Lying just a little more than 50km from the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, Can Gio district with its mountains, hills, beaches, and sand dunes stretching along 100 km of coastline is an ideal tourist destination.
Visitors have a great chance to enjoy fresh air and primeval beauty of nature and especially play with naughty monkeys at Lam Vien tourism site named “Monkey Island”.
Monkey Island receives around 400-500 visitors daily and from 1,000-1,500 at the weekend.
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Monkeys are very friendly
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Eating food and sweets that visitors give
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The number of monkeys increased from dozens initially to nearly 2,000 now. They are taken care of by the Lam Vien tourism site staff.
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Long tail monkey
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Red-faced spider monkey
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A lovely monkey
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Most monkeys are very naughty like children. They play and jump to visitors
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Some even take a visitor’s hat and run away
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However, they strictly obey a person who take care of them
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Can Gio forest is also home to many crocodiles
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The forest’s ecosystem is considered an ideal space for monkeys
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