Destinations during flood season in the West

Every year around the 7th lunar month, the West enters the flood season. The flood season brings fish, shrimp and new vitality to the delta, a unique feature in the life of the people in the Mekong Delta. Accordingly, experiencing the flood season is also a journey that many tourists love when coming to this land. An Giang, Dong Thap, Can Tho, and Ca Mau are localities that have a journey to explore the flood season with a variety of tourism products.

Welcoming the flood season early in Dong Thap

At the source of the water, Dong Thap welcomes the flood season early with many experiences. Thuong Phuoc commune of Dong Thap is currently a destination with experiences imbued with the local characteristics of the flood season: going to the fields to check the nets, setting up traps, rowing boats to pick sesbania flowers, enjoying the cuisine of the flood season... In particular, the highlight is visiting and learning about the model of raising and storing freshwater fish - the livelihood of the people here, both increasing income and contributing to the conservation of natural aquatic resources. This is a new journey of discovery that has just been introduced to experience in Dong Thap in the past 2 years.

During the flood season, in Dong Thap there are many familiar itineraries and destinations exploited by travel agencies: Tram Chim National Park, Gao Giong Tourist Area, My Phuoc Thanh Eco-tourism Area...

In particular, Tram Chim National Park is unique and characteristic with an area of ​​over 7,300 hectares, more than 130 species of plants and waterfowl with more than 231 seasonal species, creating a rich ecosystem. Tram Chim National Park has many rare bird species in the world such as: red-crowned crane, white-winged crane, golden peacock, pelican, Javan peafowl...

The flood season is also the main season to explore Tram Chim National Park. This place not only has green vegetation but is also covered with diverse colors of flowers: lotus, water lily, and water lily... Especially the water lily flower, a species of flowering algae that lives in acidic and alum waters, is an endemic plant of Tram Chim National Park. Water lily flowers come in all colors: purple, yellow, white, when blooming, they create a poetic carpet of flowers on the water surface.

To visit Tram Chim National Park, visitors must travel by tugboat with many routes: nang ong route, ca na route, rong ly route... Depending on time and preferences, visitors can choose suitable experiences. The boat runs along the canals, visitors will be immersed in nature, watching the flooded landscape with fields dotted with pink lotus, water lily, purple seaweed or yellow ear flower. In addition, visitors can participate in activities such as rowing a three-leaf boat, hunting field mice, participating in harvesting wild rice...

Through An Giang to discover green carpets

When it comes to the flood season, An Giang has many tours and destinations introduced to tourists: Tra Su cajuput forest, Chau Doc floating village, En islet...

Among them, Tra Su Melaleuca forest is stunningly beautiful with a green carpet full of vitality. Tra Su Melaleuca forest has an area of ​​845ha in the core zone and 643ha in the buffer zone, is one of the few forests in the system of special-use forests of Vietnam, recognized as a landscape protection area since 2005. The forest has 4 types of plant communities: woody trunks submerged in acidic alum water (melaleuca trees), accounting for 85% of the area and evenly distributed throughout the area; woody trunks on the banks of canals and streams; aquatic plants on canals and streams; herbaceous plants submerged in acidic soil.

Tourists experience rowing a boat to explore the flood season at Tra Su cajuput forest. Photo: Kieu Mai

The flora in Tra Su Melaleuca Forest has 140 species, the most prominent of which are Melaleuca trees and water fern covering the water surface. The fauna has more than 70 species of birds, including 2 species listed in the Vietnam Red Book: Indian stork (giang sen) and snake-necked bird (diên sesban). In addition, the forest also has 140 species of fish.

With its diverse and rich resources, Tra Su Melaleuca Forest has become an ideal destination for those who love to explore wild nature. This is also the forest recognized by the Vietnam Record Organization as "the most beautiful and famous Melaleuca forest in Vietnam" in 2020. To explore the Melaleuca forest, visitors can choose to travel by canoe, rowing boat, or cycling on forest roads, hiking through the forest, or cycling on water. Each experience will bring visitors a unique feeling thanks to the different exploration routes. Visitors can go by canoe, rowing boat into the core area to explore the characteristics of the flooded forests of the Southwest region and have interesting experiences during the flood season in the West, enjoying the countryside cuisine.

Go to Can Tho to visit the floating market, then explore Lung Ngoc Hoang

Flood season tourism in Can Tho also has its own unique features with floating markets, Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve and typical floating islands and cays.

In particular, floating markets are a cultural feature of the Southern river delta. Besides Cai Rang floating market with its strength in wholesale, Nga Nam floating market is famous for its retail characteristics. Therefore, in the flood season, the boats carrying products and agricultural products have more unique colors: water lily, water mimosa, sesbania, co mon...

In addition, Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve still retains its wild, rustic beauty with many unique waterholes, green forests and diverse flora and fauna. With nearly 2,800 hectares of natural forest, Lung Ngoc Hoang possesses a typical ecosystem of the western Hau River, where more than 500 species of animals and plants are preserved. Among them, there are many rare animals listed in the Vietnam and world red books, such as hairy-nosed otters, cap turtles, cuckoos, snail storks, sen, gray storks, and cuttlefish...

Currently, Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve has an area oriented for eco-tourism development. Visitors will experience activities such as boating through the forest, watching birds and storks, the forest flora system, and enjoying local cuisine...

Enjoy the specialties of the flood season in Ca Mau

U Minh land of Ca Mau is also an interesting destination in the journey to discover the flood season in the West.

The flood season brings with it many natural products, the life of the people in U Minh land also becomes more vibrant following the flood, creating a unique cultural feature of this land during the flood season. Accordingly, community tourism destinations in this land have services of setting traps, setting traps, setting nets... to catch fish, setting traps to catch eels, or rowing boats to spread nets, picking water lilies, pulling water spinach, water chives... becoming experiences that tourists will not forget when experiencing the flood season here.

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The flood season in the West attracts many tourists from far away and also local people. The water brings alluvium to irrigate the fields, bringing new vitality. Following the water, local people adapt to many typical lifestyles. Each land also has different experiences with its own endemic ecosystem, forming its own values ​​of the rivers of the West.

AI LAM

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