing. Fishing during the full moon is another unforgettable experience. People can taste the baked sea fish they have caught by themselves and then stay up to see the first sunlight.

At this point, the tour to the Ke Ga lighthouse has only just been started and is drawing much attention from international and domestic visitors.

Source: HNM

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Tour to Ke Ga Island – Unforgettable Experience

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