Bringing Chu Dang Ya volcano to the world!

Chu Dang Ya is located in Ia Gri village, Chu Dang Ya commune, Chu Pah district, about 30km northeast of Gia Lai mountain town center, 20km from the famous tourist destination of Bien Ho. In the language of the Jrai people, Chu Dang Ya means "wild ginger"...

The photo of Chu Dang Ya volcano ( Gia Lai province) from above has become one of the 50 most beautiful landscape photos of the Landscape 2020 contest organized by the Agora application. Photo: Hoa Carol - Nguyen Ngoc Hoa

This is one of the volcanoes that was once violently active in the Central Highlands millions of years ago, hidden in the middle of the wild wilderness.

From above, the mountain looks like a giant funnel, the round hollow crater with a fertile red color has been created by lava layers over millions of years of history. In particular, around the end of October every year, Chu Dang Ya volcano is covered with wild sunflowers around the mountain and throughout the district. With beautiful natural scenery and fresh climate, this place can create unique tourism products, if planned to invest in building a cultural tourism village, it will bring many developments to the region.

In 2020, the photo of Chu Dang Ya by photographer Hoa Carol - Nguyen Ngoc Hoa (born in 1981, residing in Pleiku City) was submitted to the Landscape 2020 landscape photography contest. Out of 14,739 photos, the pristine volcano in Chu Pah was selected by the Organizing Committee as one of the top 50 most beautiful photos.

The photo shows the viewer a volcano that has been extinct for millions of years, creating a poetic landscape, a fresh and peaceful environment in the middle of the highlands. The volcano also depicts a trace of the formation of the earth's surface.

A tourist in Chu Dang Ya.

Author Hoa Carol said: “It is an interesting experience to hunt for beautiful photos, bringing many emotions to myself and the viewers. I want to promote Gia Lai more through beautiful photos. And from those photos, people can feel and come to Gia Lai”. Also according to this photographer: When social networks develop, along with that, people's sharing of information has helped promote local tourism images more conveniently.

According to the People's Committee of Chu Pah district, this district has many tourism resources that are currently only in the form of "potential" and have not yet fully exploited the local advantages. For example: Chu Dang Ya volcano, a unique pristine volcano in the Northern Central Highlands; a cluster of tea hills, hundred-year-old pine trees, Buu Minh pagoda; Ia Ly Hydropower Plant; besides, visitors can also enjoy Chu Nam peak to see clouds drifting across the plateau sky... Along with that, the unique festival culture and rich cuisine make visitors feel more satisfied with each visit.

The carpet of wild sunflowers blooming on Chu Dang Ya volcano is beautiful.

Mr. Nay Kien, Chairman of the People's Committee of Chu Pah district, said: "Located between Pleiku city and Kon Tum city, Ho Chi Minh road runs through, so transportation is very convenient. Over the years, the district has become one of the tourist attractions in the North Central Highlands. Many people know this district because of the spread of local images on social networks and newspapers and is searched by many people and has become a destination on the journey to Gia Lai".

The head of the Chu Pah district government said that the current tourism development goal for the locality needs to come up with specific solutions to increase the total number of domestic and foreign tourists, create attractive tourism types to increase the average target and revenue from tourism in the Chu Pah area; Build a development orientation for tourism space, identify key areas, routes and points for tourism development; Build a development orientation for tourist markets and tourism products;

In addition, the completion of technical infrastructure and basic human resources meets the needs of serving tourists as well as meeting the requirements of economic, cultural and social development in Chu Pah district.